Chopin Valse in b minor Op 69 No. 2. Valentina Lisitsa

Chopin Waltz No 10bis, Op 69, 2 Written by Chopin when he was not even 20 years old, this waltz was destined by Chopin himself to be burned at a time of his death as an immature and unpolished piece. Luckily, music doesn t burn :) The interpretational problem with this waltz (and many other pieces) is that we cannot be exactly sure what Chopin s final intent would have been since he never had a chance, or desire, to prepare it for publication. There are no authoritative editions, no Urtext just various manuscripts, often written on a stray piece of paper at some lady friend s album, often varying to such a degree as to make pieces barely recognizable. Thus we have in some better modern editions countless versions bis that vary from just a few notes to pages and my favorite is a middle part of F minor Waltz where the downbeat is moved by a whole quarter becoming a third beat gives any performer a br, br,