If a genie appeared from a bottle and offered to give me the ability to play just one Chopin piece it would be the "Winter Wind" Etude in A minor, Op.25 no.11. As far as listening goes, however, my favourites (among many, as Chopin is my favourite composer for the piano) are the four Ballades, especially nos.1 and 4.
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!
For just a single piece, Ballade No. 1, no contest. But for a whole set of pieces, the Nocturnes. Or the Etudes. Or the Waltzes. Or the Ballades, depending on the day.
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.
Etudes (Opp. 10 and 25)
Mazurkas
Nocturnes
Piano Sonata No. 3
Barcarolle (Moiseiwitsch's recording is the one that opened my eyes to this piece)
Tarantelle
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.
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."
Frédéric Chopin's Rondo à la Krakowiak in F major, Op. 14 is a composition for piano and orchestra. It was written in 1828 and dedicated to Princess Anna Zofia .
The same for me. I know the first ballad was also Chopin's favorite work.
But the scherzos are for me also successful pieces and should not be disregarded, especially in the personal astounding impassioned but rigorous performance of Ivo Pogorelich.
I probably have a few favorites; but the Raindrop Prelude really sticks in my head
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