Chopin - Waltz Op. 70 no. 3 in D flat major | Шопен - Вальс ре бемоль мажор
Chopin - Waltz Op. 70 no. 3 in D flat major | Шопен - Вальс ре бемоль мажор
Performed by Aaron Dunn.
Chopin composed the Waltz Op. 70, No. 3 in D-flat major in 1829 and sent it together with a accompanying letter of 3 October 1829 to his intimate friend Tytus Woyciechowski. Jeffrey Kallberg writes: “Two of the waltzes offer unusual, personal testimony of Chopin’s amorous sentiments toward women.“ He continues, “The Waltz in D-flat major, Op. 70, No. 3, dates from Chopin’s Warsaw period, and it indexes his nascent romantic life. In a letter to a friend, Chopin confided that the low melody that begins its trio was inspired by his (alas unrequited) crush on the young singer, Konstancja Gładkowska.“ (The second waltz mentioned by Kallberg was the initial version of the Waltz in A-flat major, Op. 69, No. 1, intended by Chopin as a present for Maria Wodzińska.) Jean-Jacques Eigeldinger gives another account of the same letter, in which Chopin wrote to Woyciechowski: "