Chopin Frederic - Ballade in G minor Op 23 Piano Solo *Astute Music As the work first appeared

As the work first appeared as Boccherini's

whilst others are expressions of places that he has visited and their mystical qualities

offering a beautiful transcription for full flute choir which may also be performed as a flute quartet

in the appendix we are publishing an eleventh chorale prelude for the first time: Busoni’s transcription of “Aus tiefer Not”

this brings the difficult task of evaluating the variants present in the different first editions

Chopin Frederic - Ballade in G minor Op 23 Piano Solo *Astute Music As the work first appearedWhen Chopin gave his Opus 23 the title Ballade in the mid 1830s, he established the piano ballade as a new musical genre which was subsequently taken up by others, including Brahms, Liszt and Grieg. The idea of transforming a fictional, dramatic and mystical event into music particularly suggested itself to the Romantic Schumann. He was enthusiastic about this work: I have a new Ballade by Chopin. It seems to me to be one of his most brilliant (not