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Chopin: Ballades, Scherzos, Mazurkas & Waltzes / Zassimova
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Chopin: Ballades, Scherzos, Mazurkas & Waltzes / Zassimova

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Composer
Frederic Chopin
Artist
Anna Zassimova
Format
SACD
Label
BIS
Released
Jun 02, 2023
Catalog #
BIS-2619
UPC
7318599926193

About

The pianist Anna Zassimova offers us a musical journey through most of Chopin’s creative periods, bringing together miniatures and some larger scaled, highly structured works. We can thus follow the composer’s stylistic evolution: slightly whimsical at first, then works that are often tragic and violent, evolving in his final years towards great luminosity and relative calm.

Highlights of this recital include the Ballades Nos 2 and 4, the Mazurkas, Op. 41 and Op. 50 and the Scherzo No. 4 in E major. The mazurkas can be seen as a kind of diary that Chopin kept throughout his life as an artist, reflecting his deep-rooted attachment to Poland. In them, folklore was entirely recreated and stylized. Considered the finest of Chopin’s creation and among the most representative of romantic music, the Ballads are pure music in its finest form. Without any specific programme, they are said to have been inspired by the poetic ideas of one of his friends, the poet Adam Mickiewicz. Finally, the Scherzo has an almost fairy-tale, luminous atmosphere, although there are more passionate and intense moments, and it thus appears close to the character of the scherzo as it was once conceived.

Tracklist 21 tracks

  1. 1 Mazurka No. 1 in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 6, No. 1 02:51
    Track
    1
    Title
    Mazurka No. 1 in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 6, No. 1
    Duration
    02:51
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Anna Zassimova
  2. 2 Mazurka No. 2 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 6, No. 2 02:18
    Track
    2
    Title
    Mazurka No. 2 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 6, No. 2
    Duration
    02:18
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Anna Zassimova
  3. 3 Mazurka No. 7 in F Minor, Op. 7, No. 3 02:13
    Track
    3
    Title
    Mazurka No. 7 in F Minor, Op. 7, No. 3
    Duration
    02:13
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Anna Zassimova
  4. 4 Ballade No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 52 11:59
    Track
    4
    Title
    Ballade No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 52
    Duration
    11:59
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Anna Zassimova
  5. 5 Nocturne No. 6 in G Minor, Op. 15, No. 3 05:16
    Track
    5
    Title
    Nocturne No. 6 in G Minor, Op. 15, No. 3
    Duration
    05:16
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Anna Zassimova
  6. 6 Mazurka No. 43 in G Minor, Op. 67, No. 2 01:52
    Track
    6
    Title
    Mazurka No. 43 in G Minor, Op. 67, No. 2
    Duration
    01:52
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Anna Zassimova
  7. 7 Mazurka No. 30 in G Major, Op. 50, No. 1 02:37
    Track
    7
    Title
    Mazurka No. 30 in G Major, Op. 50, No. 1
    Duration
    02:37
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Anna Zassimova
  8. 8 Mazurka No. 31 in A-Flat Major, Op. 50, No. 2 03:04
    Track
    8
    Title
    Mazurka No. 31 in A-Flat Major, Op. 50, No. 2
    Duration
    03:04
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Anna Zassimova
  9. 9 Mazurka No. 32 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 50, No. 3 05:46
    Track
    9
    Title
    Mazurka No. 32 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 50, No. 3
    Duration
    05:46
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Anna Zassimova
  10. 10 Ballade No. 2 in F Major, Op. 38 07:30
    Track
    10
    Title
    Ballade No. 2 in F Major, Op. 38
    Duration
    07:30
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Anna Zassimova
  11. 11 Mazurka No. 44 in C Major, Op. 67, No. 3 01:28
    Track
    11
    Title
    Mazurka No. 44 in C Major, Op. 67, No. 3
    Duration
    01:28
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Anna Zassimova
  12. 12 Mazurka No. 27 in E Minor, Op. 41, No. 1 02:00
    Track
    12
    Title
    Mazurka No. 27 in E Minor, Op. 41, No. 1
    Duration
    02:00
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Anna Zassimova
  13. 13 Mazurka No. 28 in B Major, Op. 41, No. 2 01:20
    Track
    13
    Title
    Mazurka No. 28 in B Major, Op. 41, No. 2
    Duration
    01:20
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Anna Zassimova
  14. 14 Mazurka No. 29 in A-Flat Major, Op. 41, No. 3 01:50
    Track
    14
    Title
    Mazurka No. 29 in A-Flat Major, Op. 41, No. 3
    Duration
    01:50
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Anna Zassimova
  15. 15 Mazurka No. 26 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 41, No. 4 03:29
    Track
    15
    Title
    Mazurka No. 26 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 41, No. 4
    Duration
    03:29
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Anna Zassimova
  16. 16 Waltz No. 8 in A-Flat Major, Op. 64, No. 3 03:43
    Track
    16
    Title
    Waltz No. 8 in A-Flat Major, Op. 64, No. 3
    Duration
    03:43
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Anna Zassimova
  17. 17 Scherzo No. 4 in E Major, Op. 54 11:38
    Track
    17
    Title
    Scherzo No. 4 in E Major, Op. 54
    Duration
    11:38
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Anna Zassimova
  18. 18 Waltz No. 15 in E Major, Op. posth. 02:04
    Track
    18
    Title
    Waltz No. 15 in E Major, Op. posth.
    Duration
    02:04
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Anna Zassimova
  19. 19 Waltz No. 18 in E-Flat Major, Op. posth., "Sostenuto" 01:47
    Track
    19
    Title
    Waltz No. 18 in E-Flat Major, Op. posth., "Sostenuto"
    Duration
    01:47
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Anna Zassimova
  20. 20 Cantabile in B-Flat Major 01:00
    Track
    20
    Title
    Cantabile in B-Flat Major
    Duration
    01:00
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Anna Zassimova
  21. 21 Moderato in E Major 02:41
    Track
    21
    Title
    Moderato in E Major
    Duration
    02:41
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Anna Zassimova