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What is your favorite Chopin work?

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#1 ·
What is/are your favorite Chopin work(s)?

I like his fourth Ballade most. Just perfect.
 
#111 ·
I've really been loving the waltzes recently... until a couple weeks ago I dismissed them as light and meaningless pieces... I was certainly pleasantly surprised when I sat down and really listened to the music!
 
#115 ·
I'd have to say the Barcarolle for a single work, and then probably the op 28 preludes for a collection. I love the at times tempestuous and undulating textures in the Barcarolle intermingled with sections of sublime beauty. And the preludes are just a fantastically rich and diverse collection of pieces.
 
#121 ·
Favorite work? He Barcarolle that he wrote about 3 years before end of his life. He was broadening in his of "space" in sound, with more of an overall expanded sense of time, and I find a similar expansive sense of time and space in his fantastic Fantasie in Fm.
 
#122 ·
Apologies for the typos in my recent post. What's with the inability to edit posts after the fact? And no preview window was available, only Post Quick Reply. Post was meant to read:

"Favorite work? His Barcarolle that he wrote about 3 years before the end of his life. He was broadening his sense of "space" in sound with more of an overall expanded sense of time. I also find a similar expansive sense of time and space in his fantastic Fantasie in Fm."
 
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