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Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)

Polish-French composer and pianist who wrote almost nothing that wasn't for solo piano, a rare and total devotion. He left Warsaw at twenty, weeks before Russia crushed a Polish uprising, and never went back. Paris made him famous: intimate salons rather than concert halls suited both his fragile health and his introspective music. A decade-long relationship with the writer George Sand, and winters spent together on Majorca, produced some of his boldest preludes. He died of tuberculosis at thirty-nine, reportedly asking that his heart be carried back to Warsaw, which it was, sealed in a jar of cognac. What he left behind, nocturnes, mazurkas, ballades, remains some of the most personal music ever written for the instrument.

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The easiest Chopin on the shelf, in order. Nothing here is graded and nobody is ranked: the shelf simply puts the pieces that ask less of your hands before the ones that ask more.

Marche funèbre C major · 9 min Warschauer Mazurka F major · <1 min Fugue in A minor; B.144 A minor · 6 min Mompou Variations on a Theme by (X Evocation) F♯ minor · 2 min Waltz in B-flat Major B♭ major · 1 min Nocturne (Short Version) E♭ major · 1 min Mazurka in B minor Op. 33 No. 4 B minor · 9 min Prélude G major · <1 min Nocturne n20 (posthume) en Do dièse mineur 'Réminiscence' F major · 6 min Étude in E-flat major Op. 10 No. 11 A E♭ major · 2 min Waltz in B minor B minor · 3 min Marche funèbre in C Minor Op. 72 C minor · 4 min

