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chopinlover01

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Your favorite Chopin pieces of all categories?

on: December 31, 2014, 08:49:30 PM

I know this has been done to death, but people's opinions change. So, what's your favorite? I'll start off-
Waltz: E minor (Posthumous)
Nocturne: 32/1, B major
Mazurka: 6/1 or 17/4
Polonaise: Tie between 26/2 and Grande Polonaise Brilliante, Op 22
Ballade: The A flat major, but only if played well. if not, then the G minor (Op 23).
Scherzo: B flat minor, opus 31
Impromptu: the A flat major (can't remember the Opus)
Prelude: B flat minor
Misc: Fantasie Op 49
I don't think I'm forgetting anything... Am I?

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j_menz

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Re: Your favorite Chopin pieces of all categories?

Reply #1 on: December 31, 2014, 10:21:33 PM

Quote from: chopinlover01 on December 31, 2014, 08:49:30 PM

I know this has been done to death, but people's opinions change. So, what's your favorite? I'll start off-
Waltz: E minor (Posthumous)
Nocturne: 32/1, B major
Mazurka: 6/1 or 17/4
Polonaise: Tie between 26/2 and Grande Polonaise Brilliante, Op 22
Ballade: The A flat major, but only if played well. if not, then the G minor (Op 23).
Scherzo: B flat minor, opus 31
Impromptu: the A flat major (can't remember the Opus)
Prelude: B flat minor
Misc: Fantasie Op 49
I don't think I'm forgetting anything... Am I?

Sonatas, Etudes, concerti.....non piano works, and his songs.

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alistaircrane4

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Re: Your favorite Chopin pieces of all categories?

Reply #2 on: December 31, 2014, 10:47:07 PM

Waltz- Op.34 no.1
Mazurka- Op.33 no.2
Polonaise- Op.61
Ballade- Op.47
Scherzo- Op.39
Impromptu- Op.36
Prelude- Op.28 no.3
Sonata- Op.35
Concerto- Op.21
Etude- Op.25 no.1
Misc- Op.49

we all missed one vital type of composition a true calling card of Chopin.
Nocturne- Op.27 no.1

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Reply #3 on: December 31, 2014, 11:12:51 PM

Waltz - "minute"
Mazurka - Op. 33 No. 2
Polonaise - Op. 53 or Op. 22
Ballade - #4
Scherzo - #2
Impromptu - Fantasie
Prelude - Op. 28 #1

Sonata - B Flat Minor
Concerto - No. 1 in E Minor
Etude - Op. 25 No. 10
Misc - Fantasie in F Minor

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Re: Your favorite Chopin pieces of all categories?

Reply #4 on: December 31, 2014, 11:22:38 PM

Waltz- op. 42
Mazurka - op. 17 no 4
Polonaise- op. 44
Ballade- op. 52
Scherzo- op. 31
Impromptu- op. 66
Prelude - op. 45
Sonata- op. 35
Concerto- op. 21
Etude- op. 25 no 6
Misc- op. 49

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chopinlover01

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Re: Your favorite Chopin pieces of all categories?

Reply #5 on: January 01, 2015, 12:06:11 AM

Quote from: chopinlover01 on December 31, 2014, 08:49:30 PM

I know this has been done to death, but people's opinions change. So, what's your favorite? I'll start off-
Waltz: E minor (Posthumous)
Nocturne: 32/1, B major
Mazurka: 6/1 or 17/4
Polonaise: Tie between 26/2 and Grande Polonaise Brilliante, Op 22
Ballade: The A flat major, but only if played well. if not, then the G minor (Op 23).
Scherzo: B flat minor, opus 31
Impromptu: the A flat major (can't remember the Opus)
Prelude: B flat minor
Misc: Fantasie Op 49
EDIT: Thank you J_Menz for the refresher:
Etude: 10/11
Sonata: B flat minor
Concerti: F minor
Non Piano work: Cello Sonata (Not mainly for piano anyways)
Don't know any of the songs
I don't think I'm forgetting anything... Am I?

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khantallis123

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Re: Your favorite Chopin pieces of all categories?

Reply #6 on: January 01, 2015, 12:07:38 AM

The ones at IIYM

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chopinlover01

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Re: Your favorite Chopin pieces of all categories?

Reply #7 on: January 01, 2015, 12:07:59 AM

EDIT: Thank you J_Menz for the refresher:
Etude: 10/11
Sonata: B flat minor
Concerti: F minor
Non Piano work: Cello Sonata (Not mainly for piano anyways)
Don't know any of the songs

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khantallis123

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Re: Your favorite Chopin pieces of all categories?

Reply #8 on: January 01, 2015, 12:17:30 AM

Prelude: Raindrop Prelude and the one in d minor
Sonata: No. 1 C minor
Ballads: No.4 f minor
Concerto: no. 2 f minor
Concertante: Variations on Don Giovanni
Songs: None

Nonpiano: cello sonata, but I've never heard it

Waltz: Grand Brilliant Waltz Eb major (Op.18?)
Polonaise: g minor, disputed early work
Etudes: Op. 10 nose. 1 3 Op. 25 nose. 1 4 7 9
Miscellaneous: Berceuse and Souvenir de Paganini
Mazurka: F Major Op. 68 #4, f minor op. Post and Bb major op.7 no.

