Chopin: The Mazurkas - Russell Sherman (2 CDs)

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. The Boston-based Sherman, 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.


Frédéric CHOPIN (1810 – 1849)
Mazurkas
CD 1
1. Mazurka No. 1 in F-sharp minor, Op. 6, No. 1 (2:25)
2. Mazurka No. 2 in C-sharp minor, Op. 6, No. 2 (1:36)
3. Mazurka No. 3 in E, Op. 6, No. 3 (1:42)
4. Mazurka No. 4 in E-flat minor, Op. 6, No. 4 (0:53)
5. Mazurka No. 5 in B-flat, Op. 7, No. 1 (1:43)
6. Mazurka No. 6 in A minor, Op. 7, No. 2 (3:20)
7. Mazurka No. 7 in F minor, Op. 7, No. 3 (1:55)
8. Mazurka No. 8 in A-flat, Op. 7, No. 4 (1:19)
9. Mazurka No. 9 in C, Op. 7, No. 5 (0:43)
10. Mazurka No. 10 in B-flat, Op. 17, No. 1 (2:08)
11. Mazurka No. 11 in E minor, Op. 17, No. 2 (2:06)
12. Mazurka No. 12 in A-flat, Op. 17, No. 3 (4:13)
13. Mazurka No. 13 in A minor, Op. 17, No. 4 (4:19)
14. Mazurka No. 14 in G minor, Op. 24, No. 1 (1:59)
15. Mazurka No. 15 in C, Op. 24, No. 2 (1:55)
16. Mazurka No. 16 in A-flat, Op. 24, No. 3 (2:02)
17. Mazurka No. 17 in B-flat minor, Op. 24, No. 4 (4:13)
18. Mazurka No. 18 in C minor, Op. 30, No. 1 (1:38)
19. Mazurka No. 19 in B minor, Op. 30, No. 2 (1:11)
20. Mazurka No. 20 in D-flat, Op. 30, No. 3 (2:23)
21. Mazurka No. 21 in C-sharp minor, Op. 30, No. 4 (3:11)
22. Mazurka No. 22 in G-sharp minor, Op. 33, No. 1 (1:55)
23. Mazurka No. 23 in D, Op. 33, No. 2 (2:16)
24. Mazurka No. 24 in C, Op. 33, No. 3 (1:55)
25. Mazurka No. 25 in B minor, Op. 33, No. 4 (4:50)
26. Mazurka No. 26 in C-sharp minor, Op. 41, No. 1 (2:20)
27. Mazurka No. 27 in E minor, Op. 41, No. 2 (1:04)
28. Mazurka No. 28 in B, Op. 41, No. 3 (1:30)
29. Mazurka No. 29 in A-flat, Op. 41, No. 4 (3:53)

CD 2
1. Mazurka No. 30 in G, Op. 50, No. 1 (2:18)
2. Mazurka No. 31 in A-flat, Op. 50, No. 2 (2:49)
3. Mazurka No. 32 in C-sharp minor, Op. 50, No. 3 (5:00)
4. Mazurka No. 33 in B, Op. 56, No. 1 (4:48)
5. Mazurka No. 34 in C, Op. 56, No. 2 (1:36 )
6. Mazurka No. 35 in C minor, Op. 56, No. 3 (5:53)
7. Mazurka No. 36 in A minor, Op. 59, No. 1 (3:39)
8. Mazurka No. 37 in A-flat, Op. 59, No. 2 (2:23)
9. Mazurka No. 38 in F-sharp minor, Op. 59, No. 3 (3:34)
10. Mazurka No. 39 in B, Op. 63, No. 1 (2:08)
11. Mazurka No. 40 in F minor, Op. 63, No. 2 (1:49)
12. Mazurka No. 41 in C-sharp minor, Op. 63, No. 3 (2:06)
13. Mazurka No. 44 in G, Op. 67, No. 1 (1:14)
14. Mazurka No. 45 in G minor, Op. 67, No. 2 (2:16)
15. Mazurka No. 46 in C, Op. 67, No.3 (1:22)
16. Mazurka No. 47 in A minor, Op. 67, No.4 (2:45)
17. Mazurka No. 48 in C, Op. 68, No. 1 (1:37)
18. Mazurka No. 49 in A minor, Op. 68, No. 2 (3:09)
19. Mazurka No. 50 in F, Op. 68, No. 3 (1:23)
20. Mazurka No. 51 in F minor, Op. 68, No. 4 (2:01)
21. KK II b No. 4 (3:04)
22. KK II b No. 5 (2:07)
Total time CD 1: 66:43
Total time CD 2: 59:08