Waltz in A minor Op.34 No.2 (Chopin)

Although it was the first to be written out of the three Op.34 waltzes, this was the second to be published. The 'Polish Fryderyk Chopin Institute' says that this piece was composed in 1831. However, it is generally considered that the three were composed by Frédéric Chopin from 1834 until 1838, and published in that year.
The speed indication is Lento (very slow) and the time signature is 3/4.
(Chopin has indicated 3 one-beat notes at a very slow speed. He has not made any proviso that one whole bar should be treated as a beat at this very slow speed, which is how most pianists seem to regard such a direction if there had been any suggestion from Chopin. This is NOT one of those gallop-round-the-room waltzes of Johann Strauss. In fact, none of the Chopin waltzes were intended to be danced to at all! Rather, Chopin uses the idiom to portray his personal memories of the ballroom dances in their heyday.
This waltz has the feel of two lovers swaying gently to the music, then progressing to a more standard waltz speed in the middle-section, before returning to the gentle swaying embrace at the end).
GlynGlynn, alias GB, realiser.
Please feel free to leave any comments, be they good, bad, or indifferent as to whether the piece, or the performance, moved you in any way whatsoever!
(Since music is an aural art, and not a visual one, it is best to listen to these pieces, and other artists performances, with eyes closed, so as to be able to listen intently as to how the music is portrayed).