The idea of writing a work of concert music with an introduction had been born before Chopin left Warsaw. He started from the Polonaise, leaving the introduction till later, and commented jokingly on ...

This week, Bruce not only had the style of Frederic Chopin in mind. He modeled the Puzzler on a specific piece: the Polonaise, Op. 53, the "Heroic" Polonaise. Pianist Martha Argerich plays it.

From Etudes to Nocturnes – here’s the very best of Frédéric Chopin, 19th-century piano virtuoso and leading figure of the Romantic era. Frédéric Chopin is almost exclusively associated with the king ...