Friedman & Michalowski - Mazurkas
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Label: NIFC (National Institute Frederick Chopin)
Cat No: NIFCCD147
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Instrumental
Release Date: 27th October 2023
Contents
Works
Aquarelles (5), op.18Mazurkas (4), op.15
Mazurkas (6), op.85
Mazurka in A minor
Mazurka in B minor, op.31 no.1
Mazurka in C sharp minor, op.17
Mazurka in E flat major
Mazurka in E minor, op.19
Mazurka in F major, op.18
Mazurka in F sharp major
Mazurka no.1 in F sharp minor, op.5
Mazurka no.2 in C sharp minor, op.6
Mazurka no.3 in F minor, op.7
Artists
Ludmil Angelov (piano)Works
Aquarelles (5), op.18Mazurkas (4), op.15
Mazurkas (6), op.85
Mazurka in A minor
Mazurka in B minor, op.31 no.1
Mazurka in C sharp minor, op.17
Mazurka in E flat major
Mazurka in E minor, op.19
Mazurka in F major, op.18
Mazurka in F sharp major
Mazurka no.1 in F sharp minor, op.5
Mazurka no.2 in C sharp minor, op.6
Mazurka no.3 in F minor, op.7
Artists
Ludmil Angelov (piano)About
The exceptional significance of the piano mazurka in Polish culture of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries can be explained by the fact that it became an artistic manifestation of the cultural identity of the Poles, the endurance of a 'hallowed' tradition; it provided scope for the safe expression of that distinctive identity, which – as Maria Janion declared – 'Polish romanticism […] turned into a new aesthetic category'.
Michałowski's mazurkas, composed during the twilight phase in the reception of the idea of Romantic music in Polish culture, are marked by the stamp of music from those times. Such is indicated by elements of fin-de-siècle style discernible in the harmonic writing, the formal shaping and above all the elegant, unpretentious and lyrical character of these compositions, enhanced in places with a virtuosic element.
The piano mazurkas of Ignaz Friedman, like the mazurkas of Aleksander Michałowski, preserve the model of a stylised dance inherited from Chopin, with its idiomatic sound and character, are at the same time miniatures evoking the atmosphere of salon music, its sentimental and noble tone, the singular aesthetic quality of which is revealed to listeners by Ludmil Angelov's interpretations recorded on this disc.
Listening closely to the sound of the works recorded onto this CD by Ludmil Angelov, we recognise the characteristic stylistic idiom of the mazurka rooted in Chopin's rubato, which Mieczysław Tomaszewski defined as 'music marked by folklore, […] betraying an unequivocally […] "national colouring" and at the same time, of course, a traditional folk provenance'.
The symbolic content of these works manifests itself through the means of musical expression used by both these pianist- composers to express cultural values close to their hearts.
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