There are 23 of them, 7 published during his lifetime. Rondo in E flat Major, Opus 16, is one of Chopin’s brighter, more fun-filled pieces.Ĭhopin’s Polonaises are very triumphant pieces of music. 2 to me is the Chopin we all know and love and needs to be here. The scales in the last quarter are like fairies flying over a magical lake. In the middle, it seems to end, but then starts over again. 20 in C# minor composed in 1830 but not published until 1870 – again, well after Chopin’s death. This Nocturne is pure delight because it’s particularly light and its delicacy defies the technical challenge in playing it. I have several favorites, so it’s impossible to only mention one of them. 2 – one of Chopin’s most famous and most loved waltzes, written in 1847.Ĭhopin’s Nocturnes are his most romantic and most beautiful pieces. There are around 36 of them in all, but only 8 were published during his lifetime. I’m going to pick the latter, but it’s a really close call.Ĭhopin wrote his first Waltz when he was 14 years old. The title for the most beautiful Mazurka has two contestants – Opus 59 No. Chopin developed the style for the concert hall. The Mazurka is a traditional Polish folk dance in waltz time. Chopin’s Most Beautiful Piano PiecesĬlose to my heart, my first pick is the Fantasie Impromptu in C# minor Opus 66, composed in 1834 and published after Chopin’s death. Therefore, with such a huge bulk of beautiful music to sift through, some of my own fondness is likely to guide my choices. When we hear a piece of music, it will sometimes take us back to where we were when we first heard it, or as a pianist, when we first studied it. He also wrote some odd pieces that don’t fall into any of these categories as well as two piano concertos. The main bulk of Chopin’s catalogue falls under the categories: Mazurkas, Waltzes, Nocturnes, Polonaises, Etudes, Impromptus, Scherzos, Ballades, Preludes and Sonatas. And it does make me wonder what we missed out on with him dying so young, at the age of 39.
Fortunately, nobody kept that promise or we would have been several beautiful Chopin pieces shorter today. He requested on his deathbed that his unpublished works be destroyed. Some pieces have been lost or destroyed, and there are some pieces that cannot be confirmed to have been written by him. At least, not all the way through, as many of these others really do.Ĭhopin wrote many works – over 230, and nearly all for piano solo. The pieces I have selected here fall into the second category, because some pieces, such as the Revolutionary Etude, while brilliant and breathtaking, don’t really fall into the “beauty” category as easily. The show-off, racing pieces that demand incredible virtuosity from the pianist, and the ethereal, heartbreakingly beautiful pieces that make you weep.
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