Fantasy on Chopin’s Ballade No. 4 (a shortened version)

A favorite of Chopin’s Ballades that I once worked on, but it has some very difficult sections for the amateur pianist. I came back to this piece and created a shortened version of it that required one new transition section and a new ending. It was great fun to work on and play as I retained my favorite sections of the piece in this arrangement.

I play the original score to the cadenza at measure 76. This I replaced with a new cadenza that transitions to minor:

I continue with measure 152. I play through measure 167 ending on the last A natural. Then I proceed to a new ending in a new key: