Frédéric François Chopin (1810-49)
One of the greatest pianists of all time and a distinguished composer for the piano. His Polish nationality comes through in some of the folk idioms and dances that are found in his piano music, particularly the Mazurkas and the Polonaises. As the technical quality of piano manufacture improved, so he took the limits of piano playing technique to new-found heights, especially in his Études and Impromptus. His particular blend of melodic quality and rich, but subtle, harmony gave his music a poetic and Romantic originality.
Chopin never enjoyed strong health and the travelling life of a virtuoso and feted celebrity took its toll. He died in Paris of consumption at a relatively early age.
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Popular Works: Chopin
Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23 (415)
Ballade No. 3 in A flat major, Op. 47 (337)
Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52 (340)
Barcarolle in F sharp major, Op. 60 (359)
Berceuse in D flat major, Op. 57 (350)
Étude Op. 10 No. 3 in E major 'Tristesse' (325)
Étude Op. 10 No. 5 in G flat major 'Black Key' (271)
Étude Op. 10 No. 12 in C minor 'Revolutionary' (259)
Étude Op. 25 No. 7 in C sharp minor (249)
Impromptu No. 4 in C sharp minor, Op. 66 'Fantaisie-Impromptu' (355)
Nocturne No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 9 No. 2 (452)
Nocturne No. 8 in D flat major, Op. 27 No. 2 (291)
Nocturne No. 20 in C sharp minor, Op. post. (291)
Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11 (285)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21 (276)
Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 35 'Marche funèbre' (319)
Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58 (269)
Polonaise No. 6 in A flat major, Op. 53 'Héroïque' (336)
Prelude Op. 28 No. 2 in A minor (244)
Prelude Op. 28 No. 3 in G major (244)
Prelude Op. 28 No. 4 in E minor (331)
Prelude Op. 28 No. 6 in B minor (283)
Prelude Op. 28 No. 7 in A major (294)
Prelude Op. 28 No. 8 in F sharp minor (255)
Prelude Op. 28 No. 9 in E major (245)
Prelude Op. 28 No. 10 in C sharp minor (245)
Prelude Op. 28 No. 11 in B major (244)
Prelude Op. 28 No. 13 in F sharp major (250)
Prelude Op. 28 No. 15 in D flat major 'Raindrop' (403)
Prelude Op. 28 No. 16 in B flat minor (244)
Prelude Op. 28 No. 17 in A flat major (255)
Prelude Op. 28 No. 20 in C minor (266)
Prelude Op. 28 No. 21 in B flat major (248)
Prelude Op. 28 No. 23 in F major (257)
Prelude Op. 28 No. 24 in D minor (264)
Scherzo No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 31 (286)
Waltz No. 1 in E flat major 'Grande Valse Brillante', Op. 18 (267)
Waltz No. 3 in A minor 'Grande Valse Brillante', Op. 34 No. 2 (279)
Waltz No. 6 in D flat major, Op. 64 No. 1 'Minute Waltz' (354)
Waltz No. 7 in C sharp minor, Op. 64 No. 2 (377)
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A Fickle Maid (1)
A maiden's love (words S. Witwicki), Op. 74, No. 5 (2)
Aime-moi (Love me) (1)
Albumblatt in E major (14)
Allegretto in F sharp major (4)
Allegro con spirito (1)
Allegro de Concert in A major Op. 46 (30)
Andante spianato (8)
Andante spianato & Grande Polonaise, Op. 22 (222)
Ballade No. 2 in F major, Op. 38 (226)
