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Waltz in A-flat major, Op. 64 No. 3

18473 min

This guide follows Chopin’s Waltz in A-flat major, Op. 64 No. 3 (1847) in one part.

Recording: Charles Richard-Hamelin (piano) (2015)

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0:01–2:42

The calm (A) opens the . Then the brings harmony and trills, and for a moment the mood turns almost angry. The (B) arrives in C major, with the melody in the left hand like a cello. Modulations lead back to the (A′). The speeds up in waves of crescendo and diminuendo, and the ends on a prolonged A-flat.

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