Eugene Mursky - Chopin: Mazurkas (2018)

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.

TRACKLIST

CD1

01. Mazurkas, Op. 6: No. 1 in F-Sharp Minor
02. Mazurkas, Op. 6: No. 2 in C-Sharp Minor
03. Mazurkas, Op. 6: No. 3 in E Major
04. Mazurkas, Op. 6: No. 4 in E-Flat Minor
05. Mazurkas, Op. 7: No. 1 in B-Flat Major
06. Mazurkas, Op. 7: No. 2 in A Minor
07. Mazurkas, Op. 7: No. 3 in F Minor
08. Mazurkas, Op. 7: No. 4 in A-Flat Major
09. Mazurkas, Op. 7: No. 5 in C Major
10. Mazurkas, Op. 17: No. 1 in B-Flat Major
11. Mazurkas, Op. 17: No. 2 in E Minor
12. Mazurkas, Op. 17: No. 3 in A-Flat Major
13. Mazurkas, Op. 17: No. 4 in A Minor
14. Mazurkas, Op. 24: No. 1 in G Minor
15. Mazurkas, Op. 24: No. 2 in C Major
16. Mazurkas, Op. 24: No. 3 in A-Flat Major
17. Mazurkas, Op. 24: No. 4 in B-Flat Minor
18. Mazurkas, Op. 30: No. 1 in C Minor
19. Mazurkas, Op. 30: No. 2 in B Minor
20. Mazurkas, Op. 30: No. 3 in D-Flat Major
21. Mazurkas, Op. 30: No. 4 in C-Sharp Minor
22. Mazurkas, Op. 33: No. 1 in G-Sharp Minor
23. Mazurkas, Op. 33: No. 2 in D Major
24. Mazurkas, Op. 33: No. 3 in C Major
25. Mazurkas, Op. 33: No. 4 in B Minor
26. Mazurkas, Op. 41: No. 4 in C-Sharp Minor
27. Mazurkas, Op. 41: No. 1 in E Minor
28. Mazurkas, Op. 41: No. 2 in B Major
29. Mazurkas, Op. 41: No. 3 in A-Flat Major

CD2

01. Mazurkas, Op. 50: No. 1 in G Major
02. Mazurkas, Op. 50: No. 2 in A-Flat Major
03. Mazurkas, Op. 50: No. 3 in C-Sharp Minor
04. Mazurkas, Op. 56: No. 1 in B Major
05. Mazurkas, Op. 56: No. 2 in C Major
06. Mazurkas, Op. 56: No. 3 in C Minor
07. Mazurkas, Op. 59: No. 1 in A Minor
08. Mazurkas, Op. 59: No. 2 in A-Flat Major
09. Mazurkas, Op. 59: No. 3 in F-Sharp Minor
10. Mazurkas, Op. 63: No. 1 in B Major
11. Mazurkas, Op. 63: No. 2 in F Minor
12. Mazurkas, Op. 63: No. 3 in C-Sharp Minor
13. Mazurka in A Minor, Op. Posth. "À Émile Gaillard"
14. Mazurka in A Minor, Op. Posth. "Notre temps"
15. Mazurkas, Op. 67: No. 1 in G Major
16. Mazurkas, Op. 67: No. 2 in G Minor
17. Mazurkas, Op. 67: No. 3 in C Major
18. Mazurkas, Op. 67: No. 4 in A Minor
19. Mazurkas, Op. 68: No. 1 in C Major
20. Mazurkas, Op. 68: No. 2 in A Minor
21. Mazurkas, Op. 68: No. 3 in F Major
22. Mazurkas, Op. 68: No. 4 in F Minor
23. Mazurka in B-Flat Major, Op. Posth.
24. Mazurka in G Major, Op. Posth.
25. Mazurka in D Major, Op. Posth.
26. Mazurka in B-Flat Major, Op. Posth.
27. Mazurka in C Major, Op. Posth.
28. Mazurka in A-Flat Major, Op. Posth.