Mazurka in B Major, Op. 63 No. 1 (1846)
Posted in Mazurkas, Polina Khatsko on Jun 17th, 2011
Ancient trees at Nohant Manor from "Chopin's Europe" courtesy Hanna Komarnicki
The first of this group of three mazurkas, in the key of B Major,…
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Mazurka in C Major, KK 1225-6 (1833)
Posted in Mazurkas, Noel McRobbie on Jul 6th, 2008
“In his Mazurkas, you get to know the very soul of Poland and Chopin never forgot his home land or the poor farmers singing the Mazurkas during the time of harvest.” All right, the Piano Society’s prose on Chopin’s 58 Mazurkas may be a bit purple, but it does appear that the Mazurkas are close to Chopin’s Polish soul. Esteemed pianist and scholar Charles Rosen has also declared the Mazurkas as Chopin’s “R & D Lab” – where
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Posted in Chopin Currency, Dance, Etudes, Heroic Polonaise, Jerome Robbins, Lang Lang, Martha Argerich, Mazurkas, New York City Ballet, Oliver Sacks, fiction, journals on Mar 14th, 2008
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Mazurka in C-sharp minor, Op. 6, No. 2
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As Chopin Project Artistic Director Arthur Greene heads off to Novi Sad, Serbia, to judge and perform in the Isidor Bajic Memorial Competition, he leaves us a taste of his masterful Chopin interpretation with this performance of the Mazurka in C-sharp minor,…
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The Chopin Currency – Feb. 26, 2008
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