Artist: Chopin / Mursky

Title: Mazurkas

Condition:

Format: CD

Release Date: 2018

Label: Profil - G Haenssler

UPC: 881488161007

Genre: Classical Artists

Album Tracks

DISC 1:
1. Mazurka No. 1 in F-Sharp minor, Op. 6, No. 1
2. Mazurka No. 2 in C-Sharp minor, Op. 6, No. 2
3. Mazurka No. 3 in E Major, Op. 6, No. 3
4. Mazurka No. 4 in E-Flat minor, Op. 6, No. 4
5. Mazurka No. 5 in B-Flat Major, Op. 7, No. 1
6. Mazurka No. 6 in a Minor, Op. 7, No. 2
7. Mazurka No. 7 in F minor, Op. 7, No. 3
8. Mazurka No. 8 in A-Flat Major, Op. 7, No. 4
9. Mazurka No. 9 in C Major, Op. 7, No. 5
10. Mazurka No. 10 in B-Flat Major, Op. 17, No. 1
11. Mazurka No. 11 in E minor, Op. 17, No. 2
12. Mazurka No. 12 in A-Flat Major, Op. 17, No. 3
13. Mazurka No. 13 in a Minor, Op. 17, No. 4
14. Mazurka No. 14 in G minor, Op. 24, No. 1
15. Mazurka No. 15 in C Major, Op. 24, No. 2
16. Mazurka No. 16 in E-Flat Major, Op. 24, No. 3
17. Mazurka No. 17 in B-Flat minor, Op. 24, No. 4
18. Mazurka No. 18 in C minor, Op. 30, No. 1
19. Mazurka No. 19 in B minor, Op. 30, No. 2
20. Mazurka No. 20 in D-Flat Major, Op. 30, No. 3
21. Mazurka No. 21 in C-Sharp minor, Op. 30, No. 4
22. Mazurka No. 22 in G-Sharp minor, Op. 33, No. 1
23. Mazurka No. 23 in D Major, Op. 33, No. 2
24. Mazurka No. 24 in C Major, Op. 33, No. 3
25. Mazurka No. 25 in B minor, Op. 33, No. 4
26. Mazurka No. 26 in C-Sharp minor, Op. 41, No. 1
27. Mazurka No. 27 in E minor, Op. 41, No. 2
28. Mazurka No. 28 in B Major, Op. 41, No. 3
29. Mazurka No. 29 in A-Flat Major, Op. 41, No. 4

DISC 2:
1. Mazurka No. 30 in G Major, Op. 50, No. 1
2. Mazurka No. 31 in A-Flat Major, Op. 50, No. 2
3. Mazurka No. 32 in C-Sharp minor, Op. 50, No. 3
4. Mazurka No. 33 in B Major, Op. 56, No. 1
5. Mazurka No. 34 in C Major, Op. 56, No. 2
6. Mazurka No. 35 in C minor, Op. 56, No. 3
7. Mazurka No. 36 in a Minor, Op. 59, No. 1
8. Mazurka No. 37 in A-Flat Major, Op. 59, No. 2
9. Mazurka No. 38 in F-Sharp minor, Op. 59, No. 3
10. Mazurka No. 39 in B Major, Op. 63, No. 1
11. Mazurka No. 40 in F minor, Op. 63, No. 2
12. Mazurka No. 41 in C-Sharp minor, Op. 63, No. 3
13. Mazurka in a Minor (A Emile Gaillard)
14. Mazurka in a Minor (Notre Temps No. 2)
15. Mazurka No. 42 in G Major, Op. 67, No. 1
16. Mazurka No. 43 in G minor, Op. 67, No. 2
17. Mazurka No. 44 in C Major, Op. 67, No. 3
18. Mazurka No. 45 in a Minor, Op. 67, No. 4
19. Mazurka No. 46 in C Major, Op. 68, No. 1
20. Mazurka No. 47 in a Minor, Op. 68, No. 2
21. Mazurka No. 48 in F Major, Op. 68, No. 3
22. Mazurka No. 49 in F minor, Op. 68, No. 4
23. Mazurka in B Major
24. Mazurka in G Major
25. Mazurka in D Major
26. Mazurka in B Major
27. Mazurka in C Major
28. Mazurka in A-Flat Major

In Chopin's oeuvre there is one genre that is particularly well represented: the mazurka. The vast majority of the 51 he published were written as an homage to and reminder of his homeland, which he never saw again after the Russian occupation of 1830/31. The mazurka is an eastern European folk dance in triple time that originates from the Polish province of Masovia, where Chopin grew up. In many cases, a mazurka comprises various individual sections, the names of which are nearly always derived from a region or ethnic group. One such section is the polonez, which is rhythmically related to the ceremonious polonaise. Quite interestingly, Beethoven named the third movement of his Triple Concerto op. 56 Rondo alla polacca. The mazur has a rhythmic structure underpinned by numerous dotted figures or triplets. The kujawiak is a slow-flowing folk dance in triple metre. The krakowiak is characterised by much syncopation. The oberek is a feisty dance. Chopin wrote in total 13 cycles of mazurkas. Here, they are performed by Chopin expert, pianist Eugene Mursky.