1810–1849 · Polish-French

Chopin, Frédéric

The poet of the piano, who invented a new sound-world of nocturnes, études and ballades almost entirely for his chosen instrument.

Étude (27)

Op.10 No.1
Étude in C major (Op.10 No.1)C major1829–32
Op.10 No.2
Étude in A minor (Op.10 No.2)A minor1829–32
Op.10 No.3
Étude in E major (Op.10 No.3) 'Tristesse'E major1832
Op.10 No.4
Étude in C-sharp minor (Op.10 No.4)C# minor1832
Op.10 No.5
Étude in G-flat major (Op.10 No.5) 'Black Keys'G-flat major1830
Op.10 No.6
Étude in E-flat minor (Op.10 No.6)E-flat minor1830
Op.10 No.7
Étude in C major (Op.10 No.7)C major1832
Op.10 No.8
Étude in F major (Op.10 No.8)F major1829
Op.10 No.9
Étude in F minor (Op.10 No.9)F minor1829
Op.10 No.10
Étude in A-flat major (Op.10 No.10)A-flat major1829
Op.10 No.11
Étude in E-flat major (Op.10 No.11)E-flat major1829
Op.10 No.12
Étude in C minor (Op.10 No.12) 'Revolutionary'C minor1831
Op.25 No.1
Étude in A-flat major (Op.25 No.1) 'Aeolian Harp'A-flat major1832–36
Op.25 No.2
Étude in F minor (Op.25 No.2)F minor1832–36
Op.25 No.3
Étude in F major (Op.25 No.3)F major1832–36
Op.25 No.4
Étude in A minor (Op.25 No.4)A minor1832–36
Op.25 No.5
Étude in E minor (Op.25 No.5) 'Wrong Note'E minor1832–36
Op.25 No.6
Étude in G-sharp minor (Op.25 No.6) 'Thirds'G# minor1832–36
Op.25 No.7
Étude in C-sharp minor (Op.25 No.7) 'Cello'C# minor1832–36
Op.25 No.8
Étude in D-flat major (Op.25 No.8) 'Sixths'D-flat major1832–36
Op.25 No.9
Étude in G-flat major (Op.25 No.9) 'Butterfly'G-flat major1832–36
Op.25 No.10
Étude in B minor (Op.25 No.10) 'Octaves'B minor1832–36
Op.25 No.11
Étude in A minor (Op.25 No.11) 'Winter Wind'A minor1834
Op.25 No.12
Étude in C minor (Op.25 No.12) 'Ocean'C minor1832–36
B.130 No.1
Étude in F minor (Trois nouvelles études No.1)F minor1839
B.130 No.2
Étude in A-flat major (Trois nouvelles études No.2)A-flat major1839
B.130 No.3
Étude in D-flat major (Trois nouvelles études No.3)D-flat major1839

Prelude (26)

Op.28 No.1
Prelude in C majorC major1838–39
Op.28 No.2
Prelude in A minorA minor1836–39
Op.28 No.3
Prelude in G majorG major1838–39
Op.28 No.4
Prelude in E minorE minor1838–39
Op.28 No.5
Prelude in D majorD major1838–39
Op.28 No.6
Prelude in B minorB minor1838–39
Op.28 No.7
Prelude in A majorA major1838–39
Op.28 No.8
Prelude in F-sharp minorF# minor1838–39
Op.28 No.9
Prelude in E majorE major1838–39
Op.28 No.10
Prelude in C-sharp minorC# minor1838–39
Op.28 No.11
Prelude in B majorB major1838–39
Op.28 No.12
Prelude in G-sharp minorG# minor1838–39
Op.28 No.13
Prelude in F-sharp majorF# major1836–39
Op.28 No.14
Prelude in E-flat minorE-flat minor1838–39
Op.28 No.15
Prelude in D-flat major 'Raindrop'D-flat major1838–39
Op.28 No.16
Prelude in B-flat minorB-flat minor1838–39
Op.28 No.17
Prelude in A-flat majorA-flat major1836–39
Op.28 No.18
Prelude in F minorF minor1838–39
Op.28 No.19
Prelude in E-flat majorE-flat major1838–39
Op.28 No.20
Prelude in C minor 'Funeral March'C minor1838–39
Op.28 No.21
Prelude in B-flat majorB-flat major1836–39
Op.28 No.22
Prelude in G minorG minor1838–39
Op.28 No.23
Prelude in F majorF major1838–39
Op.28 No.24
Prelude in D minorD minor1838–39
Op.45
Prelude in C-sharp minorC# minor1841
B.86
Prelude in A-flat major (posth.)A-flat majorc.1834

