Alessandro Deljavan - Chopin: Mazurkas '2019

Tracks list

Tracklist
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CD1
01. 2 Mazurkas, B. 16: No. 1 in G Major
02. 2 Mazurkas, B. 16: No. 2 in B-Flat Major
03. Mazurkas, Op. Posth. 68: No. 2 in A Minor
04. Mazurka in D Major, B. 31
05. Mazurkas, Op. Posth. 68: No. 3 in F Major
06. Mazurkas, Op. Posth. 68: No. 1 in C Major
07. Mazurka in D Major, B. 71
08. Mazurkas, Op. 6: No. 1 in F-Sharp Minor
09. Mazurkas, Op. 6: No. 2 in C-Sharp Minor
10. Mazurkas, Op. 6: No. 3 in E Major
11. Mazurkas, Op. 6: No. 4 in E-Flat Minor
12. Mazurkas, Op. 7: No. 1 in B-Flat Major
13. Mazurkas, Op. 7: No. 2 in A Minor
14. Mazurkas, Op. 7: No. 3 in F Minor
15. Mazurkas, Op. 7: No. 4 in A-Flat Major
16. Mazurkas, Op. 7: No. 5 in C Major
17. Mazurka in B-Flat Major, B. 73 Wołowska
18. Mazurka in C Major, B. 82
19. Mazurkas, Op. 17: No. 1 in B-Flat Major
20. Mazurkas, Op. 17: No. 2 in E Minor
21. Mazurkas, Op. 17: No. 3 in A-Flat Major
22. Mazurkas, Op. 17: No. 4 in A Minor
23. Mazurka in A-Flat Major, B. 85
24. Mazurkas, Op. Posth. 67: No. 3 in C Major
25. Mazurkas, Op. 24: No. 1 in G Minor
26. Mazurkas, Op. 24: No. 2 in C Major
27. Mazurkas, Op. 24: No. 3 in A-Flat Major
28. Mazurkas, Op. 24: No. 4 in B-Flat Minor
29. Mazurkas, Op. Posth. 67: No. 1 in G Major
30. Mazurkas, Op. 30: No. 1 in C Minor
31. Mazurkas, Op. 30: No. 3 in B Minor
32. Mazurkas, Op. 30: No. 3 in D-Flat Major
33. Mazurkas, Op. 30: No. 4 in C-Sharp Major
34. Mazurka in A Minor, B. 134

CD2
01. Mazurkas, Op. 33: No. 1 in G-Sharp Minor
02. Mazurkas, Op. 33: No. 2 in C Major
03. Mazurkas, Op. 33: No. 3 in D Major
04. Mazurkas, Op. 33: No. 4 in B Minor
05. Mazurkas, Op. 41: No. 1 in C-Sharp Minor
06. Mazurkas, Op. 41: No. 2 in E Minor
07. Mazurkas, Op. 41: No. 3 in B Major
08. Mazurkas, Op. 41: No. 4 in A-Flat Major
09. Mazurka in A Minor, B. 140
10. Mazurkas, Op. 50: No. 1 in G Major
11. Mazurkas, Op. 50: No. 2 in A-Flat Major
12. Mazurkas, Op. 50: No. 3 in C-Sharp Minor
13. Mazurkas, Op. 56: No. 1 in B Major
14. Mazurkas, Op. 56: No. 2 in C Major
15. Mazurkas, Op. 56: No. 3 in C Minor
16. Mazurkas, Op. 59: No. 1 in A Minor
17. Mazurkas, Op. 59: No. 2 in A-Flat Major
18. Mazurkas, Op. 59: No. 3 in F-Sharp Minor
19. Mazurkas, Op. 67: No. 4 in A Minor
20. Mazurkas, Op. 63: No. 1 in B Major
21. Mazurkas, Op. 63: No. 2 in F Minor
22. Mazurkas, Op. 63: No. 3 in C-Sharp Minor
23. Mazurkas, Op. Posth. 68: No. 4 in F Minor
24. Mazurkas, Op. Posth. 67: No. 2 in G Minor
25. Mazurkas, Op. Posth. 68: No. 4 in F Minor (Completed Version)


Many pianists have challenged themselves with the task of recording
Frédéric Chopins complete mazurkas, but few managed to do so with the
elegance and profundity achieved by the brilliant Italian pianist Alessandro
Deljavan in this extraordinary two-CD set. Over the span of two decades, Chopin
wrote at least fifty-eight mazurkas. Forty-five of them were published during
Chopins lifetime - only four of them without opus numbers. Thirteen of them
appeared posthumously, eight of which with posthumous opus numbers.eleven other
mazurkas are known, and their manuscripts are either in private hands (two of
them) or have not been located.

Proposed in this set in their chronological order, from the composers early
attempts in his teenage years to the mature works of the mid- to late 1840s, in
the mazurkas Chopin confesses his deepest feelings - from pride to nostalgia,
from longing to patriotism. Chopin was able to transform the mainstream role of
the dance as it was heard in 1820s Poland into an entirely new genre, bringing
it from the ballroom to the concert platform. As an idea, it inspired
generations of composers.

The recording, captured by engineer Alessandro Simonetto via 3 Sennheiser
small-diaphrams in the common Decca Tree technique, offers a completely natural
sound, as heard in its original environment.

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