CHOPIN - Waltz in A minor (2024) completed by Iain James Veitch

Breaking news on the 29th of October 2014 was the announcement of the discovery of a previously unknown Chopin Waltz. As someone who grew up playing and loving the Chopin Waltzes this was very exciting news. It was, however, a bit of a disappointment to discover that this ‘new’ waltz was only 24 bars long - and could not, to my mind, by considered anything more than a sketch - a possibility - and, as it transpired, not one that Chopin took further.
Despite this, I quite liked what was there, and thought it would be a challenge to take these 24 bars as the starting point for a more reasonably-sized piano Waltz.
As it is thought Chopin’s manuscript dates from the 1830’s I’ve called this ‘new’ piece: 190 Years: Waltz in A minor.
Sheet music available here:
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[@marcomauricio]

Nice!

[@fieldgatemusic]

Thanks!

[@ya_ya_ya.]

Another completion ✨️ Thank you! Im currently on the hunt for the completed versions of this waltz, this is the 3rd one ive seen so far. I love the interesting ideas everyone's coming up with. I especially like the part in 'A major', i really felt Chopin's spirit there.

[@IainJamesVeitch]

Thank you for your comment. The middle A Major section is, of course, not much more than the original transposed into the Major. I thought this sounded more authentic than the original minor tonality.

[@debussy843]

Sounds like 21st century ragtime. Not like Chopin at all.

[@hoosas5998]

thats exactly what I was thinking. Way too modern interpretation of the piece to be considered a historically accurate "completion"

[@IainJamesVeitch]

Thank you for contributing. As a generalisation I don’t think your comment is particularly fair. However, in bars 46 and 47 you may have a point. Among many small adjustments I made since uploading this video I’ve changed the bass notes in these bars to form second inversion chords - which, to my ears, sounds less harmonically four-square - and consequently perhaps a little less ragtime-like.
I suspect, though, the passage you are thinking about is the F major section starting at bar 60. This because the RH does have a repeated 2-beat pattern superimposed over the 3/4 Waltz LH which could be interpreted as ragtime-like. However, I wonder if you are familiar with Chopin’s F Maj Waltz Op. 34 No. 3 in which he does sometime rather similar!

[@debussy843]

@@IainJamesVeitch It's really good, sorry I should have said that, and didn't sound fake and contrived like a lot of other people's compositions. You didn't need to change it. Yes, the chorus does not sound like rag and more like Chopin, but there are sections that definitely sounded like William Bolcom-like (or white people-like, or post-Joplin like) rag.

[@alexandertischenko8778]

Too much reverb imo

[@wk25-wu4du]

agree but otherwise nice recording

[@IainJamesVeitch]

I agree! I’ll try and remember to stand closer to the piano next time.

[@ValkyRiver]

lol