"CHOPIN: "Heroic" Polonaise" genre: Piano
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	Polonaise in A-flat Major, Op. 53. Notes by Paul Badura-Skoda. Not many of Chopin's works are as joyful as this triumphant polonaise, whose virtuoso writing is reminiscent of Liszt. The piece gives fitting expression to Polish national pride. It was a stroke of genius to base the trio on an ostinato bass combining dominant and tonic functions and to build up from tender pianissimo to thundering fortissimo in two consecutive waves.
	MP3.com CD: The Rio Concert - buy it! Label: LEGENDS Credits: Live recording on Bösendorfer SE Computer Grand Piano, Rio de Janeiro, 1992.

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