The Etude in A minor (the penultimate piece in the set) matches its predecessor for the prominence it gives to extreme sonorities. Here, too, interpreters see hell itself – the elements raging. Sometimes referred to as ‘Winter Wind’, it brings a clash between the acoustic expression of the diatonic song and the chromaticised figuration, agitated to the utmost.Author: Mieczysław TomaszewskiA series of programmes entitled ‘Fryderyk Chopin's Complete Works’Polish Radio 2