On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 11:06 PM, Antoni Grzymala <[email protected]> wrote: > > I would argue about that: the mid-sized Impromptus, Ballades, Fantaise > and Barcarolle (and the lateish-largish Mazurkas and Nocturnes) are > probably his best works, but the entire published (by him) body of > work is of such high quality, that it's pretty difficult to discuss > which particular works are “best”.
The ballades are quite unique, but the rest you mention is a bit of bloat to me. Chopin sucks at larger forms. If the only Chopin collection to survive is the Preludes, I would still consider him top notch. I believe I'm not alone on this position. minimalism ftw! -- @chickamade
