Jan Ekier

per Pianoforte

The etudes by Chopin are usually described in two categories: as a 'compendium on knowledge of piano performance' or as 'small musical poems'. Both those definitions are correct, and do not exclude ea...

The miniature version of the National Edition does not contain source commentary or performance notes.

The Variations in E major, published posthumously, are to be found in the volume Various Works of the series B - 28 B IV. The miniature version of the National Edition does not contain source commenta...

B flat major, G minor, A flat major, G sharp minor, D minor, F minor, B flat minor, B flat major, G flat major (Series B, Vol. II, miniature edition) All of the Polonaises included in the following vo...

Volume 29 B V (Various Compositions) contains works of greatly varying difficulty:from the simplest of miniatures, belonging to the pedagogic repertory, to pearls of pianistic lyricism, including mast...

The 'Concert Works with piano arrangement are to be found in the volume 32 B VII. The scores make up volumes 17 A Xva, 19 A XVc, 20 A XVd. The miniature version of the National Edition does not contai...

Variations in E major, Sonata in C minor op. 4 (Series B 28, Vol. IV, miniature edition) Subsidized by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage. The miniature version of the National Edition does...

Addendum - working version of Rondo in C major (for one piano) (Series B 35, Vol. IX, miniature edition) Publication of this volume financed by the Fryderyk Chopin Institute. The miniature version of...

In his polonaises Chopin takes on the tradition of a genre recently endowed with the function of national dance. Three childhood polonaises constitute a replica of the model of the functional dance, w...

Polonaise Op.3, Grand Duo Concertant, Sonata Op. 65 (Series A 23, Vol. XVI, miniature edition) Publication of this volume financed by the Fryderyk Chopin Institute. This volume contains part for cello...

Score - concert version (Series B, Vol. VIIIb, miniature edition) The miniature version of the National Edition does not contain source commentary or performance notes.

The present score is composed of parts from the first edition. The concert version of the score, recreated by taking into consideration also other sources which present Chopin`s intention, constitutes...