Chopin: Mazurkas (Rec 1938-39)

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FREDERIC CHOPIN
Chopin: Mazurkas (Rec 1938-39)
Artur Rubinstein (piano)

[ Naxos Historical Great Pianists / 2 CD ]

Release Date: Wednesday 20 August 2008

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"Rubinstein's Mazurkas are equally the stuff of legends. Chopin's most subtle and confessional diary, they transcend their humble origins and become in Rubinstein's hands an ever-audacious series of miniatures" (Gramophone 2001)

"Rubinstein's Mazurkas are equally the stuff of legends. Chopin's most subtle and confessional diary, they transcend their humble origins and become in Rubinstein's hands an ever-audacious series of miniatures extending from the neurasthenic to the radiant, from Chopin's nagging child (Op 17 No 3) to the unfurling of proud ceremonial colours (Opp 63 No I). What heartache he conveys in Op 63 No 3; and when has Op 67 No 3 been more intimately confided, its banal association with Les sylphides more blissfully resolved? Chopin's final composition, Op 68 No 4, becomes a valediction encouraging rather than forbidding weeping, Rubinstein's tile caressing magic that created a furore at his unforgettable recitals."
(Gramophone 2001)

Tracks:

4 Mazurkas, Op. 6
5 Mazurkas, Op. 7
4 Mazurkas, Op. 17
4 Mazurkas, Op. 24
4 Mazurkas, Op. 30
4 Mazurkas, Op. 33
4 Mazurkas, Op. 41
3 Mazurkas, Op. 50
3 Mazurkas, Op. 56
3 Mazurkas, Op. 59
3 Mazurkas, Op. 63
4 Mazurkas, Op. 67
4 Mazurkas, Op. 68
Mazurka No. 51 in A minor, "A Emile Gaillard"
Mazurka No. 50 in A minor, "Notre temps"
Mazurka No. 23 in D major, Op. 33, No. 2
Mazurka No. 35 in C minor, Op. 56, No. 3
Mazurkas No. 39 in B major, Op. 63, No. 1
Valse in A flat major, Op. 34, No. 1
Waltz No. 7 in C sharp minor, Op. 64, No. 2