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Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 35

183921 min

This guide follows Chopin’s Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 35 (1839) in four parts: Grave – Doppio movimento (sonata form), Scherzo (minuet and trio), Marche funèbre. Lento (minuet and trio) and Finale. Presto (sonata form).

Recording: Seong-Jin Cho (piano) (2015)

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Follow all 33 sections as they play

  1. I – · Sonata form
  2. II · Minuet and trio
  3. III. · Minuet and trio
  4. IV. · Sonata form
I – Sonata form0:02–5:14

Four slow of (very slow) open the . The (double speed) then starts with an agitated first , and a lyrical in D-flat major follows. Then the begins. The combines from the and the . In the the first is skipped: after the , the . The is a 12- (overlapping ) that ends on three fortissimo B-flat major chords.

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IIMinuet and trio5:24–11:10
III. Minuet and trio11:33–19:17
IV. Sonata form19:26–20:55

Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.

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Frédéric ChopinPiano sonatasRomantic periodB-flat minorSonata formMinuet and trio

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