Waltzes

Chopin revolutionized the etude – but he ennobled the waltz. He spent much time on this genre throughout his life and created a wide spectrum of forms, from virtuosic showpieces – the Grandes Vales Brillantes – to deeply melancholic atmospheric pictures. All these works have one thing in common: one cannot and should not dance to them! Our volume contains all of the waltzes that were published during Chopin's lifetime, or posthumously, including popular masterpieces such as the so-called “Minute Waltz” (op. 64 no. 1). In cases where two authentic versions of the same waltz have been transmitted, we naturally give the Urtext of both versions.

 

Waltz [Grande Valse brillante] in Eb Major, Op. 18; Waltz in Ab Major, Op. 34, No. 1; Waltz in A Minor, Op. 34, No. 2; Waltz in F Major, Op. 34, No. 3; Waltz in Ab Major, Op. 42; Waltz in Db Major, Op. 64, No. 1 [Minute]; Waltz in C# Minor, Op. 64, No. 2; Waltz in Ab Major, Op. 64, No. 3; Waltz (two versions) in Ab Major, Op. post. 69, No. 1; Waltz (two versions) in B Minor, Op. post. 69, No. 2; Waltz (two versions) in Gb Major, Op. post. 70, No. 1; Waltz in F Minor, Ab Major, (two versions) Op. post. 70, No. 2; Waltz in Db Major, Op. post. 70, No. 3; Waltz in Ab Major, KK IVa, No. 13; Waltz in E Major, KK IVa, No. 12 and Waltz in E Minor, KK IVa, No. 15.