Ballades Nos. 1-4 (138)
Barcarolle: fragment (1)
Bolero, Op. 19 (39)
Bourrée (1)
Bowed 'neath their Crosses (The Melody) (1)
Bowed 'neath their Crosses (Z. Krasinski) (1)
Canon in F minor KK IVc No. 1 (Fragment) (1)
Cantabile in B Flat Major (Andantino) (27)
Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 65 (118)
Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 65: Largo (7)
Complete Piano Works (2)
Complete Polonaises (2)
Contredanse in G flat major, KKAnh.Ia/4 (24)
Coquette (1)
Czary (Charms), KK.IVa/11 (12)
Die Kamiliendame (1)
Dirge – Leaves are Falling (1)
Dumka (Reverie), KK.IVb/9 (11)
Dwojaki koniec (The Double End), Op. 74 No. 11 (8)
Écossaise, Op. 72 No. 2 (2)
Écossaises (3), Op. 72 No. 3 (44)
Enchantment, Op. 74 No. 18 (4)
Etude No. 25 in F Minor Op. Posth (5)
Etude No. 26 in A-flat major, Op. posthumous (11)
Étude Op. 10 No. 1 in C major (192)
Étude Op. 10 No. 2 in A minor 'chromatique' (174)
Étude Op. 10 No. 6 in E flat minor 'Lacrimosa' (199)
Étude Op. 10 No. 8 in F major (197)
Étude Op. 10 No. 9 in F minor (150)
Étude Op. 10 No. 10 in A flat major (175)
Etude Op. 10 No. 11 in E flat major (158)
Étude Op. 25 No. 1 in A flat major 'Aeolian Harp' (224)
Étude Op. 25 No. 4 in A minor (154)
Étude Op. 25 No. 5 in E minor (182)
Étude Op. 25 No. 6 in G sharp minor (165)
Étude Op. 25 No. 8 in D flat major (155)
Étude Op. 25 No. 9 in G flat major 'Butterfly' (188)
Étude Op. 25 No. 10 in B minor (166)
Étude Op. 25 No. 11 in A minor 'Winter Wind' (192)
Étude Op. 25 No. 12 in C minor (182)
Études (12), Op. 10 (149)
Études, Op. 10 (selection) (1)
Excerpt from Andante Spianato & Grande Polonaise, Op. 22 (1)
Faded and Vanished (1)
Fantasia in A major on Polish Airs, Op. 13 (36)
Fantasia in F minor, Op. 49 (214)
Finale: Grand Valse Brilliante, Op. 18 from Les Sylphides (4)
Five Mazurkas, Op.6 (2)
Fugue in A minor (26)
Galop in A flat major 'Marquis', WN 59 (18)
Gdzie lubi (What She Likes), Op. 74 No. 5 (9)
Grand Duo concertant (8)
Grand Duo for Cello and Piano (on themes from Meyerbeer's Robert le Diable) (20)
Grand Duo in E KKIIb/1 (2)
Grande Polonaise Op. 22 (11)
Hexaméron KKIIb/2 (8)
Hulanka (Merrymaking), Op. 74 No. 4 (10)
Impressions on Chopin's Nocturnes (2)
Impromptu No. 1 in A flat major, Op. 29 (184)
Impromptu No. 2 in F sharp major, Op. 36 (153)
Impromptu No. 3 in G flat major, Op. 51 (143)
Impromptus Nos. 1-4 (76)
Introduction & Variations 'Der Schweizerbub' KKIVa/4 (5)
Introduction and Polonaise Brillante in C, Op. 3 (92)
Introduction and Variations on a German National Air, Op. post. (11)
Introduction and Variations on a German National Air, Op. post. (for piano duet) (1)
Introduction, Theme and Variations on a Theme of Moore (16)
Jakież kwiaty, jakie wianki (1)
Krakowiak - Concert Rondo in F, Op. 14 (37)
L'oiselet (The Little Bird) (1)
La Dame aux camélias (3)
Ländler and Trio in A flat major, Op. posth. (1)
Largo in E flat major, BI 109 (21)
Largo, Prelude Op. 28 No. 4 (3)
Largo, Sonate pour piano, Op. 58 - 'Lulajze, Jezuniu' (1)
Les Sylphides (15)
Les Sylphides - Mazurka (1)
Les Sylphides - Nocturne (3)
Les Sylphides (arr.Douglas) (2)
Les Sylphides (Ballet Suite) (4)
Les Sylphides: excerpts (1)
Les Sylphides: Waltz (1)