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Scherzo: none
Impromptu: Fantasuw Impromptew
Nocturne: The C Minor one op. 48?; Op. Post in c# minor; F minor op. 55 no. ?

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eduardom

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Re: Your favorite Chopin pieces of all categories?

Reply #9 on: January 01, 2015, 12:36:43 AM

Prelude: Raindrop
Sonata: n2 in Bflat minor
Ballade: #1
Concerto: #1
Waltz: Grand Valse Brillante op18
Polonaise: Heroic polonaise op53
Nocturne: op9 #1 and #2
Impromptu: Fantasie
Etude: 10 no3 and the revolutionary etude
Other: Barcarolle op60

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j_menz

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Re: Your favorite Chopin pieces of all categories?

Reply #10 on: January 01, 2015, 12:40:07 AM

Quote from: chopinlover01 on January 01, 2015, 12:07:59 AM

Don't know any of the songs

They're much (an mostly best) forgotten, though Liszt thought some of them worth transcribing for solo piano.

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Re: Your favorite Chopin pieces of all categories?

Reply #11 on: January 01, 2015, 06:29:52 PM

Nocturne: Two nocturnes Op 27 and two nocturnes Op 62
Mazurka: Op 50
Polonaise: Heroic Op 53 and Grand Polonaise Brillante Op 22
Ballade: G minor Op 23 and F minor Op 52
Scherzo: B-flat minor Op 31
Impromptu: F-sharp major Op 36
Prelude: Op 28 No 13, 17 and 21
Waltz: A-flat major Op 34 No 1
Etude: Op 25 No 7 and No 12
Sonata: B-minor Op 58
Concerto: F-minor Op 21
Other: Fantasie Op 49 and Barcarolle Op 60

I hope one day I will be able to play all of these from memories! This year is again a year of Chopin Competition. I watched most of the live stream in 2010

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coda_colossale

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Re: Your favorite Chopin pieces of all categories?

Reply #12 on: January 01, 2015, 09:57:29 PM

Nocturne: Op. 27 No. 1
Mazurka: Op. 68 No. 2
Polonaise: Op. 44
Ballade: Op. 52 No. 4
Scherzo: Op. 39 No. 3
Impromptu: Op. 66
Prelude: Op. 28 No. 8, 10, 12, 15, 24
Waltz: Op. 64 No. 2
Etude: Op. 10-12, Op. 25-7, Op. 25-12
Sonata: Op. 35
Concerto: Op. 11
Other: Barcarolle Op. 60 and Fantasie Op. 49

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briansaddleback

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Re: Your favorite Chopin pieces of all categories?

Reply #13 on: November 19, 2015, 09:46:55 PM

Nocturne: 15 2 I believe is the 'champagne and truffles' nocturne (as stated by an author I forgot describing some of his works)
Mazurka: Not a fan of really any of his mazurkas.
Polonaise: Military polonaise
Ballade: The bright one, sounds uplifting not dark.
Scherzo: the first one is it? the one that starts off with a few short repetitive notes...bududup bududup.....BLam BlLM BLAM blam blam Blam....budududp bududup.
Impromptu: Fantasie Impromptu 66
Prelude: 16. This one is so wild
Waltz: Op. 64 No. 1
Etude: Where do I start? all of them pretty much. The etudes set basically defines Chopin for me. Perhaps my bucket list etude would be op 25 no 11.
Sonata: Funeral. It is the only one i am really familiar with.
Concerto: Not a fan of any of one of his concertos.
Other:

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Re: Your favorite Chopin pieces of all categories?

Reply #14 on: November 20, 2015, 12:49:18 AM

waltz: Adieu op 69 no 1 (I think)
Nocturne 2 posthumous ones (c# minor, and c minor)
Mazurka: Dont know too much
Polonaise, opp 44 and 53
Ballade: #2, #4
Scherzo; That is a hard one to choose from.....
Impromptu: Fantasie
Prelude: op 28 no 5, 10, 12, 16, 19, 22
Etude: op 10 no 4,8,10 op 25 no 4,5,6,7,10
Misc op 49 fantasie
Concerti: op 46, Allegro de concerti

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Re: Your favorite Chopin pieces of all categories?

Reply #15 on: December 31, 2015, 08:11:16 PM

Might get too mainstream but it's true...
Waltz- I think it's op.69 no. 1....
Mazurka- Op.63 no. 3
Polonaise- A- flat from opus 53 I think... I don't know many though
Ballade- G minor. one of my alltime favorites.
Scherzo- secondd
Etude- Op.25 no.7 (I think- the one that sonds like cello..)

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Reply #16 on: January 01, 2016, 06:17:50 AM

Waltz - op.64 no.2
Mazurka - op 50
Polonaise - op 53
Ballade - no.4 op.52
Scherzo - no.4 op.53
Etude - op.10 no.1
Nocturne - op 48 no.1
Impromptu - no.1 op.29
Concerto - no.1 op.11
Sonata - no.3 op.58

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Re: Your favorite Chopin pieces of all categories?