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Prelude in D major, Op. 28 No. 5 D major · 1 min Mazurkas Op. 7 A minor · 2 min Prelude in B minor, Op. 28 No. 6 B minor · 2 min Waltz in A minor A minor · 1 min Prelude No. 15 in D flat major Op. 28 The Raindrop D♭ major · 4 min Prelude in E minor E minor · 2 min Waltz in F minor Op. 70 No. 2 A♭ major · 2 min Deux Valses Mélancoliques - Second English Edition A♭ major · 6 min Prelude in A major Op. 28 No. 7 A major · <1 min Waltz No. 17 in E flat major B.46 E♭ major · 5 min Prelude: Op. 28 No. 20 E♭ major · 1 min Inspiration from Nocturnes No. 2 E♭ major · 1 min Prelude in A-flat major, Op. 28 No. 17 A♭ major · 3 min Mazurka Op. 7 No. 2 - of autogr A major · 2 min Waltz in C♯ minor C♯ minor · 4 min Mazurka in C Minor Op. 30: No. 1 C minor · 2 min Prelude in A minor, Op. 28 No. 2 A minor · 1 min Tarantelle op 43 A♭ major · 4 min Étude in E-flat minor Op. 10 No. 6 (Lament) E♭ minor · 3 min Prelude in E-flat major Op. 28 No. 19 E♭ major · 1 min Nocturne in B major, Op. 9 No. 3 B major · 5 min Étude in E major Op. 10 No. 3 (Tristesse) E major · 3 min Mazurka Op. 68 No. 4 - posth F minor · 2 min Mazurka in C Minor Op. 30: No. 4 E major · 4 min Waltz in E-flat major B.133 Posthumous E♭ major · <1 min Prélude opus 18 No. 15 D♭ major · 5 min Mazurka in D major Op. 33 No. 2 D major · 2 min Grande Valse Brillante Op. 18 Analysis E♭ major · 4 min Mazurka in D-Flat Major Op. 30: No. 3 D♭ major · 2 min Grande Valse brilliante Op. 34 No. 3 F major · 2 min The Bus F♯ minor · <1 min Polonaise In G Minor G minor · 1 min Prelude in B major Op. 28 No. 11 B major · <1 min Prelude in C major, Op. 28 No. 1 C major · <1 min Trois Valses (Op. 64) - 3. Moderato in A♭ major A♭ major · 3 min Waltz in E minor Opus Posthumous E minor · 2 min Étude in F minor Op. 25 No. 2 The Bee F minor · 1 min Funeral March and Violin D♭ major · 6 min Prelude in E-flat minor, Op. 28 No. 14 E♭ minor · <1 min Nocturne in C Minor (posth.) - Paderewski Edition C minor · 3 min Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op. 45 C♯ minor · 8 min Ballade No. 2 F major · 7 min Scherzo No. 2 (Op. 31) D♭ major · 8 min Étude in D-flat major Op. 25 No. 8 Si D♭ major · 1 min Étude in F major Op. 25 No. 3 The Hor F major · 2 min Prelude in B-flat major Op. 28 No. 21 B♭ major · 1 min Casta diva E major · 2 min Étude in A-flat major Op. 10 No. 10 A♭ major · 2 min Preludio op. 28 nº 22 B♭ major · 2 min Prelude in F-sharp major Op. 28 No. 13 F♯ major · 4 min Fantaisie-impromptu in C-sharp minor Op. 66 C♯ minor · 5 min Minute Waltz in D♭ Major Op. 64 No. 1 D♭ major · 1 min Sonata 2 op35 3 funeral march D♭ major · 3 min Etude Op. 25 No. 4 A minor · 2 min Nocturne 4 in F major F major · 3 min Etude Op. 25 No. 1 in A A♭ major · 2 min Étude in F minor, Op. 10 No. 9 F minor · 1 min Nocturne in B♭ minor B♭ minor · 5 min Prelude in F major Op. 28 No. 23 F major · 1 min Prélude No. 25 in C Minor Opus 45 E major · 4 min Prelude in G-sharp minor Op. 28 No. 12 G♯ minor · 1 min Polonaise-Fantasie (Op. 61) A♭ major · 12 min Sonata No. 2 (Op. 35) D♭ major · 14 min Étude in C major Op. 10 No. 1 Waterfa C major · 2 min Étude in G-sharp minor Op. 25 No. 6 T G♯ minor · 2 min Nocturne in E♭ E♭ major · 4 min Nocturne in E Minor Op. 72 No. 1 E minor · 4 min Prelude in F minor Op. 28 No. 18 F minor · <1 min Prélude No. 3 In G Major Op. 28 G major · <1 min Nocturne in D-Flat Major Op. 27 No. 2 D♭ major · 5 min Polonaise in A-flat major Op. 53 (Heroic) A♭ major · 6 min Ballad No. 3 A♭ major · 7 min Ballade No. 1 G minor · 11 min Nocturne in C♯ minor C♯ minor · 4 min Étude in C-sharp minor Op. 10 No. 4 C♯ minor · 2 min Nocturne in C minor Op. 48 No. 1 C minor · 5 min Ballade No. 4 (Op. 52) F minor · 10 min Etude Op. 25 No. 12 in C minor C minor · 2 min Prelude in F-sharp minor Op. 28 No. 8 F♯ minor · 2 min Étude in C-sharp minor Op. 25 No. 7 E major · 4 min Nocturne (Op. 55. No. 2) E♭ major · 4 min Étude in F major Op. 10 No. 8 Sunshin F major · 2 min Sonata No. 3 (Op. 58) B minor · 20 min Berceuse (Cradle Song) D♭ major · 4 min Etude No. 2 Op. 10 Fredric A minor · 1 min Happy Birthday D major · 3 min Étude in E minor Op. 25 No. 5 Wrong N E minor · 3 min Étude in G-flat major Op. 10 No. 5 (Black Keys) G♭ major · 2 min Prelude in B-flat minor Op. 28 No. 16 B♭ minor · 1 min Prelude Op. 28 No. 24 D minor · 2 min Étude in C minor Op. 10 No. 12 (Revolutionary) C minor · 2 min Nocturne in F-sharp major Op. 15 No. 2 F♯ major · 2 min Étude in A minor Op. 25 No. 11 Winter A minor · 3 min

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