Marche Funebre, Op. 72 No. 2 (23)
Mazur (from Václav Hanka's album) (1)
Mazurka in A minor KKIIb/4 (1)
Mazurka in A minor, Op..posth. (6)
Mazurka in B flat major (1832) (10)
Mazurka in C major (1833) (2)
Mazurka in D major (1820) (1)
Mazurka in G major, WN26 (1)
Mazurka in G minor Op.posth.67 No. 2 (1)
Mazurka No. 1 in F sharp minor, Op. 6 No. 1 (34)
Mazurka No. 2 in C sharp minor, Op. 6 No. 2 (43)
Mazurka No. 3 in E major, Op. 6 No. 3 (25)
Mazurka No. 4 in E flat minor, Op. 6 No. 4 (23)
Mazurka No. 5 in B flat major, Op. 7 No. 1 (87)
Mazurka No. 6 in A minor, Op. 7 No. 2 (43)
Mazurka No. 7 in F minor, Op. 7 No. 3 (85)
Mazurka No. 8 in A flat minor, Op. 7 No. 4 (21)
Mazurka No. 9 in C major, Op. 7 No. 5 (31)
Mazurka No. 10 in B flat major, Op. 17 No. 1 (36)
Mazurka No. 11 in E minor, Op. 17 No. 2 (37)
Mazurka No. 12 in A flat major, Op.17 No.3 (32)
Mazurka No. 13 in A minor, Op. 17 No. 4 (151)
Mazurka No. 14 in G minor, Op. 24 No. 1 (58)
Mazurka No. 15 in C major, Op. 24 No. 2 (69)
Mazurka No. 16 in A flat major, Op. 24 No. 3 (39)
Mazurka No. 17 in B flat minor, Op. 24 No. 4 (75)
Mazurka No. 18 in C minor, Op. 30 No. 1 (29)
Mazurka No. 19 in B minor, Op. 30 No. 2 (44)
Mazurka No. 20 in D flat major, Op. 30 No. 3 (62)
Mazurka No. 21 in C sharp minor, Op. 30 No. 4 (80)
Mazurka No. 22 in G sharp minor, Op. 33 No. 1 (46)
Mazurka No. 23 in D major, Op. 33 No. 2 (94)
Mazurka No. 28 in B major, Op. 41 No. 3 (25)
Mazurka No. 30 in G major, Op. 50 No. 1 (33)
Mazurka No. 36 in A minor, Op. 59 No. 1 (70)
Mazurka No. 38 in F sharp minor, Op. 59 No. 3 (82)
Mazurka No. 40 in F minor, Op. 63 No. 2 (71)
Mazurka No. 41 in C sharp minor, Op. 63 No. 3 (109)
Mazurka No. 48 in F major, Op. 68 No. 3 (44)
Mazurka No. 50 in A minor 'Notre Temps' (28)
Mazurka No. 51 in A minor 'Émile Gaillard' (24)
Mazurka No. 52 in B flat major (10)
Mazurka No. 53 in G major (5)
Mazurka No. 54 in D major (5)
Mazurka No. 55 in G major, K.IIa/2 (14)
Mazurka No. 56 in B flat major, K.IIa/3 (32)
Mazurka No. 57 in C major (5)
Mazurka No. 58 in A flat major (12)
Mazurka No. 59 in B flat major, K.IVb/1 (12)
Mazurka No. 61 in C major, K.IVb/3 (10)
Mazurka No. 62 in A flat major, Op. posth. (7)
Mazurka No. 63 in A flat major, Op. 7, No. 4 (first version) (4)
Mazurka No. 64 in D major, K.IVa/7 (12)
Mazurkas (3), Op. 50 (36)
Mazurkas (4) Op. 41 (32)
Mazurkas (4), Op. 6 (29)
Mazurkas (selection) (5)
Mazurkas Nos. 1-51 (26)
Mazurkas, Op. 33 (30)
Melodia (Melody), Op. 74 No. 9 (9)
Moderato in E, KKIVb/12 (10)
Moja pieszczotka (My Sweetheart), Op. 74 No. 12 (15)
My Beloved (1)
My Enchantress (1)
Narzeczony (The Bridegroom), Op. 74 No. 15 (6)
Nie ma czego trzeba (I Want What I Have Not), Op. 74 No. 13 (9)
Nocturne E minor Op. post (3)
Nocturne in C minor Op. post (15)
Nocturne in E minor (1)
Nocturne in E minor, KKIV/b (2)
Nocturne No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 9 No. 1 (188)
Nocturne No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 9 No. 2 (transcribed for two pianos) (1)
Nocturne No. 3 in B major, Op. 9 No. 3 (109)
Nocturne No. 4 in F major, Op. 15 No. 1 (162)
Nocturne No. 5 in F sharp major, Op. 15 No. 2 (232)
Nocturne No. 6 in G minor, Op. 15 No. 3 (89)
Nocturne No. 7 in C sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 1 (156)