Nocturne (21)

Op.9 No.1
Nocturne in B-flat minorB-flat minor1830–32
Op.9 No.2
Nocturne in E-flat majorE-flat major1830–32
Op.9 No.3
Nocturne in B majorB major1830–32
Op.15 No.1
Nocturne in F majorF major1830–32
Op.15 No.2
Nocturne in F-sharp majorF# major1830–32
Op.15 No.3
Nocturne in G minorG minor1833
Op.27 No.1
Nocturne in C-sharp minorC# minor1835
Op.27 No.2
Nocturne in D-flat majorD-flat major1835
Op.32 No.1
Nocturne in B majorB major1836–37
Op.32 No.2
Nocturne in A-flat majorA-flat major1836–37
Op.37 No.1
Nocturne in G minorG minor1838
Op.37 No.2
Nocturne in G majorG major1839
Op.48 No.1
Nocturne in C minorC minor1841
Op.48 No.2
Nocturne in F-sharp minorF# minor1841
Op.55 No.1
Nocturne in F minorF minor1843
Op.55 No.2
Nocturne in E-flat majorE-flat major1843
Op.62 No.1
Nocturne in B majorB major1846
Op.62 No.2
Nocturne in E majorE major1846
Op.72 No.1
Nocturne in E minor (posth.)E minorc.1827
B.49
Nocturne in C minor (posth.)C minorc.1837
B.108
Nocturne in C-sharp minor (posth.,'Lento con gran espressione')C# minor1830

Mazurka (55)

Op.6 No.1
Mazurka in F-sharp minorF# minor1830–32
Op.6 No.2
Mazurka in C-sharp minorC# minor1830–32
Op.6 No.3
Mazurka in E majorE major1830–32
Op.6 No.4
Mazurka in E-flat minorE-flat minor1830–32
Op.7 No.1
Mazurka in B-flat majorB-flat major1830–32
Op.7 No.2
Mazurka in A minorA minor1830–32
Op.7 No.3
Mazurka in F minorF minor1830–32
Op.7 No.4
Mazurka in A-flat majorA-flat major1830–32
Op.7 No.5
Mazurka in C majorC major1830–32
Op.17 No.1
Mazurka in B-flat majorB-flat major1832–33
Op.17 No.2
Mazurka in E minorE minor1832–33
Op.17 No.3
Mazurka in A-flat majorA-flat major1832–33
Op.17 No.4
Mazurka in A minorA minor1832–33
Op.24 No.1
Mazurka in G minorG minor1834–35
Op.24 No.2
Mazurka in C majorC major1834–35
Op.24 No.3
Mazurka in A-flat majorA-flat major1834–35
Op.24 No.4
Mazurka in B-flat minorB-flat minor1834–35
Op.30 No.1
Mazurka in C minorC minor1836–37
Op.30 No.2
Mazurka in B minorB minor1836–37
Op.30 No.3
Mazurka in D-flat majorD-flat major1836–37
Op.30 No.4
Mazurka in C-sharp minorC# minor1836–37
Op.33 No.1
Mazurka in G-sharp minorG# minor1837–38
Op.33 No.2
Mazurka in D majorD major1837–38
Op.33 No.3
Mazurka in C majorC major1837–38
Op.33 No.4
Mazurka in B minorB minor1837–38
Op.41 No.1
Mazurka in C-sharp minorC# minor1838–40
Op.41 No.2
Mazurka in E minorE minor1838–40
Op.41 No.3
Mazurka in B majorB major1838–40
Op.41 No.4
Mazurka in A-flat majorA-flat major1838–40
Op.50 No.1
Mazurka in G majorG major1841–42
Op.50 No.2
Mazurka in A-flat majorA-flat major1841–42
Op.50 No.3
Mazurka in C-sharp minorC# minor1841–42
Op.56 No.1
Mazurka in B majorB major1843
Op.56 No.2
Mazurka in C majorC major1843
Op.56 No.3
Mazurka in C minorC minor1843
Op.59 No.1
Mazurka in A minorA minor1845
Op.59 No.2
Mazurka in A-flat majorA-flat major1845
Op.59 No.3
Mazurka in F-sharp minorF# minor1845
Op.63 No.1
Mazurka in B majorB major1846
Op.63 No.2
Mazurka in F minorF minor1846
Op.63 No.3
Mazurka in C-sharp minorC# minor1846
Op.67 No.1
Mazurka in G major (posth.)G major1835
Op.67 No.2
Mazurka in G minor (posth.)G minorc.1849
Op.67 No.3
Mazurka in C major (posth.)C major1835
Op.67 No.4
Mazurka in A minor (posth.)A minor1846
Op.68 No.1
Mazurka in C major (posth.)C majorc.1829
Op.68 No.2
Mazurka in A minor (posth.)A minorc.1827
Op.68 No.3
Mazurka in F major (posth.)F majorc.1829
Op.68 No.4
Mazurka in F minor (posth., last work)F minor1849
B.16
Mazurka in A minor (early)A minorc.1826
B.34
Mazurka in G major (early)G majorc.1825
B.73
Mazurka in D majorD majorc.1829–30
B.77
Mazurka in C majorC majorc.1833
B.82
Mazurka in A-flat majorA-flat majorc.1834
B.85
Mazurka in G major (Notre temps)G majorc.1834

