Piano Sonata no. 2 in B flat minor, op. 35 / Piano Sonata no. 3 in B minor, op. 58

Album by Fryderyk Chopin & Philip Fowke

Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 35 (1839) and Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58 (1844) are solo piano sonatas by Frédéric Chopin. Both works exemplify Chopin's mature Romantic piano language — characterised by lyrical melodic writing, chromatic harmony and pianistic virtuosity — with the second sonata showing a broader formal scope and the earlier sonata a more concentrated, stark profile, and together they occupy a significant place in his middle-to-late output and nineteenth-century piano literature.