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Chopin, Ohlsson
Garrick Ohlsson: The Complete Chopin Piano Works Vol. 11 - Mazurkas
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (29) - Disc #1
1. Four Mazurkas, Op. 6: No. 1 In F Sharp Minor
2. Four Mazurkas, Op. 6: No. 2 In C Sharp Minor
3. Four Mazurkas, Op. 6: No. 3 In E Major
4. Four Mazurkas, Op. 6: No. 4 In E Flat Minor
5. Five Mazurkas, Op. 7: No. 1 In B Flat Major
6. Five Mazurkas, Op. 7: No. 2 In A Minor
7. Five Mazurkas, Op. 7: No. 3 In F Minor
8. Five Mazurkas, Op. 7: No. 4 In A Flat Major
9. Five Mazurkas, Op. 7: No. 5 In C Major
10. Four Mazurkas, Op. 17: No. 1 In B Flat Major
11. Four Mazurkas, Op. 17: No. 2 In E Minor
12. Four Mazurkas, Op. 17: No. 3 In A Flat Major
13. Four Mazurkas, Op. 17: No. 4 In A Minor
14. Four Mazurkas, Op. 24: No. 1 In G Minor
15. Four Mazurkas, Op. 24: No. 2 In C Major
16. Four Mazurkas, Op. 24: No. 3 In A Flat Major
17. Four Mazurkas, Op. 24: No. 4 In B Flat Minor
18. Four Mazurkas, Op. 30: No. 1 In C Minor
19. Four Mazurkas, Op. 30: No. 2 In B Minor
20. Four Mazurkas, Op. 30: No. 3 In D Flat Major
21. Four Mazurkas, Op. 30: No. 4 In C Sharp Minor
22. Four Mazurkas, Op. 33: No. 1 In G Sharp Minor
23. Four Mazurkas, Op. 33: No. 2 In D Major
24. Four Mazurkas, Op. 33: No. 3 In C Major
25. Four Mazurkas, Op. 33: No. 4 In B Minor
26. Four Mazurkas, Op. 41: No. 1 In E Minor
27. Four Mazurkas, Op. 41: No. 2 In B Major
28. Four Mazurkas, Op. 41: No. 3 In A Flat Major
29. Four Mazurkas, Op. 41: No. 4 In C Sharp Minor
Track Listings (28) - Disc #2
1. Three Mazurkas, Op. 50: No. 1 In G Major
2. Three Mazurkas, Op. 50: No. 2 In A Flat Major
3. Three Mazurkas, Op. 50: No. 3 In C Sharp Minor
4. Three Mazurkas, Op. 56: No. 1 In B Major
5. Three Mazurkas, Op. 56: No. 2 In C Major
6. Three Mazurkas, Op. 56: No. 3 In C Minor
7. Three Mazurkas, Op. 59: No. 1 In A Minor
8. Three Mazurkas, Op. 59: No. 2 In A Flat Major
9. Three Mazurkas, Op. 59: No. 3 In F Sharp Minor
10. Three Mazurkas, Op. 63: No. 1 In B Major
11. Three Mazurkas, Op. 63: No. 2 In F Minor
12. Three Mazurkas, Op. 63: No. 3 In C Sharp Minor
13. Mazurka In A Minor (Op. Postb.)
14. Mazurka In A Minor (Op. Postb.)
15. Four Mazurkas, Op. 67: No. 1 In G Major
16. Four Mazurkas, Op. 67: No. 2 In G Minor
17. Four Mazurkas, Op. 67: No. 3 In C Major
18. Four Mazurkas, Op. 67: No. 4 In A Minor (Fontana)
19. Four Mazurkas, Op. 68: No. 1 In C Major
20. Four Mazurkas, Op. 68: No. 2 In A Minor
21. Four Mazurkas, Op. 68: No. 3 In F Major
22. Four Mazurkas, Op. 68: No. 4 In F Minor
23. Mazurka In B Flat Major (Op. Postb.)
24. Mazurka In G Major (Op. Postb.)
25. Mazurka In D Major (Op. Postb.)
26. Mazurka In B Flat Major (Op. Postb.)
27. Mazurka In C Major (Op. Postb.)
28. Mazurka In A Flat Major (Op. Postb.)

CD Details

All Artists: Chopin, Ohlsson
Title: Garrick Ohlsson: The Complete Chopin Piano Works Vol. 11 - Mazurkas
Members Wishing: 3
Total Copies: 0
Label: Arabesque Recordings
Original Release Date: 1/1/1999
Re-Release Date: 9/14/1999
Album Type: Import
Genre: Classical
Styles: Chamber Music, Historical Periods, Classical (c.1770-1830)
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2
UPC: 026724673023

CD Reviews

"DANCES OF THE SOUL"

Melvyn M. Sobel | Freeport (Long Island), New York | 12/12/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"In his book, CHOPIN: THE MAN AND HIS MUSIC, published in 1900, James Huneker wrote the above prescient observation about the fabulous Mazurkas. "Dances of the soul." Wonderful. Wish I had thought of it. (One might conclude, then, that Chopin's Waltzes are "dances of the heart," and his Polonaises, "dances of the spirit." The fact is: Dance inhabits Chopin's musical "soul," if not his entire musical "world." His Rondos, Tarantelle, the Bolero, Contradanse, the Ecossaises, et. al., attest to this even further.)

Liszt (that incredible reprobate!) said of the Mazurkas: "Coquetries, vanities, fantasies, inclinations, elegies, vague emotions, passions, conquests, struggles...all, all meet in this dance."

With these thoughts in mind, I came to Garrick Ohlsson's fascinating journey through the Chopin Mazurkas (Volume 11 in his Arabesque traversal of the composer's "complete" works). Not since Rubinstein have these mazurkas been treated with such affection; yet, as personal as the older pianist's interpretations are--- and make no mistake about it, his latter-day renditions are masterful benchmarks--- I feel Mr. Ohlsson supercedes him in his sheer willingness to dare explore the inner voices, the ticklish quirkiness and awkward symmetry, the haunting, persistent melancholy and intrinsic pathos. Beneath, and despite, their seemingly extrovert nature lies a morbidity untapped by most performers, yet so linked to the Chopin personality. It takes courage to plunge this deeply.

Ohlsson takes up the challenge, and the sound given him is full, warm, intimate, matching his conception flawlessly. The liner notes by Frank Cooper, as always, are excellent.

[Running time--- CD 1: 71:20 CD 2: 69:27]"