Chopin - Scherzi - Henle - piano

Scherzi by Frederic Chopin for piano

Editor : Ewald Zimmermann
Fingering : Hans-Martin Theopold

Titles :

Scherzi

• h-moll - b minor - si mineur - Opus 20
• b-moll - bb minor - sib mineur - Opus 31
• cis-moll - c# minor - ut # mineur - Opus 39
• E-dur - E major - Mi majeur - Opus 54

Chopin's four scherzos were composed between 1831 and 1842. Unlike his works in other genres, many of which only apparead in print after his death, all four of them were published during his lifetime. They are set out here in chronological order.
The first scherzo, op.20 in b minor, was begun in Vienna in the summer of 1831, after Chopin had finally left his homeland, and was completed in Paris. Remarkably, it contains a song-like middle section based on the melody of a Polish Christmas carol, "Lulajze Jezuniu". This furnishes eloquent proof of the emotional attachment that Chopin, now living outside Poland for the first protracted period, felt toward his native land. (...)