Chopin - Best Mazurka Performances 1927-2015 (Polish Radio Awards)
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Label: NIFC (National Institute Frederick Chopin)
Cat No: NIFCCD635636
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 2
Genre: Instrumental
Release Date: 14th January 2022
Contents
Works
Mazurkas (51) » no.1 in F sharp minor, op.6 no.1
» no.13 in A minor, op.17 no.4
» no.14 in G minor, op.24 no.1
» no.15 in C major, op.24 no.2
» no.17 in B flat minor, op.24 no.4
» no.18 in C minor, op.30 no.1
» no.22 in G sharp minor, op.33 no.1
» no.23 in D major, op.33 no.2
» no.24 in C major, op.33 no.3
» no.25 in B minor, op.33 no.4
» no.26 in C sharp minor, op.41 no.1
» no.27 in E minor, op.41 no.2
» no.29 in A flat major, op.41 no.4
» no.30 in G major, op.50 no.1
» no.31 in A flat major, op.50 no.2
» no.32 in C sharp minor, op.50 no.3
» no.33 in B major, op.56 no.1
» no.34 in C major, op.56 no.2
» no.35 in C minor, op.56 no.3
» no.36 in A minor, op.59 no.1
» no.37 in A flat major, op.59 no.2
» no.38 in F sharp minor, op.59 no.3
» no.41 in C sharp minor, op.63 no.3
» no.45 in A minor, op.posth 67 no.4
» no.46 in C major, op.posth 68 no.1
Artists
Henryk Sztompka (piano)Alexander Uninsky (piano)
Yakov Zak (piano)
Halina Czerny-Stefanska (piano)
Fou Ts’ong (piano)
Irina Zaritskaya (piano)
Martha Argerich (piano)
Garrick Ohlsson (piano)
Krystian Zimerman (piano)
Dang Thai Son (piano)
Ewa Poblocka (piano)
Marc Laforet (piano)
Rafal Blechacz (piano)
Daniil Trifonov (piano)
Kate Liu (piano)
Works
Mazurkas (51) » no.1 in F sharp minor, op.6 no.1
» no.13 in A minor, op.17 no.4
» no.14 in G minor, op.24 no.1
» no.15 in C major, op.24 no.2
» no.17 in B flat minor, op.24 no.4
» no.18 in C minor, op.30 no.1
» no.22 in G sharp minor, op.33 no.1
» no.23 in D major, op.33 no.2
» no.24 in C major, op.33 no.3
» no.25 in B minor, op.33 no.4
» no.26 in C sharp minor, op.41 no.1
» no.27 in E minor, op.41 no.2
» no.29 in A flat major, op.41 no.4
» no.30 in G major, op.50 no.1
» no.31 in A flat major, op.50 no.2
» no.32 in C sharp minor, op.50 no.3
» no.33 in B major, op.56 no.1
» no.34 in C major, op.56 no.2
» no.35 in C minor, op.56 no.3
» no.36 in A minor, op.59 no.1
» no.37 in A flat major, op.59 no.2
» no.38 in F sharp minor, op.59 no.3
» no.41 in C sharp minor, op.63 no.3
» no.45 in A minor, op.posth 67 no.4
» no.46 in C major, op.posth 68 no.1
Artists
Henryk Sztompka (piano)Alexander Uninsky (piano)
Yakov Zak (piano)
Halina Czerny-Stefanska (piano)
Fou Ts’ong (piano)
Irina Zaritskaya (piano)
Martha Argerich (piano)
Garrick Ohlsson (piano)
Krystian Zimerman (piano)
Dang Thai Son (piano)
Ewa Poblocka (piano)
Marc Laforet (piano)
Rafal Blechacz (piano)
Daniil Trifonov (piano)
Kate Liu (piano)
About
This newly curated 2-CD set features the best performances of mazurkas from the Polish Radio Awards archives of the International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw during the years 1927–2015. Polish Radio has broadcast the Chopin Competition from the very beginning but in 1927 the transmissions were not yet recorded.
Polish Radio, which had only come on air two years earlier (1925), joined in the promotion of the competition idea, which was the subject of many emotive debates and polemics in Polish cultural life at the time. The public broadcaster decided to fund a regular prize for the best performance of mazurkas. That was the first distinction of its kind at the Competition. The others were established in later years: for polonaise (1960, Fryderyk Chopin Society), for concerto (1980, Warsaw Philharmonic) and for sonata (2010, Krystian Zimerman).
Although Polish Radio, the Fryderyk Chopin Institute and the State Archives are not in possession of any official document establishing the prize, from 1927 it became an enduring part of the history of the Warsaw competition.
Not by chance was the mazurka chosen. A form often referred to as the 'quintessence of Polishness', it demands a familiarity with and feel for Polish national dances – as Artur Rubinstein put it – of what 'comes between the second and third beats'. In simple terms, it is the art of distinguishing the mazurka from the waltz.
Chopin himself, when asked why he played a work in triple time as if it had four beats in the bar, replied provocatively that it was out of an attachment to the national tradition. That did not settle the matter.
Featuring 'The Radio Fifteen', the performers are:
- 1927: Henryk Sztompka
- 1932: Alexander Uninsky
- 1937: Yakov Zak
- 1949: Halina Czerny-Stefańska
- 1955: Fou Ts'ong
- 1960: Irina Zaritskaya
- 1965: Martha Argerich
- 1970: Garrick Ohlsson
- 1975: Krystian Zimerman
- 1980: Dang Thai Son, Ewa Pobłocka
- 1985: Marc Laforęt
- 2005: Rafał Blechacz
- 2010: Daniil Trifonov
- 2015: Kate Liu
Polish Radio, which had only come on air two years earlier (1925), joined in the promotion of the competition idea, which was the subject of many emotive debates and polemics in Polish cultural life at the time. The public broadcaster decided to fund a regular prize for the best performance of mazurkas. That was the first distinction of its kind at the Competition. The others were established in later years: for polonaise (1960, Fryderyk Chopin Society), for concerto (1980, Warsaw Philharmonic) and for sonata (2010, Krystian Zimerman).
Although Polish Radio, the Fryderyk Chopin Institute and the State Archives are not in possession of any official document establishing the prize, from 1927 it became an enduring part of the history of the Warsaw competition.
Not by chance was the mazurka chosen. A form often referred to as the 'quintessence of Polishness', it demands a familiarity with and feel for Polish national dances – as Artur Rubinstein put it – of what 'comes between the second and third beats'. In simple terms, it is the art of distinguishing the mazurka from the waltz.
Chopin himself, when asked why he played a work in triple time as if it had four beats in the bar, replied provocatively that it was out of an attachment to the national tradition. That did not settle the matter.
Featuring 'The Radio Fifteen', the performers are:
- 1927: Henryk Sztompka
- 1932: Alexander Uninsky
- 1937: Yakov Zak
- 1949: Halina Czerny-Stefańska
- 1955: Fou Ts'ong
- 1960: Irina Zaritskaya
- 1965: Martha Argerich
- 1970: Garrick Ohlsson
- 1975: Krystian Zimerman
- 1980: Dang Thai Son, Ewa Pobłocka
- 1985: Marc Laforęt
- 2005: Rafał Blechacz
- 2010: Daniil Trifonov
- 2015: Kate Liu
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