zygis on Feb 25th, 2009Frédéric Chopin Sonata in B minor Op. 58 No. 3
Frédéric Chopin composed his Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58 in 1844 and dedicated it to Countess Emilie de Perthuis. His last sonata for piano solo, it has been suggested that this was his attempt to address the criticisms of his earlier sonata Op. 35.
zygis on Feb 25th, 2009Frédéric Chopin Sonata in B flat minor Op. 35 No. 2
Frédéric Chopin composed his Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 35 (”Funeral March”) mainly in 1839 at Nohant near Chateauroux in France, although the funeral march third movement had been composed as early as 1837.
zygis on Feb 25th, 2009Frédéric Chopin Sonata No. 1 Op. 4 in C minor
The Sonata No. 1 in C minor, Op. 4 by Frédéric Chopin was written by the composer in 1828. It was written during Chopin’s time as a student with Józef Elsner, to whom the sonata is dedicated. (Probably begun around July 1828, according to the Chopin chronicle site.)
