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Here he takes on Bach’s Italian Concerto, Tchaikovsky’s “The Seasons” and a selection of Scherzos by Chopin.

From New York Times • Oct. 22, 2015

With dozens of options available, I am especially partial to Rubinstein’s magisterial 1959 recordings of the Ballades and Scherzos, made when he was 72.

From New York Times • May 27, 2010

This Trio was not published till after his death, about ten or eleven years ago, by Dunst, of Frankfort: its second movement, the Scherzo, may be regarded as the embryo of all Beethoven's Scherzos.

From Life of Beethoven by Schindler, Anton

We would, in the first place, analyze his Nocturnes, Ballades, Impromptus, Scherzos, which are full of refinements of harmony never heard before; bold, and of startling originality.

From Life of Chopin by Cook, Martha Elizabeth Duncan Walker

His Mazourkas are sonnets, and this Fantasy in F minor is, as Kelley points out, a highly complex rondo; as are the Ballades and Scherzos.

From Unicorns by Huneker, James