Chopin's Genres

   Piano with Orchestra:  6 works, incuding his Two Piano Concertos   

 

   Piano Chamber Music:  4 works including a Cello Sonata and Piano Trio

 
   Singer and Piano:  19 Polish Art Songs  (not highly regarded)

   Solo Piano:  3 Piano Sonatas  (No. 2 is famous, No. 3 is also very good.  Ignore No. 1) 

 

            Collections of miniatures:

                        1 set of 24 Preludes  (Ranked among the greatest solo piano works ever)
                        2 sets of 12 Études  (Highly Regarded)

            Folk dance music:  19+ Waltzes, 16 Polonasies,  58 Mazurkas  (Many are highly regarded)

            21 Nocturnes  (highly regarded)

 

            Fantaises and Imprompus:

              2 Fantaisies (Fantaisie in F minor is highly regarded)

              3 Impromptus (No. 2 is the most popular) 

              1 Fantaisie-Impromptu  (among Chopin's most famous works)

              1 Polonaise-Fantaisie  (fairly popular)

 

              4 Ballades  (No. 4 is the most popular, followed by No. 1)
              4 Scherzos  (No. 2 is the most popular)

              3 Rondos  ("Introduction and Rondo", Op. 16, is the best)
              1  Barcarolle  (very popular)  

             1 Berceuse (lullaby)  (nice, but not so popular)