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Track(s) taken from APR5662

Mazurka in B major, Op 56 No 1

composer
1843/4

Konstantin Igumnov (piano)
Recording details: January 1935
Moscow, Russia
Release date: November 2007
Total duration: 3 minutes 12 seconds
 

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Garrick Ohlsson (piano)
Pavel Kolesnikov (piano)
Chopin at times essayed complex, even experimental structures that strain against the boundaries of conventional sociability. Most complicated of all is the Mazurka in B major, Op 56 No 1, which alternates between seemingly disparate themes, in different keys and tempos, and concludes with a chromatically intricate and lengthy coda.

from notes by Jeffrey Kallberg © 2019

Chopin s’est parfois essayé à des structures complexes, même expérimentales, qui repoussent de toutes leurs forces les limites de la sociabilité conventionnelle. La plus compliquée de toutes est la Mazurka en si majeur, op.56 n° 1, qui alterne entre des thèmes apparemment disparates, dans différentes tonalités et différents tempos, et s’achève avec une très longue coda complexe sur le plan chromatique.

extrait des notes rédigées par Jeffrey Kallberg © 2019
Français: Marie-Stella Pâris

Zuweilen versuchte Chopin sich allerdings auch an komplexen, sogar experimentellen Strukturen, die die Grenzen konventioneller Geselligkeit ausdehnen. Am kompliziertesten von allen ist die Mazurka H-Dur, op. 56 Nr. 1, die zwischen scheinbar disparaten Themen alterniert, in unterschiedlichen Tonarten und Tempi, und mit einer chromatisch diffizilen und langen Coda endet.

aus dem Begleittext von Jeffrey Kallberg © 2019
Deutsch: Viola Scheffel

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Chopin: Impromptus, waltzes & mazurkas
Studio Master: CDA68273Studio Master FLAC & ALAC downloads available
Chopin: The Complete Mazurkas, Vol. 2
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Chopin: The Complete Works
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