The Four Ballades / Sonata no. 2 in B-flat minor

Album by Fryderyk Chopin & Emanuel Ax

The Four Ballades and the Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor are solo piano works by Polish composer Frédéric Chopin, composed in the 1830s and early 1840s. They exemplify Chopin's mature Romantic language — combining lyrical melodic writing, intricate piano textures, dramatic contrasts and inventive harmonic approaches — and occupy an important place in his solo piano output and the broader 19th-century piano repertoire.

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  1. 1.
    The Ballades: no. 1 in G minor, op. 23
    10:02
  2. 2.
    The Ballades: no. 2 in F, op. 38
    7:09
  3. 3.
    The Ballades: no. 3 in A-flat, op. 47
    7:56
  4. 4.
    The Ballades: no. 4 in F minor, op. 52
    11:50
  5. 5.
    Sonata no. 2 in B-flat minor, op. 35 ("Funeral March"): Grave; Doppio movimento
    7:56
  6. 6.
    Sonata no. 2 in B-flat minor, op. 35 ("Funeral March"): Scherzo
    6:47
  7. 7.
    Sonata no. 2 in B-flat minor, op. 35 ("Funeral March"): Marche funèbre
    8:38
  8. 8.
    Sonata no. 2 in B-flat minor, op. 35 ("Funeral March"): Presto
    1:29

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