Polonaise (16)

Op.26 No.1
Polonaise in C-sharp minorC# minor1834–35
Op.26 No.2
Polonaise in E-flat minorE-flat minor1834–35
Op.40 No.1
Polonaise in A major 'Military'A major1838–39
Op.40 No.2
Polonaise in C minorC minor1838–39
Op.44
Polonaise in F-sharp minorF# minor1840–41
Op.53
Polonaise in A-flat major 'Heroic'A-flat major1842
Op.61
Polonaise-Fantaisie in A-flat majorA-flat major1845–46
Op.71 No.1
Polonaise in D minor (posth.)D minorc.1825
Op.71 No.2
Polonaise in B-flat major (posth.)B-flat majorc.1828
Op.71 No.3
Polonaise in F minor (posth.)F minorc.1829
B.1
Polonaise in G minor (early)G minor1817
B.3
Polonaise in B-flat major (early)B-flat majorc.1817
B.5KK IVa: No. 2
Polonaise in A-flat major (early)A-flat majorc.1821
B.6
Polonaise in G-sharp minor (early)G# minorc.1822
B.36
Polonaise in B-flat minorB-flat minorc.1826
B.44
Polonaise in G-flat majorG-flat majorc.1829

Waltz (16)

Op.18
Grande valse brillante in E-flat majorE-flat major1831
Op.34 No.1
Waltz in A-flat major 'Valse brillante'A-flat major1835
Op.34 No.2
Waltz in A minorA minor1831
Op.34 No.3
Waltz in F majorF major1838
Op.42
Waltz in A-flat major 'Grand waltz'A-flat major1840
Op.64 No.1
Waltz in D-flat major 'Minute'D-flat major1846–47
Op.64 No.2
Waltz in C-sharp minorC# minor1846–47
Op.64 No.3
Waltz in A-flat majorA-flat major1846–47
Op.69 No.1
Waltz in A-flat major 'Farewell' (posth.)A-flat major1835
Op.69 No.2
Waltz in B minor (posth.)B minorc.1829
Op.70 No.1
Waltz in G-flat major (posth.)G-flat majorc.1832
Op.70 No.2
Waltz in F minor (posth.)F minorc.1842
Op.70 No.3
Waltz in D-flat major (posth.)D-flat majorc.1829
B.45
Waltz in E minor (posth.)E minorc.1830
B.93
Waltz in E-flat major (posth.)E-flat majorc.1830
B.44b
Waltz in A minor 'Sostenuto' (posth.)A minorc.1840

