Chopin's best genres

[Brian]

Well??!?!?

I picked mazurkas, ballades, and scherzos, though I'm sure my answer will be different next year. Right now, mazurkas would be my #1 choice.

[Karl Henning]

Wicked poll.  And the damnedest thing is, I cast my votes before I read your inaugural post.

[Brian]

Wicked poll.  And the damnedest thing is, I cast my votes before I read your inaugural post.

Guess this means we're

[Karl Henning]

Gosh, I hope you're not the taller of us twain . . . .

[springrite]

I only vote for one selection -- ballades, and I hate the fact that ballades don't have a selection to themselves! Why??? 

[Sergeant Rock]

Chopin's greatest achievements? Or which genres do we like the best? Yeah, that's what I thought you meant 

Preludes, Nocturnes, Polonaises


Sarge

[Karl Henning]

Chopin's greatest achievements? Or which genres do we like the best? Yeah, that's what I thought you meant 

Preludes, Nocturnes, Polonaises


Sarge

Well played withal!

[Bogey]

Chopin's greatest achievements? Or which genres do we like the best? Yeah, that's what I thought you meant 

Preludes, Nocturnes, Polonaises


Sarge

Preludes, Nocturnes, Etudes.....close.

[jochanaan]

Preludes, Polonaises, Ballades.

[Jo498]

Too many categories... For me there are short piano pieces (Preludes, Etudes) medium length piano pieces (Ballades, Polonaises, Scherzi and most nocturnes), dance-like pieces (waltzes, mazurkas), sonatas, chamber music, piano and orchestra. Everything is very good, the music with orchestra slightly less so (I do not really know the songs). The chamber music is underrated (it's only two and a half pieces, though).
So I voted Preludes, Nocturnes, Ballades etc. For me the best things are the Ballades, Polonaise-Fantaisie, Barcarole and Preludes. But of course I also like many others a lot.

[DavidW]

Preludes, Nocturnes, Mazurkas and Polonaises.

I missed the polonaises option when I voted, I would have chosen that over mazurkas.  Arg, I don't like this poll.  Too many options.  Don't see the point of it either.

[North Star]

Mazurkas stand alone on the top of the heap. Preludes for the Op. 28, and that Ballades & al. group are my other picks. I do like the Scherzi, too, though..

[Karl Henning]

I didn't like leaving the Preludes out . . . .

[amw]

The Polonaise-Fantasie belongs with the Ballades et al. Therefore I'm voting for that group along with Mazurkas and Sonata No. 3.

[Holden]

Etudes rate for me for a variety of reasons, the main one being that Chopin significantly changed this genre thus leading onto the likes of Liszt's TEs and PEs.

The Nocturnes are some of the best short pieces ever written for piano.

The Ballades, taking program music into new realms.

[Ken B]

I didn't like leaving the Preludes out . . . .

A poll isn't fun unless it hurts.

[king ubu]

I'd vote for music for piano solo, but can't find it 

Seriously ... Nocturnes, Ballades, Préludes - maybe? Next three would be the Mazurkas, Polonaises and Scherzi, I guess.

[Lisztianwagner]

Rather hard to choose; but I would pick mazurkas, nocturnes and waltzes.

[Sammy]

Preludes first, then nocturnes and mazurkas.

[Karl Henning]

I do love the Préludes, and I repent of omitting them from my votes, but for me the Mazurkas are always first!

(Just had to say it . . . .)