List of compositions by Frédéric Chopin by genre


Most of Frédéric Chopin's compositions were for solo piano, though he did compose several pieces for piano and orchestra as well as some chamber works that include other instruments.
His larger scale works such as sonatas, the four scherzi, the four ballades, the Fantaisie in F minor, Op. 49, and the Barcarolle in F major, Op. 60 have cemented a solid place within the piano repertoire, as have his shorter works: the polonaises, mazurkas, waltzes, impromptus and nocturnes.
Two important collections are the Études, Op. 10 and 25, and the 24 Preludes, Op. 28. Also, Chopin wrote numerous song settings of Polish texts, and chamber pieces including a piano trio and a cello sonata.
This listing uses the traditional opus numbers where they apply; other works are identified by numbers from the catalogues of Maurice J. E. Brown, Krystyna Kobylańska, Józef Michał Chomiński, and Jan Ekier.

Piano solo

Ballades

  • Op. 23: Ballade No. 1 in G minor
  • Op. 38: Ballade No. 2 in F major
  • Op. 47: Ballade No. 3 in A major
  • Op. 52: Ballade No. 4 in F minor

    Études

  • Op. 10, 12 Études:
  1. Étude in C major
  2. Étude in A minor
  3. Étude in E major
  4. Étude in C minor
  5. Étude in G major
  6. Étude in E minor
  7. Étude in C major
  8. Étude in F major
  9. Étude in F minor
  10. Étude in A major
  11. Étude in E major
  12. Étude in C minor
  • Op. 25, 12 Études:
  1. Étude in A major
  2. Étude in F minor
  3. Étude in F major
  4. Étude in A minor
  5. Étude in E minor
  6. Étude in G minor
  7. Étude in C minor
  8. Étude in D major
  9. Étude in G major
  10. Étude in B minor
  11. Étude in A minor
  12. Étude in C minor
  1. Étude in F minor
  2. Étude in A major
  3. Étude in D major

    Impromptus

  • Op. 29: Impromptu No. 1 in A major
  • Op. 36: Impromptu No. 2 in F major
  • Op. 51: Impromptu No. 3 in G major

    Posthumously published

  • Op. 66 ; WN 46: Fantaisie-Impromptu in C minor

    Mazurkas

  • Op. 6, Four Mazurkas
  1. Mazurka in F minor
  2. Mazurka in C minor
  3. Mazurka in E major
  4. Mazurka in E minor
  • Op. 7, Five Mazurkas
  1. Mazurka in B major
  2. Mazurka in A minor
  3. Mazurka in F minor
  4. Mazurka in A major
  5. Mazurka in C major
  • Op. 17, Four Mazurkas
  1. Mazurka in B major
  2. Mazurka in E minor
  3. Mazurka in A major
  4. Mazurka in A minor
  • Op. 24, Four Mazurkas
  1. Mazurka in G minor
  2. Mazurka in C major
  3. Mazurka in A major
  4. Mazurka in B minor
  • Op. 30, Four Mazurkas
  1. Mazurka in C minor
  2. Mazurka in B minor
  3. Mazurka in D major
  4. Mazurka in C minor
  • Op. 33, Four Mazurkas
  1. Mazurka in G minor
  2. Mazurka in C major
  3. Mazurka in D major
  4. Mazurka in B minor
  • Op. 41, Four Mazurkas
  1. Mazurka in E minor
  2. Mazurka in B major
  3. Mazurka in A major
  4. Mazurka in C minor
  • Mazurka in A minor
  • Mazurka in A minor
  • Op. 50, Three Mazurkas
  1. Mazurka in G major
  2. Mazurka in A major
  3. Mazurka in C minor
  • Op. 56, Three Mazurkas
  1. Mazurka in B major
  2. Mazurka in C major
  3. Mazurka in C minor
  • Op. 59, Three Mazurkas
  1. Mazurka in A minor
  2. Mazurka in A major
  3. Mazurka in F minor
  • Op. 63, Three Mazurkas
  1. Mazurka in B major
  2. Mazurka in F minor
  3. Mazurka in C minor

