Started by Jan Ekier in 1959, the entirety of Chopin's known works were published in 37 volumes from 1967 to 2010, accompanied by source and performance commentaries. The Chopin National Edition is considered the authoritative edition of Chopin's works, and is recommended to contestants of the International Chopin Piano Competition.
In 1959, Jan Ekier started the project of a new critical edition of Chopin's works, as he came to the conclusion that the prevailing Paderewski edition presented a "false image of Chopin's music in many aspects". The first volume of Ballades was published in 1967 by PWM Edition, featuring a minimalist design with white covers. A total of nine volumes were published up to 1991, with a publication rhythm that correlated to each edition of the quinquennial International Chopin Piano Competition.
After the Revolutions of 1989, the edition was re-evaluated from a market perspective. While the first editions were typeset manually and accompanied by Polish commentary only, the new editions were typeset using SCORE, with bilingual (Polish and English) annotations.
In 1998, Ekier established the Foundation for the National Edition of the Works of Fryderyk Chopin, for fundraising, research, publication and promotion of the National Edition.[2] In 2004, he received a special award from the Minister of Culture of Poland, "in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the preservation and popularization of the legacy of Fryderyk Chopin, in particular for the monumental National Edition of his works, restoring to European culture the art of the great Polish composer in a form closest to its historical original."[6]
The edition was completed in 2010, in time for the bicentenary of Chopin's birth.
As an urtext, the Chopin National Edition aims to produce a musical text that adheres to the original notation and the composer's intentions. All extant sources were analyzed and verified for authenticity, mainly autographs, first editions with Chopin's corrections and pupils' copies with Chopin's annotations. Necessary editorial decisions are documented in each volume's source commentary. Additionally, a separate performance commentary documents cases where Chopin's notation may be misunderstood by contemporary pianists, such as realizations of ornaments and pedaling.[2]
The Chopin National Edition consists of 36 volumes in two series, for works published during Chopin's lifetime (Series A), and for works published posthumously (Series B). A 37th volume (titled Supplement) consists of compositions partly by Chopin, for instance his contribution to Hexameron.
The edition provides a new numbering scheme ("WN") for works published after Chopin's death, similar to existing catalogues by Maurice J. E. Brown (B) and Krystyna Kobylańska (KK). Some works have opus numbers assigned after Chopin's death by Julian Fontana, who grouped a number of unpublished piano pieces into eight opus numbers (Op. 66–73).[8]
Concertante works | - Variations on "Là ci darem la mano", Op. 2
- Piano Concerto No. 1 Op. 11
- Fantasy on Polish Airs, Op. 13
- Rondo à la Krakowiak, Op. 14
- Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 21
- Andante spianato et grande polonaise brillante, Op. 22
- Allegro de concert, Op. 46
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Chamber music and songs | - Introduction and Polonaise brillante, Op. 3
- Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 8
- Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 65
- Grand Duo concertant
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Ballades | - No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23
- No. 2 in F major, Op. 38
- No. 3 in A♭ major, Op. 47
- No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52
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Études | Opus 10 | - No. 1
- No. 2
- No. 3
- No. 4
- No. 5
- No. 6
- No. 7
- No. 8
- No. 9
- No. 10
- No. 11
- No. 12
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Opus 25 | - No. 1
- No. 2
- No. 3
- No. 4
- No. 5
- No. 6
- No. 7
- No. 8
- No. 9
- No. 10
- No. 11
- No. 12
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Impromptus | - No. 1 in A♭ major, Op. 29
- No. 2 in F♯ major, Op. 36
- No. 3 in G♭ major, Op. 51
- Fantaisie-Impromptu in C♯ minor, Op. posth. 66
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Mazurkas | - 4 Mazurkas, Op. 6
- 5 Mazurkas, Op. 7
- 4 Mazurkas, Op. 17
- 4 Mazurkas, Op. 24
- 4 Mazurkas, Op. 30
- 4 Mazurkas, Op. 33
- 4 Mazurkas, Op. 41
- 3 Mazurkas, Op. 50
- 3 Mazurkas, Op. 56
- 3 Mazurkas, Op. 59
- 3 Mazurkas, Op. 63
- 4 Mazurkas, Op. 67
- 4 Mazurkas, Op. 68
- Posthumous mazurkas without opus numbers
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Nocturnes | - 3 Nocturnes, Op. 9
- 3 Nocturnes, Op. 15
- 2 Nocturnes, Op. 27
- 2 Nocturnes, Op. 32
- 2 Nocturnes, Op. 37
- 2 Nocturnes, Op. 48
- 2 Nocturnes, Op. 55
- 2 Nocturnes, Op. 62
- Nocturne in E minor, Op. posth. 72
- Nocturne in C♯ minor, Op. posth.
