Regarded as the highlight among Chopin's polonaises, the great Polonaise in A flat major Op. 53 has also become known as 'octave polonaise' because of the distinctive octave passages in the middle section. As was customary at that time, the work was published in a German, English and French first edition each. There also exists an autograph which served as an engraver's copy for the German first edition. Some personal copies of Chopin pupils occasionally contain entries of the composer, thus providing additional information, e.g. original fingerings. Unfortunately, all three first editions contain a different, not always reliable text. The new edition of Wiener Urtext Edition is based substantially on the autograph and the - to a large extent - carefully revised German first edition, yet also takes some variants of the French first edition into account which give the impression of a last-hand version. The problems with regard to the sources and transmission are explained in detail in the preface and the critical notes. Variants containing a specific component with regard to the performance practice are commented on in the notes on interpretation. / Piano
SKU: HL.132303
UPC: 884088971373.
All of the Polonaises included in this volume were written during Chopin's childhood and youthful years, through to the earliest of the Polonaises prepared personally for printing by the composer (op. 22 and 26). This strict division into two groups has no correlation with other Chopin categories: Mazurkas or Waltzes not published by Chopin came into being during his entire period of creative activity at the same time as those he made for publication. Both groups of Polonaises complement each other in a particular way, together giving an understandable cross-section of the whole of Chopins creativity from Polonaise B WN1, being his first surviving compositional attempt for the Polonaise-Fantasy op.61, which belongs to the group of masterpieces crowning his last creative period. The collective publication of his Polonaises till now, which present them in the order of finding and publication gives, from this perspective, a totally chaotic impression. [from source commentary]. Includes Polonaises: in B flat major, G minor, A flat major, G sharp minor, D minor, F minor, B flat minor, G flat major.
SKU: BT.PWM9386
ISBN 9788322432846.
W polonezach Chopin podejmuje tradycj gatunku wie o obdarzonego funkcj ta ca narodowego. Trzy polonezy dzieci ce stanowi replik wzoru ta ca u ytkowego, natomiast ka dy z po niejszych utworow tego gatunku posiada odr bnycharakter: liryczny, dramatyczny czy heroiczny. W interpretacjach czone by y z tematyk walki o wolno , z tradycj rycersk i powsta cz i nieraz spe nia y symboliczne funkcje w polskiej historii.
Wydanie rodowo-krytyczne zredagowane przez Jana Ekiera i Paw a Kami skiego na podstawie r kopisow, kopii zatwierdzonych przez samego Chopina i pierwszych wyda . Jego celem jest przedstawienie tworczo ci Chopina w autentycznymkszta cie.
SKU: HL.191946
ISBN 9788361142829.
The Polonaises, Op. 40 belong to that later group. They comprise two works: a Polonaise in A major and a Polonaise in C minor. These two works comprise the second opus of piano polonaises to be published by Chopin, and they form a powrful contrastwith one another, representing two varietes of the heroic polonaise: the triumphant and the tragic. They also mark a further stage in the evolution of the polonaise: on the hand, in the direction of monumentalisation; on the other, towards a gradualweakening of its dance features, so that the dance in transformed into a kind of dance fantasy.
SKU: BT.PWM61310152
ISBN 9788361142263.
Next volume of the facsimile edition presenting the authograph of the Polonaise in A flat major, Op. 53 with the source commentary by Prof. Jeffrey Kallberg.
SKU: HL.132265
UPC: 884088970994.
In the leading part the stile brillant is displayed in a version most in agreement with its name - it is brilliant, showy and spectacular. The central section is in the character of a nocturne, Andante spinato, and creates a subtle mood that is destroyed by the stormy rhythms of the polonaise. This work is often performed without the orchestra - the Andante spinato was immediately prepared for piano solo. Critical source-edition edited by Jan Ekier and Pawel Kaminski based on manuscripts, copies approved by Chopin himself, and first editions. Its purpose is to present the works of Chopin in authentic form.
SKU: HL.132266
ISBN 9781480390911. UPC: 884088971007.
Publication of this volume financed by the Fryderyk Chopin Institute. Polonaise in authentic arrangement for one piano makes up volume 16 A XIVb, and the version with the piano arrangement is to be found in the volume Concert Works 32 B VII.
