How does Chopin’s Second Ballade end?

Posted on November 30, 2011 by Norbert Müllemann

Many pianists are familiar with the problem that there are different versions of the ending of Chopin’s second Ballade. The question is, why are there different versions and – perhaps even more importantly – which version is the “correct” one?  Continue reading →

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Beethoven, Für Elise WoO 59 – Do you strike the right note?

Posted on November 30, 2011 by Annette Oppermann

d or e – that is the question … when pianists sit down to play Beethoven’s “Für Elise”. Continue reading →

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