4 Ballades

Album by Fryderyk Chopin & Murray Perahia

Four Ballades is a set of four solo piano compositions by Frédéric Chopin, composed between 1831 and 1842. They exemplify Romantic-era piano literature through expansive, episodic forms, rich harmonic language, lyrical melodies and virtuosic technical demands, and they represent a key part of Chopin's mature output and of 19th-century piano repertoire.
First released: 1994

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Ballade no. 1 in G minor, op. 23
    8:57
  2. 2.
    Ballade no. 2 in A minor, op. 38
    6:47
  3. 3.
    Ballade no. 3 in A-flat major, op. 47
    7:01
  4. 4.
    Ballade no. 4 in F minor, op. 52
    9:57
  5. 5.
    Waltz no. 1 in E-flat major "Grande Valse Brillante", op. 18
    5:08
  6. 6.
    Waltz no. 5 in A-flat major "Grande Valse", op. 42
    3:46
  7. 7.
    Nocturne no. 4 in F major, op. 15 no. 1
    4:07
  8. 8.
    Mazurka no. 7 in F minor, op. 7 no. 3
    2:06
  9. 9.
    Mazurka no. 13 in A minor, op. 17 no. 4
    4:35
  10. 10.
    Mazurka no. 23 in D major, op. 33 no. 2
    2:21
  11. 11.
    Etude no. 3 in E major "Tristesse", op. 10 no. 3
    3:46
  12. 12.
    Etude no. 4 in C-sharp minor "Torrent", op. 10 no. 4
    2:04

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