Chopin: An Album

Description

Frédéric Chopin's extraordinary music has been central to the piano repertoire since it was first introduced, often by the composer himself, in the 1830s. This album, with music selected and edited by internationally known performer, teacher and clinician Phyllis Alpert Lehrer, is an ideal collection for the intermediate or early advanced player and includes performing suggestions, historical background and copious editorial insights.

The music is drawn from a variety of the forms and genres that Chopin employed including selections from the Preludes, Op. 28, Nocturnes, Waltzes, Mazurkas and Polonaises. A nice balance has been struck between very familiar pieces (the in A Major Prelude, the Waltz in C# Minor, Op. 64, No. 2) and less often performed pieces such as the Écossaise, Op. 72, and No. 3.

All in all, this is a collection that will be ideal for pianists with developing skills, both young and adult, and give all players access to the riches of Chopin's melodic, harmonic and textural variety as a keyboard composer.

Pieces

• Prelude in A Major, Op. 28, No. 7
• Prelude in C Minor (Funeral March), Op. 28, No. 20
• Prelude E Minor, Op. 28, No. 4
• Prelude in D-flat Major ("Raindrop"), Op. 28, No. 15
• Prelude B Minor, Op. 28, No. 6
• Nocturne in C-sharp Minor (Lento con gran espressione), B. 49, KK IVa/16, WN 37
• Nocturne in C Minor, B. 108, KK IVb/8, WN 62
• Nocturne in E Minor, Op. 72, No. 1, WN 23
• Nocturne in G Minor, Op. 37, No. 1
• Nocturne in F Minor, Op. 55, No. 1
• 3 Écossaises, Op. 72, No. 3, B. 12, WN 13
• Waltz in A-flat Major (L'adieu), Op. posth. 69, No. 1
• Waltz in C-sharp Minor, Op. 64, No. 2
• Waltz in B Minor, Op. 69, No. 2
• Waltz in A Minor, B. 150, KK IVb/11
• Etude in A-flat Major, KK IIb/3, No. 2
• No. 3 from 4 Mazurkas, Op. posth. 68
• No. 2 from 5 Mazurkas, Op. 7
• Mazurka in A Minor, Op. posth. 67, No. 4
• No. 4 in F Minor from 4 Mazurkas, Op. posth. 68
• Mazurka in A Minor, Op. 17, No. 4
• Polonaise in B-flat Major, B. 3, KK IVa/1
• Polonaise in G Minor, B. 1, KK IIa/1
• Polonaise in C Minor ("Funeral"), Op. 40, No. 2
• Mazurka in G Minor, Op. posth. 67, No. 2