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Polonaise in E-flat minor, Op. 26 No. 2

18357 min

This guide follows Chopin’s Polonaise in E-flat minor, Op. 26 No. 2 (1835) in one part.

Recording: Mayaka Nakagawa (piano) (2015)

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0:01–7:22

The (A) opens ominously in E-flat minor and grows more agitated and passionate. A contrasting section in D-flat major (B) follows, and then the . In C the music turns to a soft, dark section in B major, built on a repeated rhythm. The comes back, then the D-flat section, and the for the last , before a quiet .

  1. A
  2. B

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