Nocturne No. 9 in B major, Op. 32 No. 1 (139)
Nocturne No. 10 in A flat major, Op. 32 No. 2 (103)
Nocturne No. 11 in G minor, Op. 37 No. 1 (86)
Nocturne No. 12 in G major, Op. 37 No. 2 (86)
Nocturne No. 13 in C minor, Op. 48 No. 1 (211)
Nocturne No. 14 in F sharp minor, Op. 48 No. 2 (99)
Nocturne No. 15 in F minor, Op. 55 No. 1 (158)
Nocturne No. 16 in E flat major, Op. 55 No. 2 (137)
Nocturne No. 17 in B major, Op. 62 No. 1 (131)
Nocturne No. 18 in E major, Op. 62 No. 2 (83)
Nocturne No. 19 in E minor, Op. 72 No. 1 (177)
Nocturne No. 21 in C minor, BI 108 (62)
Nocturne Oubliée in C-Sharp Minor (1)
Nocturnes (5)
Nocturnes (2), Op. 27 (34)
Nocturnes (3) Op. 9 (31)
Nocturnes (selection) (2)
Nocturnes Nos. 1-19 (22)
Nocturnes Nos. 1-20 (4)
Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor Op. 11: Romance (26)
Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11 (chamber version) (5)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21 (chamber version) (5)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21 (solo version) (2)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21; Allegro vivace (2)
Piano Sonata No. 1 in C minor, Op. 4 (35)
Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 35 'Marche funèbre' - 1st movement (1)
Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 35 'Marche funèbre': 3rd movement (Funeral March) (39)
Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58 (Finale) (4)
Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58 (Largo) (3)
Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58: I. Allegro maestoso (6)
Piano Trio in G minor Op. 8 (30)
Piano Waltzes Nos. 1 - 20 (3)
Pieóni i piosnki (17) (Seventeen Polish Songs), Op. 74 (17)
Pierscien (The Ring), Op. 74 No. 14 (11)
Piosnka litewska (Lithuanian Song), Op. 74 No. 16 (15)
Polonaise Brillante in C Major Op. 3/Lento – Alla Polacca (2)
Polonaise brillante Op. 3 for cello & piano (18)
Polonaise in G minor, S1/1 (1)
Polonaise No. 1 in C sharp minor, Op. 26 No. 1 (94)
Polonaise No. 2 in E flat minor, Op. 26 No. 2 (73)
Polonaise No. 3 in A major, Op. 40 No. 1 'Military' (164)
Polonaise No. 4 in C minor, Op. 40, No. 2 (74)
Polonaise No. 5 in F sharp minor, Op. 44 (136)
Polonaise No. 7 in A flat major, Op. 61 'Polonaise-fantaisie' (235)
Polonaise No. 8 in D minor, Op. 71 No. 1 (28)
Polonaise No. 9 in B flat major, Op. 71 No. 2 (36)
Polonaise No. 10 in F minor, Op. 71 No. 3 (24)
Polonaise No. 11 in B flat minor, BI 13 'Adieu' (9)
Polonaise No. 11 in G minor B1/KKIIa:1 (11)
Polonaise No. 12 in B flat major B3/KKIVa:1 (13)
Polonaise No. 12 in G flat major, BI 36 (9)
Polonaise No. 13 in A flat major B5/KKIVa:2 (23)
Polonaise No. 13 in G minor, BI 1 (13)
Polonaise No. 14 in G sharp minor B6/KKIVa:3 (21)
Polonaise No. 15 in B flat minor B13/KKIVa:5 (19)
Polonaise No. 16 in G flat major B36/KKIVa:8 (18)
Polonaise No. 16 in G sharp minor, BI 6 (4)
Polonaise, Op. posth (1)
Polonaises (16) (13)
Polonaises (2), Op. 26 (7)
Polonaises Nos. 1-6 (2)
Posel (The Messenger), Op. 74 No. 7 (9)
Precz z moich oczu (Out of My Sight!), op. 74 No. 6 (7)
Prelude in A sharp major KK IVb No. 7 (2)
Prelude Op. 28 No. 1 in C major (242)
Prelude Op. 28 No. 5 in D major (237)
