A direct augury of the ultimate apocalypse is the Prelude in G minor (No. 22). This has something of a surreal ballade about it: a galloping rhythm in a balladic 6/8 metre, reined in by the play of syncopations, in a troubled tempo, molto agitato. The last bars of the G minor Prelude seem to lead straight to the finale.Author: Mieczysław TomaszewskiA series of programmes entitled ‘Fryderyk Chopin's Complete Works’Polish Radio 2