Master Class: The Coda from Chopin’s Ballade No. 1 in G Minor

Chopin’s G Minor Ballade was a “revolution in its time,” according to Garrick Ohlsson.

The coda of the work, feared by so many pianists, is the focus of this segment from Ohlsson's in-depth lesson on the whole Ballade. He breaks down the right hand's technical obstacles into its simplest elements, and offers practice advice for building the passage up slowly and comfortably.