Chopin revolutionized the etude – but he ennobled the waltz. He spent much time on this genre throughout his life and created a wide spectrum of forms, from virtuosic showpieces – the Grandes Vales Brillantes – to deeply melancholic atmospheric pictures. All these works have one thing in common: one cannot and should not dance to them! Our volume contains all of the waltzes that were published during Chopin's lifetime, or posthumously, including popular masterpieces such as the so-called “Minute Waltz” (op. 64 no. 1). In cases where two authentic versions of the same waltz have been transmitted, we naturally give the Urtext of both versions.
Contents:
- Appendix: Waltz E flat major KK IVa,14
- Appendix: Waltz E flat major KK IVb,10
- Waltz (two versions) b minor op. post. 69,2
- Waltz (two versions) A flat major op. post. 69,1
- Waltz (two versions) G flat major op. post. 70,1
- Waltz A flat major op. 64,3
- Waltz A flat major op. 42
- Waltz A flat major op. 34,1
- Waltz A flat major KK IVa,13
- Waltz a minor op. 34,2
- Waltz a minor KK IVb,11
- Waltz c sharp minor op. 64,2
- Waltz D flat major op. post. 70,3
- Waltz D flat major op. 64,1 [Minute] D flat major op. 64,1
- Waltz E major KK IVa,12
- Waltz e minor KK IVa,15
- Waltz F major op. 34,3
- Waltz F minor, A flat major (two versions) op. post. 70,2
- Waltz [Grande Valse brillante] E flat major op. 18