Chopin – Prelude No. 3 – Yuja Wang, Piano

Chopin’s Prelude No. 3 in  G major, returns to volatility. It belongs to the category of ‘etudal’ preludes, characterised by a quick tempo, lightness and mobility. It develops a single textural idea. Chopin’s 24 Preludes, Op. 28, are a set of short pieces for the piano, one in each of the twenty-four keys, originally published in 1839. Chopin wrote them between 1835 and 1839, partly at Valldemossa, Majorca, where he spent the winter of 1838–39 and where he had fled with George Sand and her children to escape the damp Paris weather. – Yuja Wang

Chopin’s Preludes by Wang

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Prelude No. 15 in D-Flat Major

Chopin - 24 Preludes for Piano Op 28 - Wang, Piano

Prelude No. 16

Prelude No. 16 in B-Flat Minor

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Prelude No. 24

Prelude No. 24 in D Minor

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