As compared to the other composers, Frederic Chopin was perhaps the most well known composer/pianist of his day. Having already earned early fame in his beloved Poland, he moved while still young to Vienna and then to Paris.
Chopin was a pianist of high caliber, but this did not diminish his dislike for giving public performances. Consequently, Chopin most often displayed his pianistic talents for his aristocratic friends in the more intimate setting of Parisian salons.
Chopin wrote the B-flat minor scherzo in 1837, and it has become one of his most well known works. Although among his most epic creations, its descriptive title is ‘scherzo’ which means nothing short of ‘a joke.’
Was Chopin being ironic by trivializing his instrumentally brilliant works which were later to become staples of the concert hall? In this same year Chopin traveled to London and met the French writer Amandine-Aurore-Lucile Dupin, better known as George Sand, and he married her.
Here is Mr. Kissin to play the Scherzo #2 for you:
https://fb.watch/gg17Ew0bQk/
