Yura Guller plays Frédéric Chopin – Mazurkas Favorites

The origins of the Mazurka can be traced back to early Polish folk music and dance. Chopin wrote a total of sixty-nine of them for solo piano during his lifetime, the first of which were composed in 1825 and the last in 1849, the year of his death. Chopin conjured a hybrid of the original Mazurka form in his composition. He maintained some of the rhythmic and repetitive elements of the original Polish folk music format, while harnessing the classical techniques of counterpoint and fugue with enriched chromaticism and harmony. The Mazurkas contained on this disc represent a snapshot of...