Chopin: Ballades, Scherzos, Mazurkas & Waltzes / Zassimova

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Release Date
June 2, 2023
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Frederic Chopin
    • PERFORMER
      Anna Zassimova
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      June 02, 2023
    • UPC
      7318599926193
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      BIS-2619
    • LABEL
      BIS
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Piano
    Works ⌄

    1. Mazurka No. 1 in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 6, No. 1

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Anna Zassimova

    2. Mazurka No. 2 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 6, No. 2

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Anna Zassimova

    3. Mazurka No. 7 in F Minor, Op. 7, No. 3

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Anna Zassimova

    4. Ballade No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 52

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Anna Zassimova

    5. Nocturne No. 6 in G Minor, Op. 15, No. 3

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Anna Zassimova

    6. Mazurka No. 43 in G Minor, Op. 67, No. 2

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Anna Zassimova

    7. Mazurka No. 30 in G Major, Op. 50, No. 1

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Anna Zassimova

    8. Mazurka No. 31 in A-Flat Major, Op. 50, No. 2

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Anna Zassimova

    9. Mazurka No. 32 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 50, No. 3

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Anna Zassimova

    10. Ballade No. 2 in F Major, Op. 38

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Anna Zassimova

    11. Mazurka No. 44 in C Major, Op. 67, No. 3

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Anna Zassimova

    12. Mazurka No. 27 in E Minor, Op. 41, No. 1

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Anna Zassimova

    13. Mazurka No. 28 in B Major, Op. 41, No. 2

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Anna Zassimova

    14. Mazurka No. 29 in A-Flat Major, Op. 41, No. 3

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Anna Zassimova

    15. Mazurka No. 26 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 41, No. 4

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Anna Zassimova

    16. Waltz No. 8 in A-Flat Major, Op. 64, No. 3

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Anna Zassimova

    17. Scherzo No. 4 in E Major, Op. 54

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Anna Zassimova

    18. Waltz No. 15 in E Major, Op. posth.

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Anna Zassimova

    19. Waltz No. 18 in E-Flat Major, Op. posth., "Sostenuto"

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Anna Zassimova

    20. Cantabile in B-Flat Major

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Anna Zassimova

    21. Moderato in E Major

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Anna Zassimova


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.