"Chopin was a Polish composer, virtuoso pianist, and music teacher, of French–Polish parentage. He was one of the great masters of Romantic music and has been called 'the poet of the piano'."
Waltz Op.64 No.1 - "Minute Waltz" - "Little Dog Waltz"
* Yuja Wang
* Two savvy back-to-back pianists each playing 30 seconds to add up to 1 minute [MINit], although Minute [mai-NJUT] is intended to mean petite.
Waltz Op.64 No.2
* Yuja Wang
Grande Valse Brillante
* Two savvy back-to-back pianists each playing 30 seconds to add up to 1 minute [MINit], although Minute [mai-NJUT] is intended to mean petite.
Waltz Op.64 No.2
* Yuja Wang
* Valentina Igoshina playing Op.18
Chopin wanted to exceed Strauss, by adding elegance into his 19 waltzes written for the piano. It turned out that the dancers stopped dancing in order to appreciate the rich music.
Hear the solemn church bells? See the long and slow funeral procession with heavy foot-steps? Now, recall the words and deeds when the dead was still alive? Then, the solemn church bells again. The long and slow funeral procession again.
The 3rd movement, sad and sincere, is popularly known as the "Funeral March".
* Marche Funèbre
* Yundi Li
* Tzvi Erez
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