Chopin, Frédéric: Scherzo No.2 for Piano. From pedagogical heritage of M. Balakirev
The head of the ''New Russian School'' seemed to have peeped to nowadays, when Chopin is recognized and loved all over the world. Actually every page of Chopin’s compositions sheds poetic air, fearless expressions of human life’s dramatic circumstances. Hence so many people today could repeat Balakirev’s words: Chopin doesn’t stop touching me deeply. His music is akin to my soul''.