Etudes, op. 25

No. 6 G-sharp minor

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Two sets of Chopin’s Etudes (op. 10, published in 1833 and op. 25, published in 1837) with which piano music took a new, Romantic course. Chopin found the means to express extreme emotions by portraying them with new shades and captivating virtuosity. At the same time each piece contains a purely technical difficulty: spinning disturbing chromatisms the G-sharp minor Etude is an exercise in pronounced but light and melodious play of thirds.

No. 12 C minor

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Etudes, musical pieces designed for developing particular finger skills, thanks to Chopin became individual musical drama pieces: small in size but grand in expression. Both sets end in mighty pieces: the first with what is known as The Revolutionary Etude, the latter with C minor Etude in which the masses of sounds roll over as waves of a stormy ocean.