Frédéric Chopin: Sheet music to download and print Piano music by Frédéric Chopin to download and print: Etudes, Ballades, Preludes, Concertos, Waltzes, Impromptus, Polonaises, Nocturnes, Mazurkas, Scherzi, Sonatas, Total pieces by Chopin: 159
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I recently got some new music (post-exams!)...and I've got to pick a Chopin piece. The choices are among the Chopin ballades (no. 1 or 2 or 4), and the heroic polonaise. Needless to say, I'm very excited.
I've just begun to learn Liszt's La Campanella (first Liszt piece :)). I've played some Chopin etudes (op. 10 n. 5 and op. 25 n. 1), a polonaise, etc. before, as well as Schumann's Papillons, a couple of Rach preludes, some of the Beethoven sonatas, and a Bach English suite. (Hopefully that gives a vague idea of technical level...)
So, the question is: if you had to pick between Chopin's ballade no. 1, no. 2, no. 4, and the heroic polonaise, which would you pick? Why? If you can, disregard the "overplayed" factor. ;)
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Was Chopin careful with his notation of pedal in his works? In my edition of his preludes there is not that much pedal indicated. Examples:
no 2: no pedal indicated at all. I use the sostenuto pedal to get LH legato.
no 4: Almost no pedal indication. Again, I like to use the sostenuto pedal to get LH legato
no 15: No pedal indication at all up to the switch to C# minor.
In other editions there can be quite a lot pedalling, so wonder if Chopin didn't notate that?
I know that sostenuto pedal wasn't invented at Chopins time, but I need all help I can get...
Another question is about how to interpret Largo (#4) and Lento (#2)?
What tempi do you use? |
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