Chopin: Complete Mazurkas (2 CDs, 2003, Harmonia Mundi) Frederic Chiu/Sealed!

Description: On this two-disc set, Frederic Chiu, a splendid pianist with a singularly beautiful tone and an extraordinary palette of colors and nuances, plays all 58 Chopin Mazurkas, including the early, posthumously published ones, often dismissed as "juvenilia," yet revealing the seeds of the future. Written throughout Chopin's life, the Mazurkas prove that though he spent his last 18 years in France, his heart and spirit remained rooted in his native Poland; no wonder so many of them are hauntingly pensive and nostalgic. Inspired by the rhythmic, harmonic, and modal patterns of the dances of Mazovia, they range from ingenuous simplicity to utmost sophistication, from the exuberance of headlong whirling dances to melancholy introspection, and represent a unique fusion of folk music and high artistry. This results in an incredible diversity of form, texture, and expression, as well as in a wide variety of possible interpretations. In his scholarly program notes, Chiu deplores the contention that only Polish pianists can identify with the Mazurkas' rhythms and idiomatic flexibility; his excellent performance indicates that the key element is not nationality but the confidence to let the music and one's own response to it speak naturally for themselves. Favoring slow tempos, he sometimes exaggerates rubatos and contrasts, but brings out the changing character and moods, and is at his best in the most complex pieces. --Edith Eisler Track Listings Disc: 1 1. Four Mazurkas, Op.6: I. f# 2. Four Mazurkas, Op.6: II. c# 3. Four Mazurkas, Op.6: III. E 4. Four Mazurkas, Op.6: IV. e flat 5. Five Mazurkas, Op.7: I. B flat 6. Five Mazurkas, Op.7: II. a 7. Five Mazurkas, Op.7: III. f 8. Five Mazurkas, Op.7: IV. A flat 9. Five Mazurkas, Op.7: V. C 10. Four Mazurkas, Op.17: I. B flat 11. Four Mazurkas, Op.17: II. e 12. Four Mazurkas, Op.17: III. A flat 13. Four Mazurkas, Op.17: IV. a 14. Four Mazurkas, Op.24: I. g 15. Four Mazurkas, Op.24: II. C 16. Four Mazurkas, Op.24: III. A flat 17. Four Mazurkas, Op.24: IV. b flat 18. Four Mazurkas, Op.30: I. c 19. Four Mazurkas, Op.30: II. b 20. Four Mazurkas, Op.30: III. D flat 21. Four Mazurkas, Op.30: IV. c# 22. Four Mazurkas, Op.33: I. g# 23. Four Mazurkas, Op.33: II. D 24. Four Mazurkas, Op.33: III. C 25. Four Mazurkas, Op.33: IV. b 26. Mazurka in a 'A Emile Galliard' 27. Mazurka in a 'Notre Temps' Disc: 2 1. Four Mazurkas, Op.41: I. c# 2. Four Mazurkas, Op.41: II. e 3. Four Mazurkas, Op.41: III. B 4. Four Mazurkas, Op.41: IV. A flat 5. Three Mazurkas, Op.50: I. G 6. Three Mazurkas, Op.50: II. A flat 7. Three Mazurkas, Op.50: III. c# 8. Three Mazurkas, Op.56: I. B 9. Three Mazurkas, Op.56: II. C 10. Three Mazurkas, Op.56: III. c 11. Three Mazurkas, Op.59: I. a 12. Three Mazurkas, Op.59: II. A flat 13. Three Mazurkas, Op.59: III. f# 14. Three Mazurkas, Op.63: I. B 15. Three Mazurkas, Op.63: II. f 16. Three Mazurkas, Op.63: III. c# 17. Mazurka in B flat 18. Op.68, No.2, a 19. Mazurka in G 20. Mazurka in D 21. Op.68, No.1, C 22. Op.68, No.3, F 23. Mazurka in D 24. Mazurka in B flat 25. Mazurka in C 26. Mazurka in A flat 27. Op.67, No.1, G 28. Op.67, No.3, C 29. Op.67, No.4, a 30. Op.67, No.2, g 31. Op.68, No.4, f Combined shipping discount on all items unless otherwise noted. Just use the add to cart option and proceed to checkout when done. Please note that the Buy It Now button voids the discount.

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