Over the past month I have been re-recording all of Chopin’s Mazurkas. Even after 40+ years of playing these I still don’t feel I have them pat down… One can spend a lifetime with the Mazurkas and still not get to the core. In an interpretive sense these may be the most difficult pieces Chopin wrote.
These humble amateur recordings with not replace those by Rubinstein. Ashkenazy, Biret, Ohlsson, Fialkowska, and Novaes, to name some great pianists who I know have recorded the complete Mazurkas. Yet despite the small imperfections I think these are worthy performances, which hopefully can be enjoyed (and if not, by all means hit that Dislike button).
The numbering, which gets rather confused after the regular opus numbers, follows that in the PWN Paderewski Edition. Added at the end, as number 59, is the Mazurek Dabrowskiego, a skillful reconstruction by composer/pianist Mariusz Dubaj, based on a refrain that Chopin penned for this Polish nationalistic song that apparently meant a lot to him.
Mazurka No. 1 – Op. 6 No.1 in F Sharp Minor ( 0:16 )
Mazurka No. 2 – Op. 6 No.2 in C Sharp Minor ( 3:34 )
Mazurka No. 3 – Op. 6 No.3 in E Major ( 6:01 )
Mazurka No. 4 – Op. 6 No.4 in E Flat Minor ( 8:01 )
Mazurka No. 5 – Op. 7 No.1 in B flat major ( 8:57 )
Mazurka No. 6 – Op. 7 No.2 in A minor ( 11:18 )
Mazurka No. 7 – Op. 7 No.3 in F minor ( 14:36 )
Mazurka No. 8 – Op. 7 No.4 in A flat major ( 17:20 )
Mazurka No. 9 – Op. 7 No.5 in C major ( 18:33 )
Mazurka No.10 – Op.17 No.1 in B flat major ( 19:20 )
Mazurka No.11 – Op.17 No.2 in E minor ( 21:49 )
Mazurka No.12 – Op.17 No.3 in A flat major ( 24:03 )
Mazurka No.13 – Op.17 No.4 in A minor ( 28:51 )
Mazurka No.14 – Op.24 No.1 in G minor ( 33:02 )
Mazurka No.15 – Op.24 No.2 in C major ( 35:31 )
Mazurka No.16 – Op.24 No.3 in A flat major ( 37:44 )
Mazurka No.17 – Op.24 No.4 in B flat minor ( 40:04 )
Mazurka No.18 – Op.30 No.1 in C minor ( 44:40 )
Mazurka No.19 – Op.30 No.2 in B minor ( 46:17 )
Mazurka No.20 – Op.30 No.3 in D flat major ( 47:33 )
Mazurka No.21 – Op.30 No.4 in C sharp minor ( 50:39 )
Mazurka No.22 – Op.33 No.1 in G sharp minor ( 54:45 )
Mazurka No.23 – Op.33 No.2 in D major ( 56:26 )
Mazurka No.24 – Op.33 No.3 in C major ( 58:59 )
Mazurka No.25 – Op.33 No.4 in B minor ( 1:00:18 )
Mazurka No.26 – Op.41 No.1 in C sharp major ( 1:06:03 )
Mazurka No.27 – Op.41 No.2 in E minor ( 1:10:21 )
Mazurka No.28 – Op.41 No.3 in B major ( 1:12:46 )
Mazurka No.29 – Op.41 No.4 in A flat major ( 1:14:08 )
Mazurka No.30 – Op.50 No.1 in G Major ( 1:16:43 )
Mazurka No.31 – Op.50 No.2 in A flat Major ( 1:19:32 )
Mazurka No.32 – Op.50 No.3 in C sharp Minor ( 1:23:20 )
Mazurka No.33 – Op.56 No.1 in B major ( 1:28:40 )
Mazurka No.34 – Op.56 No.2 in C major ( 1:33:29 )
Mazurka No.35 – Op.56 No.3 in C minor ( 1:35:10 )
Mazurka No.36 – Op.59 No.1 in A minor ( 1:41:54 )
Mazurka No.37 – Op.59 No.2 in A flat major ( 1:46:07 )
Mazurka No.38 – Op.59 No.3 in F sharp minor ( 1:49:08 )
Mazurka No.39 – Op.63 No.1 in B Major ( 1:52:46 )
Mazurka No.40 – Op.63 No.2 in F Minor ( 1:55:29 )
Mazurka No.41 – Op.63 No.3 in C Sharp Minor ( 1:57:17 )
Mazurka No.42 – Op.Posth. in A minor ( 1:59:42 )
Mazurka No.43 – Op.Posth. in A minor (Notre Temps Nr. 2) ( 2:03:32 )
Mazurka No.44 – Op.67 No.1 in G major ( 2:07:33 )
Mazurka No.45 – Op.67 No.2 in G minor ( 2:08:53 )
Mazurka No.46 – Op.67 No.3 in C major ( 2:11:13 )
Mazurka No.47 – Op.67 No.4 in A minor ( 2:12:43 )
Mazurka No.48 – Op.68 No.1 in C major ( 2:15:36 )
Mazurka No.49 – Op.68 No.2 in A minor ( 2:17:16 )
Mazurka No.50 – Op.68 No.3 in F major ( 2:20:02 )
Mazurka No.51 – Op.68 No.4 in F minor ( 2:21:52 )
Mazurka No.52 – Op.Posth. in B flat major ( 2:23:48 )
Mazurka No.53 – Op.Posth. in G major ( 2:25:22 )
Mazurka No.54 – Op.Posth. in D major ( 2:27:06 )
Mazurka No.55 – Op.Posth. in D major ( 2:28:31 )
Mazurka No.56 – Op.Posth. in B flat major ( 2:30:19 )
Mazurka No.57 – Op.Posth. in C major ( 2:31:53 )
Mazurka No.58 – Op.Posth. in A flat major ( 2:35:12 )
Mazurka No.59 – Mazurek Dabrowskiego (Reconstruction: Mariusz Dubaj) ( 2:37:00 )
