Chopin ‘Valse du petit chien’ – the ‘little dog waltz’ (Op. 64 No. 1)

This fabulous little waltz is more commonly called the Minute Waltz – almost always pronounced ‘minute’ as in hours, minutes and seconds but actually intended as ‘minute’ as in very small. Chopin’s inspiration was apparently watching a little dog chase its own tail. This is the type of piece that I would never try to...

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