Ballade (4)

Op.23
Ballade No. 1 in G minorG minor1831–35
Op.38
Ballade No. 2 in F major / A minorF major1836–39
Op.47
Ballade No. 3 in A-flat majorA-flat major1840–41
Op.52
Ballade No. 4 in F minorF minor1842

Scherzo (4)

Op.20
Scherzo No. 1 in B minorB minor1831–32
Op.31
Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat minorB-flat minor1837
Op.39
Scherzo No. 3 in C-sharp minorC# minor1839
Op.54
Scherzo No. 4 in E majorE major1842

Impromptu (4)

Op.29
Impromptu No. 1 in A-flat majorA-flat major1837
Op.36
Impromptu No. 2 in F-sharp majorF# major1839
Op.51
Impromptu No. 3 in G-flat majorG-flat major1842
Op.66
Fantaisie-Impromptu in C-sharp minor (posth.)C# minorc.1835

Piano Sonata (3)

Op.4
Piano Sonata No. 1 in C minorC minor1827–28
Op.35
Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor 'Funeral March'B-flat minor1837–39
Op.58
Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minorB minor1844

Misc. Piano Work (18)

Op.12
Variations brillantes in B-flat majorB-flat major1833
Op.13
Fantasy on Polish Airs in A majorA major1828
Op.14
Rondo à la Krakowiak in F majorF major1828
Op.16
Rondo in E-flat majorE-flat major1832
Op.43
Tarantelle in A-flat majorA-flat major1841
Op.46
Allegro de concert in A majorA major1832–41
Op.49
Fantaisie in F minorF minor1840–41
Op.57
Berceuse in D-flat majorD-flat major1843–44
Op.60
Barcarolle in F-sharp majorF# major1845–46
Op.72 No.3
Écossaises (3, posth.)c.1826
B.17
Mazurka in A minor 'à Émile Gaillard'A minorc.1827
B.25
Variations on 'Là ci darem la mano' in B-flat majorB-flat major1827
B.46
Cantabile in B-flat majorB-flat majorc.1834
B.60
Largo in E-flat majorE-flat majorc.1837
B.79
Album Leaf (Moderato) in E majorE majorc.1843
B.115
Fugue in A minorA minorc.1841–42
B.165
Canon in F minorF minorc.1839
Op.5
Rondeau à la Mazur in F majorF major1826

Piano Concerto (2)

Op.11
Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minorE minor1830
Op.21
Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minorF minor1829–30

Chamber Work (4)

Op.3
Introduction and Polonaise brillante in C majorC major1829
Op.8
Piano Trio in G minorG minor1828–29
Op.65
Cello Sonata in G minorG minor1845–46
B.70
Piano Trio in G minor (early, different from Op.8)G minorc.1832

Polish Song (17)

Op.74 No.1
Życzenie (The Wish)G majorc.1829
Op.74 No.2
Wiosna (Spring)G minorc.1838
Op.74 No.3
Smutna rzeka (The Sad River)F minorc.1831
Op.74 No.4
Hulanka (Merrymaking)B-flat majorc.1830
Op.74 No.5
Gdzie lubi (Where She Loves)G majorc.1829
Op.74 No.6
Precz z moich oczu! (Out of My Sight!)E minor1827
Op.74 No.7
Poseł (The Messenger)A-flat majorc.1830–31
Op.74 No.8
Śliczny chłopiec (Handsome Lad)B-flat majorc.1841
Op.74 No.9
Melodia (Melody)E minor1847
Op.74 No.10
Wojak (The Warrior)F minorc.1830
Op.74 No.11
Dwojaki koniec (Double End)G majorc.1845
Op.74 No.12
Moja pieszczotka (My Sweetheart)A-flat major1837
Op.74 No.13
Nie ma czego trzeba (There is No Need)E-flat majorc.1845
Op.74 No.14
Pierścień (The Ring)E-flat majorc.1836
Op.74 No.15
Narzeczony (The Bridegroom)B minorc.1831
Op.74 No.16
Piosnka litewska (Lithuanian Song)F majorc.1831
Op.74 No.17
Śpiew z grobu (Hymn from the Tomb)C minor1836