The Preludes

Album by Fryderyk Chopin & Daniel Barenboim

The Preludes is a set of 24 piano pieces by Polish composer Fryderyk Chopin, published in 1839. The collection spans all major and minor keys and exemplifies Romantic-era piano writing through concentrated, contrasting miniatures that broadened the expressive and structural possibilities of solo piano music and marks a pivotal point in Chopin's middle-period output.

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  1. 1.
    Preludes Op. 28: No. 1 in C major (Agitato)
    0:50
  2. 2.
    Preludes Op. 28: No. 2 in A minor (Lento)
    2:01
  3. 3.
    Preludes Op. 28: No. 3 in G major (Vivace)
    0:56
  4. 4.
    Preludes, Op. 28: No. 4 in E Minor
    1:54
  5. 5.
    Preludes Op. 28: No. 5 in D major (Allegro molto)
    0:34
  6. 6.
    Preludes Op. 28: No. 6 in B minor (Lento assai)
    2:01
  7. 7.
    Preludes Op. 28: No. 7 in A major (Andantino)
    0:50
  8. 8.
    Preludes, Op. 28: No. 8 in F-Sharp Minor
    1:59
  9. 9.
    Preludes Op. 28: No. 9 in E major (Largo)
    1:22
  10. 10.
    Preludes Op. 28: No. 10 in C sharp minor (Allegro molto)
    0:28
  11. 11.
    Preludes Op. 28: No. 11 in B major (Vivace)
    0:34
  12. 12.
    Preludes Op. 28: No. 12 in G sharp minor (Presto)
    1:11
  13. 13.
    Preludes Op. 28: No. 13 in F sharp major (Lento)
    2:55
  14. 14.
    Preludes Op. 28: No. 14 in E flat minor (Allegro)
    0:41
  15. 15.
    Preludes, Op. 28: No. 15 in D-Flat Major
    5:31
  16. 16.
    Preludes Op. 28: No. 16 in B flat minor (Presto con fuoco)
    1:04
  17. 17.
    Preludes Op. 28: No. 17 in A flat major (Allegretto)
    3:02
  18. 18.
    Preludes Op. 28: No. 18 in F minor (Allegro molto)
    0:54
  19. 19.
    Preludes Op. 28: No. 19 in E flat major (Vivace)
    1:20
  20. 20.
    Preludes, Op. 28: No. 20 in C Minor
    1:36
  21. 21.
    Preludes Op. 28: No. 21 in B flat major (Cantabile)
    1:51
  22. 22.
    Preludes Op. 28: No. 22 in G minor (Molto agitato)
    0:41
  23. 23.
    Preludes Op. 28: No. 23 in F major (Moderato)
    1:16
  24. 24.
    Preludes, Op. 28: No. 24 in D Minor
    2:24
  25. 25.
    Prelude in C sharp minor Op. 45
    5:31
  26. 26.
    Prelude Op. Posth.
    0:53
  27. 27.
    Berceuse in D-Flat Major, Op. 57. Andante
    4:44
  28. 28.
    Polonaise-fantaisie in A-Flat Major, Op. 61. Allegro maestoso - A tempo giusto
    13:33
  29. 29.
    Variations in A ('Souvenir de Paganini')
    4:28
  30. 30.
    Introduction and Variations in B flat on a theme from Hérold's 'Ludovic' ('Variations brillantes') Op. 12
    8:25

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