Prelude in D-flat majorOp. 28, No. 15

The fifteenth of Chopin's 24 Preludes, Op. 28, published in 1839 and later nicknamed the Raindrop. A repeated A-flat sounds beneath a calm melody, turns to G-sharp in the dark C-sharp minor middle section and swells to a heavy climax before the melody returns. Edited from Theodor Kullak's 1882 teaching edition, with its fingering, and compared with Chopin's manuscript and the first editions.