Prelude (Emaj - Largo) - Chopin, Op. 28, no. 9

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Apparently Chopin thought anything to do with 'E' should be slow, as the Emaj prelude is also Largo. I was turned onto this piece by a friend in Boston, and it's a fun one. I apologize for kind of botching the first trill, but alas. I can't find anything suitable on the web that explains it, but this piece is sort of a rhythmic oddity. The right hand plays triplets throughout, while the left hand plods along in a more standard meter. The weird thing is the inclusion of 16th and 32nd notes in the triplets against similar notes in the right hand. There is some debate about what Chopin really meant when he did this. This is a very hopeful piece, with nice rising action that leads to two big climaxes.