The complete Ballades of Frederic Chopin for Solo Piano edited by Jim Samson.Contains: Op.23 38 47 & 52.The Complete Chopin: A New Critical Edition Series Editors: John Rink Jim Samson Jean-Jacques Eigeldinger. Editorial Consultant: Christophe Grabowski. Key Features of the Edition: • An introductory essay in English German and French examiningthe historical background compositional features and performance practice issues • The identification of and adherence to a single principal source • A detailed and comprehensive critical commentary • Chopin's authentic fingerings only • Emphasis placed onretaining expressive features of the original notation • Appendices containing earlier versions of the Preludes in G major and Ab major • Notes on the editorial principles and methodology guiding the whole project. Editors: John Rink Jim Samson and Jean-Jacques Eigeldinger.

Nocturnes-Time and again Chopin succeeded in giving different Piano music genres their own individual characters whether etudes preludes waltzes scherzi or Nocturnes. The Irishman John Field had alreadycomposed over 20 nocturnes which presumably greatly influenced Chopin. The latter continued to develop the light song-like Piano writing and created works whose dreamy longing atmosphere came to embodyChopin???s music. Our volume contains the works that were published during Chopin???s lifetime as well as ones which were only published posthumously including the famous Lento con gran espressione in c sharpminor in two authentic versions.