Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin :: Suite of Four Pieces (orchd. Balakirev)


 

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Chopin, Fryderyk Franciszek
1810-1849
(b Żelazowa Wola, nr Warsaw, 1 March 1810; d Paris, 17 Oct 1849). Polish
Suite of Four Pieces (orchd. Balakirev)
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Pic & perc in nos. 2 & 4 only.
Hp in no.4 only
No. 1:  2 2[1.eh] 2 2 - 2 0 0 0 - str
    Originally for piano, selected and orchd by Mily Balakirev (1909).
No.1 transposed from original key of E-flat minor to D minor
No.2 transposed from original key of B major to B-flat major, 
No.3 remains in original key of G minor; the addition to mvt 2 from op.17, no.1 remains in the original key of B-flat major, and the addition from op.7, no.4 transposed from the original key of A-flat major to G major.
No.4 transposed from original key of C-sharp minor to G minor.
Original publisher: Zimmermann.
I. Préambule (Etude, op.10, no.6): Andante
II. Mazurka (op.41, no.2; op.17, no.1; op.7, no.4):
Animato
III. Intermezzo (Nocturne, op.15, no.3): Lento
IV. Finale (Scherzo no.3, op.39): Presto con fuoco