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Chopin: Waltz, Op. 34, No. 1 | Lang Lang, piano
His waltzes were not intended for dancing: Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849) composed the three Piano Waltzes, Op. 34, for the salons of Parisian high society under the title "Grande valses brillantes."
Chinese star pianist Lang Lang performed Waltz No. 1 in A-flat major as an encore on January 28, 2010, in the Golden Hall of the Vienna Musikverein as part of his major three-day Vienna Concert.
The waltz is one of the oldest social dances of the modern bourgeois era. By the mid-19th century, this cou