- Nocturne in C minor, Op. posth.
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Piano sonatas | - No. 1 in C minor, Op. 4
- No. 2 in B♭ minor, Op. 35 (Funeral March)
- No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58
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Polonaises | - Introduction and Polonaise brillante, Op. 3
- Andante spianato et grande polonaise brillante, Op. 22
- 2 Polonaises, Op. 26
- 2 Polonaises, Op. 40 (Military)
- Polonaise, Op. 44 (Tragic)
- Polonaise, Op. 53 (Heroic)
- Polonaise-Fantaisie, Op. 61
- 3 Polonaises, Op. posth. 71
- Posthumous polonaises without opus numbers
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Preludes | Opus 28 | - No. 1 in C major
- No. 2 in A minor
- No. 3 in G major
- No. 4 in E minor
- No. 5 in D major
- No. 6 in B minor
- No. 7 in A major
- No. 8 in F♯ minor
- No. 9 in E major
- No. 10 in C♯ minor
- No. 11 in B major
- No. 12 in G♯ minor
- No. 13 in F♯ major
- No. 14 in E♭ minor
- No. 15 in D♭ major
- No. 16 in B♭ minor
- No. 17 in A♭ major
- No. 18 in F minor
- No. 19 in E♭ major
- No. 20 in C minor
- No. 21 in B♭ major
- No. 22 in G minor
- No. 23 in F major
- No. 24 in D minor
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Others | - Prelude in C♯ minor, Op. 45
- Prelude in A♭ major (ded. Pierre Wolff)
- Devil's Trill Prelude
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Rondos | - Rondo in C minor, Op. 1
- Rondo à la mazur in F major, Op. 5
- Rondo in E♭ major, Op. 16
- Rondo in C major, Op. posth. 73 (versions for solo piano and two pianos)
- Rondo à la Krakowiak, Op. 14
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Scherzos | - No. 1 in B minor, Op. 20
- No. 2 in B♭ minor, Op. 31
- No. 3 in C♯ minor, Op. 39
- No. 4 in E major, Op. 54
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Waltzes | - Grande valse brillante in E♭ major, Op. 18
- 3 Waltzes, Op. 34
- Waltz in A♭ major, Op. 42
- Waltz in D♭ major, Op. 64, No. 1 (Minute)
- Waltz in C♯ minor, Op. 64, No. 2
- Waltz in A♭ major, Op. 64, No. 3
- Waltz in A♭ major, Op. 69, No. 1 (Farewell)
- Waltz in B minor, Op. 69, No. 2
- 3 Waltzes, Op. posth. 70
- Waltz in E minor, Op. posth.
- Waltz in E major, Op. posth.
- Waltz in A minor, Op. posth.
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Miscellaneous | - With opus numbers
- Variations brillantes in B♭ major on "Je vends des scapulaires" from Hérold's Ludovic, Op. 12
- Boléro, Op. 19
- Tarantelle in A♭ major, Op. 43
- Allegro de concert, Op. 46
- Fantaisie in F minor, Op. 49
- Berceuse in D♭ major, Op. 57
- Barcarolle in F♯ major, Op. 60
- Marche funèbre in C minor, Op. posth. 72/2
- Three Écossaises, Op. posth. 72/3
- 17 Polish songs, Op. posth. 74
- Without opus numbers
- Album Leaf (Moderato) in E major, B. 151
- Andantino in G minor (arr. of the piano part of the song Wiosna), B. 117
- 2 Bourrées, B. 160b
- Canon in F minor, B. 129a
- Cantabile in B♭ major, B. 84
- Contredanse in G♭ major (doubtful), B. 17
- Fugue in A minor, B. 144
- 3 Fugues; arr. from Cherubini's Cours de contrepoint et de fugue, KK. VIIa/2
- Galopp in A♭ (Galop Marquis), P. 2/13
- Introduction, Theme and Variations in D on a Venetian air, for piano 4-hands, KK. IVa/6
- Klavierstück in B♭ (1834), P. 2/6
- Klavierstück in E♭ (1837), P. 2/5
- Klavierstück in E♭ (1840), P. 2/10
- Largo in E♭, B. 109
- 2 Polish songs, B. 51, 132
- Variations in A major, Souvenir de Paganini, B. 37
- Variation in E major for Hexameron, B. 113
- Variations in E major for flute and piano on "Non più mesta" from Rossini's La Cenerentola, B.9, KK. Anh. Ia/5
- Variations in E major on the air "Der Schweizerbub", a.k.a. Introduction et Variations sur un Lied allemand, B. 14
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