Frédéric Chopin - Mazurka in B flat Minor, Op. 24, No. 4

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The Mazurka in B flat minor – the last in the opus 24 set – is one of the most celebrated mazurkas, which never leave the concert platform. Regarded – as Hoesick noted – as a ‘consummate masterpiece’, it has been an important point on the programme of many great pianists. It has even been dubbed the ‘Rubinstein’, as Anton Rubinstein was supremely fond of playing it. Previously, it had been played often by Maria Kalergis, who passed on a tradition that derived from Chopin himself. This work is particularly susceptible to different interpretations, as it is not just a more or less cohesive suite of mazurka dances but – like the Mazurka in A minor from Op. 17 – a dramatically constructed whole, which one might call a lyrical dance poem.

It begins with a two-part search for a path or a thread. The opening theme, of distinctly kujawiak provenance, is shaped before our eyes, freeing itself from constraint and hesitation before growing to its full sound and attaining a moment of ecstasy or delight. The complementary idea, unfolding in the bright key of the relative D flat major, brings a moment of amusement or play, scherzando, closer to salon waltzes than to country mazurkas. And then suddenly, in the midst of this swirling ballroom, sotto voce, like a voice from a distant world, we hear a purely folk melody, distinguished by its Lydian fourth, clearly discernible in the unison texture. Then another dance derived from a kujawiak melody, though a different melody than before. The swinging and swaying reaches a peak. But perhaps the most memorable part of all is the finale – or more properly the epilogue. At first we hear a soft phrase, cast out against changing chords supported by a single note that lasts insistently and endlessly. And then the music softens, falls and dwindles. The accompaniment stops. The phrase is heard for the last time in the utmost silence and solitude.

The Mazurka in B flat minor has delighted everyone who has written about it. There is hardly a single Polish monographer who has not mentioned it: Szulc, Noskowski, Żeleński, Kleczyński, Hoesick, Jachimecki and Zieliński. Jachimecki heard in this mazurka ‘the highest degree of romanticism’; Noskowski, autumnal nostalgia.
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2:15 maybe the prettiest harmonies i’ve ever heard in music.

sabrinaschantz
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Chopin's mazurkas are really his masterpieces that were sooo far ahead of anything else being composed at that time. He was playing around with atonality 70+ years before Schoenberg, Weber or Berg(the Second Viennese School of Music)brought it into the mainstream in the 1920's. Chopin was experimenting as well as pushing forward the boundaries of music and piano playing with his Mazurkas. I know the Mazurka is a polish dance song in triple time, but Chopin would bring that little lively polish dance & turn it into its own genre/style of piano repertoire. Like he also did with the Ballads, turned an Etude(a short composition designed to improve a particular technique, i.e. octaves, trills, arpeggios etc..)into a beautiful piano piece of music while still being a lesson as well!! While Nocturnes & Preludes were around during his time, but he took them & perfected what a Nocturne or Prelude was & could be with 24 pieces from each category covering all major/minor keys. To bad he died @39yo in 1839, and to think of what else he would've composed otherwise..

brandonwarweg
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Perfect work. So elegant and smooth. Can’t wait for your next piece. I would love to see a polish on strings from Chopin.

XraySuper
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Do Ballade No. 4 next. It is an order from Chopin.

Please? :D

fredericchopin
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Never heard this mazurka before, may become my favourite. Love the changes throughout the piece and especially the beginning. Great job on putting it together!

asterius
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no offense, but the people that don't like this, have no taste in music. period. and, if they don't like this beautiful music, then they shouldn't even watch it.

cheese
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5 flats? no wonder why this sounds so beautiful.

milgaru
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This piece is very charming, it makes my heart feel warm, I really enjoyed it!
Oh, the description of the piece is very useful and well made! ;}

luxaeterna
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Por favor! Romance larghetto completo !

Reptilianna-ej
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I have a qwestion... what will you do, when all piece of on youer channel is.

JannesBio
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Me parece que se inspiró en el menueto de Mozart de la sinfonia en G m

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