SKU: PR.RE10051
ISBN 9790013100514. UPC: 680160639267.
SKU: BT.SLB-00599500
English.
This edition edited by pianist Alfred Cortot includes some of Chopin's most beloved etudes, mazurkas, nocturnes, Polonaises, preludes, and waltzes. Contents: Etudes: Op. 10, No. 3 Op. 10, No. 12 Op. 25, No. 9 Fantasie-ImpromptuOp. 66 Mazurkas: Op. 6, No. 1 Op. 7, No 1 Op. 17, No. 4 Op. 30, No. 2 Op. 68, No. 4 Nocturnes: Op. 9, No. 1 Op. 9, No. 2 Op. 15, No. 3 Op. 27, No. 1 Op. 32, No. 1 Op. 37, No. 1 Op. 37, No. 2 Op. 48, No. 1 Op. 55, No. 1 Op. 72, APolonaises: Op. 26, No. 1 Op. 40, No. 1 Op. 40, No. 2 Preludes: Op. 28, No. 2 Op. 28, No. 4 Op. 28, No. 6 Op. 28, No. 9 Op. 28, No. 13 Op. 28, No. 15 Op. 28, No. 17 Op. 28, No. 20 Op. 28, No. 21 Op. 28, No. 22 Waltzes: Op. 34, No.2 Op. 64, No. 1 Op. 64, No. 2 Op. 64, No. 3 Op. 69, No. 1 Op. 69, No. 2 Op. 70, No. 1 Op. 70, No. 2.
SKU: HL.191946
ISBN 9788361142829.
The Polonaises, Op. 40 belong to that later group. They comprise two works: a Polonaise in A major and a Polonaise in C minor. These two works comprise the second opus of piano polonaises to be published by Chopin, and they form a powrful contrastwith one another, representing two varietes of the heroic polonaise: the triumphant and the tragic. They also mark a further stage in the evolution of the polonaise: on the hand, in the direction of monumentalisation; on the other, towards a gradualweakening of its dance features, so that the dance in transformed into a kind of dance fantasy.