Reply #17 on: January 18, 2016, 11:46:37 PM

Waltz Op.34/1
Scherzo No.2 or 4
Nocturne Op.62/1
Ballade No.4
Impromptu No.2
Prelude in f sharp minor
Etude OP.25/5,11,12,10
Polonaises op.22 53 61
Mazurkas Op.56
Sonata No.2
Barcarolle Fantasy Bolero Eccosaises
Concerto no.1
Cello Sonata
The Maiden's Wish
Rondo Op.16

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aweshana21

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Re: Your favorite Chopin pieces of all categories?

Reply #18 on: January 22, 2016, 02:43:50 AM

my favorite polonaises are the polonaise in a flat major, grande brillante polanise, and the polonaise fantasy

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Re: Your favorite Chopin pieces of all categories?

Reply #19 on: January 22, 2016, 08:50:25 PM

Waltz- Op.34 no.1
Mazurka- Op.56 no.3
Polonaise- Op.61
Ballade- Op.38
Scherzo- Op.54
Nocturne- Op.62 no.1
Impromptu- Op.36
Prelude- Op.28 no.14
Sonata- Op.58
Concerto- Op.11
Etude- Op.25 no.10
Misc- Op.49

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Re: Your favorite Chopin pieces of all categories?

Reply #20 on: January 30, 2017, 04:44:53 AM

Sorry for reviving this, but I wanna play so...

Overall: Fantasie in F minor op.49
Sonata: the third
Scherzo: also third
Polonaise: G flat Major
Mazurka: op.17 n°4 in A minor
Impromptu: Fantasie
Nocturne: op.37 n°2 in G Major
Ballade: first in G minor
Prelude: n°21 in B flat Major
Etude: op.25 n°5 in E minor
Concerto: the first
Waltz: op 42 in A flat Major

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paxxx17

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Re: Your favorite Chopin pieces of all categories?

Reply #21 on: February 24, 2017, 04:19:29 PM

Overall - Ballade No. 4

Etude - Op. 25 No. 12
Nocturne - Op. 37 No. 2
Polonaise - Op. 44 (or Polonaise-Fantaisie Op. 61 if you consider it polonaise)
Scherzo - No. 2
Sonata - No. 2
Piano and orchestra - Fantasy on Polish Airs Op. 13
Other pieces for solo piano - Barcarolle Op. 60
Piano concerto - No. 2

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nandarin

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Reply #22 on: February 26, 2017, 09:31:42 PM

Overall: Andante spianato et grande polonaise brillante, Op. 22

Etude: Op. 25 No. 12
Nocturne: Op. 48 (both)
Prelude: No. 16
Polonaise: Polonaise-Fantaisie Op. 61 if that counts, Op. 44 if it doesn't
Scherzo: No. 3
Sonata: No. 3
Mazurka: Don't really have one, but Op. 24 No. 1 is good
Impromptu: Op. 29
Ballade: No. 1
Concerto: No. 1
Waltz: Tie between Op. 42 and Op. 70 No. 2
Miscellaneous: Andante spianato, though the Boléro is a close second

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Re: Your favorite Chopin pieces of all categories?

Reply #23 on: February 27, 2017, 12:34:07 AM

Nocturne: Opus 37 and Opus 62, Number 1
Mazurka: Don't really know them
Polonaise: Opus 53
Ballade: #1, the Eb section in the middle is gloriously beautiful is you give it enough attention
Scherzo: #1, but I'm not a fan of the middle section at all
Impromptu: Whatever to all of them
Prelude: #16
Waltz: The bouncy one with the repeated notes (in Ab?)
Etude: Opus 25 No. 12
Sonata: Bb Minor
Concerto:I find them both bland

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Re: Your favorite Chopin pieces of all categories?

Reply #24 on: March 21, 2017, 05:06:47 PM

Waltz - Op 34 no 1 Ab major
Mazurka - Op 33 no 4 B minor
Nocturne - Op 9 no 1 Bb minor
Polonaise - Op 44 F# minor
Ballade - no 1 G minor
Scherzo - no 2 Bb minor
Impromptu - Op 66 C# minor
Prelude - Op 28 no 24 D minor
Sonata - Op 35 Bb minor
Concerto - op 21 F minor
Etude - Op. 10 No. 3 Eb major
Misc - Berceuse Op 57 Db major

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beethovenfan01

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Re: Your favorite Chopin pieces of all categories?

Reply #25 on: March 22, 2017, 03:38:35 AM

Waltz--Op. 18 in E-flat major
Mazurka--Don't really know them
Nocturne--Op. 48 No. 1 in C minor
Polonaise--Op. 44 in F-sharp minor
Ballade--Op. 23 in G minor
Scherzo--Op. 39 No. 3 in C-sharp minor
Prelude--Op. 28 No. 15 in D-flat major
Sonata--Op. 35 in B-flat minor
Concerto--Op. 21 in F minor
Etude--Op. 25 No. 10
Misc--Op. 61 Polonaise-Fantasie

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