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Chopin - Étude Op. 10 No. 2 in A Minor - Yuja Wang, Piano

Chopin – Étude Op. 10 No. 2 – Wang, Piano

Étude Op 10 No 2 in A Minor, is a technical study written by Frédéric Chopin for the piano. Composed in 1829, it was first published in 1833.

Martha Argerich plays Chopin's Scherzo No 3 in C-sharp minor at Chopin competition in Warsaw, 1965

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Piano / Scherzo

Chopin – Scherzo No. 3 – Martha Argerich, Piano

The Scherzo No. 3 Op. 39, in C-Sharp Minor by Frédéric Chopin, completed in 1839, was written in the abandoned monastery of Valldemossa on the Balearic island of Majorca, Spain.

Chopin - Scherzo No 3 in C-Sharp Minor - Buniatishvili, Piano

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Piano / Scherzo

Chopin – Scherzo No. 3 – Khatia Buniatishvili, Piano

The Scherzo No 3 Op. 39 in C-Sharp Minor by Frédéric Chopin, completed in 1839, was written in the abandoned monastery of Valldemossa on the Balearic island of Majorca, Spain.

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

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Piano / Prelude

Chopin – Prelude No. 15 (Raindrop) – Wang, Piano

One of Frédéric Chopin most famous masterpiece, the Raindrop prelude strikes one at first as an oasis of peace and calm. However, the transition from the bright key of D-Flat Major to the tenebrous C-Sharp Minor brings dark, gloomy, disturbing sonorities.

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Cello / Piano / Sonata

Chopin – Cello Sonata – Capuçon, Cello; Wang, Piano

The Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 65, was written by Frédéric Chopin in 1846. It is one of only nine works of Chopin published during his lifetime that were written for instruments other than piano (although the piano still appears in every work he wrote).

Daniil Trifonov performs Chopin's Fantaisie-Impromptu for piano in C-sharp minor

Impromptu / Piano / ROMANTIC MUSIC

Chopin – Fantaisie-Impromptu – Daniil Trifonov, Piano

Chopin’s Fantaisie-Impromptu in C-Sharp Minor, Op. posth. 66, is a solo piano composition. It was composed in 1834 and dedicated to Julian Fontana, who published the piece despite Frédéric Chopin’s request not to do so.

Chopin, Waltz No. 5 Op. 42 in A-Flat Major - Yuja Wang, Piano

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Piano / Waltz

Chopin – Waltz No. 5 for Piano – Yuja Wang

Waltz No. 5 in A-Flat Major Op. 42, is a lively waltz composed by Frédéric Chopin in 1840. It is often considered to be one of the finest and most perfect of Chopin’s many waltzes.

The pianist Krystian Zimerman is playing Chopin's 3rd Ballade in A-flat major

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Ballade / Piano

Chopin – Ballade No. 3 – Zimerman, Piano

Chopin’s Ballade No. 3 in A-flat major, Op. 47, composed by Frédéric Chopin, dating from 1841, is dedicated to Pauline de Noailles. The inspiration for this Ballade is usually claimed to be Adam Mickiewicz’s poem Undine, also known as Świtezianka.

Chopin - Waltz Posthumous in A Minor - Sokolov, Piano

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Piano / Waltz

Chopin – Waltz No. 19, Op Posthumous – Sokolov, Piano

Waltz Posthumous in A Minor, often designated as Waltz No. 19, was written sometime between 1843 and 1848, but was not published until 1860, after Frédéric Chopin’s death.

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Piano / Prelude

Chopin – Prelude No. 16 – Wang, Piano

Chopin’s Prelude No 16 in B-Flat Minor, Presto con fuoco, is certainly the most difficult of the set. 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.