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Chopin: The Mazurkas / Russell Sherman

Chopin / Sherman
Release Date: 09/11/2012 
Label:  Avie   Catalog #: 2262   Spars Code: DDD 
Composer:  Frédéric Chopin
Performer:  Russell Sherman
Number of Discs: 2 
Recorded in: Stereo 
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Notes and Editorial Reviews

Combining elegance and virtuosity, pianist Russell Sherman returns to Avie with a traversal of Chopin’s Mazurkas, a popular 19th-century genre among Polish composers, but one that Chopin made his own. He wrote mazurkas throughout his lifetime, from his early days in his native Warsaw until 1849, the year of his death in Paris. He brought numerous innovations to the dance form, evolving its humble folk origins to more contemporary art music. Russell, who has performed the world over on the most illustrious stages and with all of the major orchestras, brings his signature grace, imagination, and poetry to Chopin’s beloved oeuvre. - Avie

"one of the best pianists in this or any other country." - The New York Times Read more />
"Awe-inspiring: in some of the most difficult works in the piano repertoire, he exhibits the kind of impeccable perfection that is the hallmark of players like Pollini and Michelangeli." - All Music Guide

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Works on This Recording

1.
Mazurkas (5) for Piano, B 61/Op. 7 by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:  Russell Sherman (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1831; Vienna, Austria 
2.
Mazurkas (4) for Piano, Op. 68 by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:  Russell Sherman (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1827-1849 
3.
Mazurkas (4) for Piano, Op. 67 by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:  Russell Sherman (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1835-1849; Paris, France 
4.
Mazurkas (4) for Piano, Op. 41 by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:  Russell Sherman (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1838-1840; Paris, France 
5.
Mazurkas (4) for Piano, B 89/Op. 24 by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:  Russell Sherman (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1834-1835; Paris, France 
6.
Mazurkas (4) for Piano, B 77/Op. 17 by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:  Russell Sherman (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1832-1833; Paris, France 
7.
Mazurkas (4) for Piano, B 60/Op. 6 by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:  Russell Sherman (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1830; Vienna, Austria 
8.
Mazurkas (4) for Piano, B 115/Op. 33 by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:  Russell Sherman (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1837-1838; Paris, France 
9.
Mazurkas (4) for Piano, B 105/Op. 30 by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:  Russell Sherman (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1836-1837; Paris, France 
10.
Mazurkas (3) for Piano, B 162/Op. 63 by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:  Russell Sherman (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1846; Paris, France 
11.
Mazurkas (3) for Piano, B 157/Op. 59 by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:  Russell Sherman (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1845; Paris, France 
12.
Mazurkas (3) for Piano, B 153/Op. 56 by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:  Russell Sherman (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1843; Paris, France 
13.
Mazurkas (3) for Piano, B 145/Op. 50 by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:  Russell Sherman (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1842; Paris, France 
14.
Mazurka for Piano in G, B 39 by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:  Russell Sherman (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1829; Poland 
15.
Mazurka for Piano in D major, B 71 by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:  Russell Sherman (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1832; Poland 
16.
Mazurka for Piano in D major, B 4 by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:  Russell Sherman (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: ?1820; Poland 
17.
Mazurka for Piano in C major, B 82 by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:  Russell Sherman (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1833; Paris, France 
18.
Mazurka for Piano in B flat major, B 73 by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:  Russell Sherman (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1832 
19.
Mazurka for Piano in B flat major by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:  Russell Sherman (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
20.
Mazurka for Piano in A minor, B 140 "A Emile Gaillard" by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:  Russell Sherman (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1840; Paris, France 
21.
Mazurka for Piano in A minor, B 134 "Notre temps" by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:  Russell Sherman (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1840; Paris, France 
22.
Mazurka for Piano in A minor by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:  Russell Sherman (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
23.
Mazurka for Piano in A flat major, B 85 by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:  Russell Sherman (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1834; Paris, France 
24.
Mazurka for Piano in A flat major, B 7 by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:  Russell Sherman (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1825; Warsaw, Poland 

Sound Samples

Mazurka No. 1, Op. 6
Mazurka No. 2, Op. 6
Mazurka No. 3, Op. 6
Mazurka No. 4, Op. 6
Mazurka No. 1, Op. 7
Mazurka No. 2, Op. 7
Mazurka No. 3, Op. 7
Mazurka No. 4, Op. 7
Mazurka No. 5, Op. 7
Mazurka No. 1, Op. 17
Mazurka No. 2, Op. 17
Mazurka No. 3, Op. 17
Mazurka No. 4, Op. 17
Mazurka No. 1, Op. 24
Mazurka No. 2, Op. 24
Mazurka No. 3, Op. 24
Mazurka No. 4, Op. 24
Mazurka No. 1, Op 30
Mazurka No. 2, Op. 30
Mazurka No. 3, Op. 30
Mazurka No. 4, Op. 30
Mazurka No. 1, Op. 33
Mazurka No. 2, Op. 33
Mazurka No. 3, Op. 33
Mazurka No. 4, Op. 33
Mazurka No. 1, Op. 41
Mazurka No. 2, Op. 41
Mazurka No. 3, Op. 41
Mazurka No. 4, Op. 41
Mazurka No. 1, Op. 50
Mazurka No. 2, Op. 50
Mazurka No. 3, Op. 50
Mazurka No. 1, Op. 56
Mazurka No. 2, Op. 56
Mazurka No. 3, Op. 56
Mazurka No. 1, Op. 59
Mazurka No. 2, Op. 59
Mazurka No. 3, Op. 59
Mazurka No. 1, Op. 63
Mazurka No. 2, Op. 63
Mazurka No. 3, Op. 63
Mazurka No. 1, Op. 67
Mazurka No. 2, Op. 67
Mazurka No. 3, Op. 67
Mazurka No. 4, Op. 67
Mazurka No. 1, Op. 68
Mazurka No. 2, Op. 68
Mazurka No. 3, Op. 68
Mazurka No. 4, Op. 68
KK II b, No. 4
KK II b, No. 5

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