    Published in Poland during early years

  • Two Mazurkas :
  • * a. Mazurka in G major
  • * b. Mazurka in B major

    Posthumously published

With opus numbers
  • Op. posth. 67, Four Mazurkas :
  1. Mazurka in G major
  2. Mazurka in G minor
  3. Mazurka in C major
  4. Mazurka in A minor
  • Op. posth. 68, Four Mazurkas :
  1. Mazurka in C major
  2. Mazurka in A minor
  3. Mazurka in F major
  4. Mazurka in F minor
    Without opus numbers
  • Mazurka in C major
  • Mazurka in D major
  • Mazurka in B major
  • Mazurka in D major "Mazurek"
  • Mazurka in A major
  • Mazurka in D major

    Nocturnes

  • Op. 9, Three Nocturnes :
  1. Nocturne in B minor
  2. Nocturne in E major
  3. Nocturne in B major
  • Op. 15, Three Nocturnes :
  1. Nocturne in F major
  2. Nocturne in F major
  3. Nocturne in G minor
  • Op. 27, Two Nocturnes :
  1. Nocturne in C minor
  2. Nocturne in D major
  • Op. 32, Two Nocturnes :
  1. Nocturne in B major
  2. Nocturne in A major
  • Op. 37, Two Nocturnes :
  1. Nocturne in G minor
  2. Nocturne in G major
  • Op. 48, Two Nocturnes :
  1. Nocturne in C minor
  2. Nocturne in F minor
  • Op. 55, Two Nocturnes :
  1. Nocturne in F minor
  2. Nocturne in E major
  • Op. 62, Two Nocturnes :
  1. Nocturne in B major
  2. Nocturne in E major

    Posthumously published

With opus numbers
  • Op. posth. 72 ; WN 23:
  1. Nocturne in E minor
    Without opus numbers
  • P. 1/16; WN 37: Nocturne in C minor, Lento con gran espressione
  • P. 2/8; WN 62: Nocturne in C minor
  • A. 1/6: Nocturne in C minor

    Polonaises

  • Op. 26, Two Polonaises
  1. Polonaise in C minor
  2. Polonaise in E minor
  • Op. 40, Two Polonaises
  1. Polonaise in A major
  2. Polonaise in C minor
  • Op. 44: Polonaise in F minor
  • Op. 53: Polonaise in A major
  • Op. 61: Polonaise-Fantaisie in A major

    Published in Poland during early years

  • KK IIa No. 1; WN 2: Polonaise in G minor

    Posthumously published

With opus numbers
  • Op. posth. 71, Three Polonaises:
  1. Polonaise in D minor
  2. Polonaise in B major
  3. Polonaise in F minor
    Without opus numbers
  • KK IVa, Five Polonaises:
  1. Polonaise in B major
  2. Polonaise in A major
  3. Polonaise in G minor
  4. Polonaise in B minor, Adieu à Guillaume Kolberg
  5. Polonaise in G major

    Préludes

  • Op. 28, 24 Préludes:
  1. Prélude in C major
  2. Prélude in A minor
  3. Prélude in G major
  4. Prélude in E minor
  5. Prélude in D major
  6. Prélude in B minor
  7. Prélude in A major
  8. Prélude in F minor
  9. Prélude in E major
  10. Prélude in C minor
  11. Prélude in B major
  12. Prélude in G minor
  13. Prélude in F major
  14. Prélude in E minor
  15. Prélude in D major, Raindrop Prelude
  16. Prélude in B minor
  17. Prélude in A major, Clock Prelude
  18. Prélude in F minor
  19. Prélude in E major
  20. Prélude in C minor
  21. Prélude in B major
  22. Prélude in G minor
  23. Prélude in F major
  24. Prélude in D minor
  • Op. 45: Prélude in C minor

    Posthumously published

  • P. 2/7; WN 44: Presto con leggierezza "Prélude in A major"
  • Prélude in E minor "The Devil's Trill"

