My Beautiful Ballet Teacher – Tzer-Shing Wang

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Chopin – Nocturne No.13 in C minor, Op.48 No.1

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CHOPIN: Prélude Opus 28 No. 4 in E Minor “Suffocation”

 

Preludes

So much for the preludes. They are very beautiful and are worthy of the closest study and pains, not with a view of perfecting any stereotyped manner of playing each one, but of discovering the various methods which may be employed to bring out their beauty. Half the attraction of a beautiful woman lies in the various dresses she wears. She may be in blue to-day, in grey to-morrow, and in pink the day after, and with every change she appears more beautiful. So it is with the preludes. Each has a large wardrobe of different dresses. Do not, then, always dress them in the same colours.
– Vladimir de Pachmann

 

Prelude in E Minor, Op. 28 No. 4 — Largo

Walter Gieseking recommends pedalling during the opening of this prelude: “The right-hand upbeat is very important. Pedal first on the second note and hold the same pedal into the first measure.” This prelude was played by organ at Chopin’s funeral. Hans von Bulow called this prelude, Suffocation. It was composed in Majorca, in November and December 1838 and published in 1839; it is dedicated to Camille Pleyel.

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