Prelude Op. 28 No. 12 in G sharp minor (233)
Prelude Op. 28 No. 14 in E flat minor (237)
Prelude Op. 28 No. 18 in F minor (237)
Prelude Op. 28 No. 19 in E flat major (240)
Prelude Op. 28 No. 22 in G minor (243)
Prelude Op. 45 in C sharp minor (No. 25) (155)
Prelude Op. posth. in A flat major (No. 26) (62)
Preludes (24), Op. 28 (234)
Reverie, Op. 74 No. 19 (4)
Reviens, mon amour (from Étude in E major, Op. 10, No. 3) (1)
Rondo a la Mazurka, Op. 5 (29)
Rondo in C major for two pianos, Op. 73 (28)
Rondo in C major, Op. 73 (21)
Rondo in C minor Op. 1 (27)
Rondo in E flat major, Op. 16 (33)
Scherzi Nos. 1-4 (97)
Scherzo No. 1 in B minor, Op. 20 (225)
Scherzo No. 3 in C sharp minor, Op. 39 (235)
Scherzo No. 4 in E major, Op. 54 (195)
Seize-ans (Sixteen) (1)
Sliczny chlopiec (Handsome Lad), Op. 74 No. 8 (15)
Smutna rzeka (The Sad River), Op. 74 No. 3 (9)
Spiew z mogilky (Leaves Are Falling), Op. 74 No. 17 (8)
Tarantella in A flat major, Op. 43 (62)
The Bridegroom's Return (1)
The Lovers (1)
The Messenger (1)
The Warrior (1)
There is no need (words B. Zaleski), Op. posth. (1)
Three Preludes Op. 28 (1)
Tristesse éternelle (1)
Trois Nouvelles Études (82)
Trois Nouvelles Études: Étude in A flat major (10)
Trois Nouvelles Études: Étude in F minor (17)
Troubled Waters (1)
Two Bourrees B160B (14)
Two Nocturnes Op. 62 (39)
Two Préludes (1)
Valse-Paraphrase (d'après Chopin composed by Eduard Schütt) Op. 58, No. 1, for two pianos (1)
Variations brilliantes in B flat major on 'Je Vends des Scapulaires', Op. 12 (40)
Variations for flute and piano in E major, B 9 (1)
Variations in A - Souvenír de paganini (32)
Variations in B flat major (1)
Variations in D major for 2 pianos (4)
Variations on a March from Bellini's I Puritani (3)
Variations on a Theme of Rossini, transcribed for piano duet (2)
Variations on Mozart's 'La ci darem la mano' in B flat major, Op. 2 (52)
Variations on Rossini's 'Non piu mesta' in E major (32)
Waltz No. 2 in A flat major 'Grande Valse Brillante', Op. 34 No. 1 (203)
Waltz No. 4 in F major 'Grande Valse Brillante', Op. 34 No. 3 (171)
Waltz No. 5 in A flat major, Op. 42 (200)
Waltz No. 6 in D flat major, Op. 64 No. 1 'Minute Waltz' (transcribed for two pianos) (2)
Waltz No. 8 in A flat major, Op. 64 No. 3 (155)
Waltz No. 9 in A flat major, Op. 69 No. 1 'Farewell Waltz' (213)
Waltz No. 10 in B minor, Op. 69 No. 2 (170)
Waltz No. 11 in G flat major, Op. 70 No. 1 (165)
Waltz No. 12 in F minor, Op. 70 No. 2 (132)
Waltz No. 13 in D flat major, Op. 70 No. 3 (131)
Waltz No. 14 in E minor, Op. post., KKIVa:15, B 56 (183)
Waltz No. 15 in E major, Op. post., KKIVa:12, B 44 (61)
Waltz No. 16 in A flat major, Op. post., KKIVa:13, B 21 (56)
Waltz No. 17 in E flat major, Op. post., KKIVa:14, B 46 (56)
Waltz No. 18 in E flat major 'Sostenuto', Op. post., KKIVb:10, B 133 (46)
Waltz No. 19 in A minor, Op. post., KKIVb:11, B 150 (58)
Waltz No. 20 in F sharp minor, Op. posth., KK Ib/7 'Mélancolique' (7)
Waltzes (2), Op. 69 (10)
Waltzes (selection) (15)
Waltzes Nos. 1-14 (64)
Wiosna (Spring), Op. 74 No. 2 (21)
Wiosna B117 (8)
Wojak (The Warrior), Op. 74 No. 10 (12)
Zyczenie (The Maiden's Wish), Op. 74 No. 1 (22)
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