    Rondos

  • Op. 1: Rondo in C minor
  • Op. 5: Rondo à la mazur in F major
  • Op. 16: Rondo in E major

    Posthumously published

  • Op. posth. 73; WN 15: Rondo in C major for 2 pianos

    Scherzos

  • Op. 20: Scherzo No. 1 in B minor
  • Op. 31: Scherzo No. 2 in B minor
  • Op. 39: Scherzo No. 3 in C minor
  • Op. 54: Scherzo No. 4 in E major

    Sonatas

  • Op. 35: Piano Sonata No. 2 in B minor, Funeral March
  • Op. 58: Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor

    Posthumously published

  • Op. posth. 4: Piano Sonata No. 1 in C minor

    Variations

  • Op. 2: Variations on "Là ci darem la mano" from Mozart's Don Giovanni for piano and orchestra
  • Op. 12: Variations brillantes in B major on "Je vends des scapulaires" from Hérold's Ludovic
  • B. 113; Dbop. 29A: Variation in E for ''Hexameron''

    Posthumously published

  • KK. IVa/6: Introduction, Theme and Variations in D on a Venetian air, piano 4-hands
  • B. 12a; WN 5: Variations in D major or B minor on an Irish National Air for 2 pianos, P. 1/6
  • B. 14; WN 6: Variations in E major on the air "Der Schweizerbub: Steh'auf, steh'auf o du Schweitzer Bub", a.k.a. Introduction et Variations sur un Lied allemand
  • B. 37; WN 16: Variations in A, ''Souvenir de Paganini''

    Lost

  • KK. Ve/9: Variations,
  • KK. Vb/2: Variations in F, piano 4-hands or 2 pianos
  • KK. VIIa/3: Variations on a Ukrainian Dumka for violin and piano, by Antoni Radziwill, completed by Chopin

    Waltzes

  • Op. 18: Grande valse brillante in E major
  • Op. 34, Trois grandes valses brillantes:
  1. Waltz in A major
  2. Waltz in A minor
  3. Waltz in F major, Cat Waltz
  • Op. 42: Waltz in A major
  • Op. 64, Three Waltzes:
  1. Waltz in D major, Minute Waltz
  2. Waltz in C minor
  3. Waltz in A major

    Posthumously published

With opus numbers
  • 1852: Two Waltzes, Op. posth. 69:
  1. Waltz in A major, L'Adieu
  2. Waltz in B minor
  1. Waltz in G major
  2. Waltz in F minor
  3. Waltz in D major
    Without opus numbers
  • 1868: Waltz in E minor, B. 56, KK IVa/15, P. 1/15, WN 29
  • 1871–72: Waltz in E major, B. 44, KK IVa/12, P. 1/12, WN 18
  • 1902: Waltz in A major, B. 21, KK IVa/13, P. 1/13, WN 28
  • 1902: Waltz in E major, B. 46, KK IVa/14, P. 1/14
  • 1955: Waltz in A minor, B. 150, KK IVb/11, P. 2/11, WN 63
  • 1955: Waltz in E major, B. 133, KK IVb/10, WN 53
  • 1932: Waltz in F minor, Valse mélancolique, KK Ib/7, A. 1/7. Reattributed to Charles Mayer as Le Regret, Op. 332

    Posthumously rediscovered

  • 1830: Waltz in A minor. Mentioned to his family in his letter of 22 December 1830. "I wanted to send you a Waltz that I have composed but it is late now; you shall have it afterwards"

    Miscellaneous pieces for solo piano

  • Op. 19: Boléro in A minor
  • Op. 22: Andante spianato in G major
  • Op. 43: Tarantelle in A major
  • Op. 46: Allegro de Concert in A major
  • Op. 49: Fantaisie in F minor
  • Op. 57: Berceuse in D major
  • Op. 60: Barcarolle in F major

    Posthumously published

With opus numbers
  • Op. posth. 72:
  1. Nocturne in E minor
  2. Marche funèbre in C minor
  3. Three Écossaises
  4. # Écossaise in D major
  5. # Écossaise in G major
  6. # Écossaise in D major