CHOPIN: Piano Sonatas No. 2 ‘Funeral’ & No. 3 - Mazurkas Op. 63
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Beyond the celebrated ‘Funeral March’, Chopin’s Second and Third Sonatas testify to their composer’s astounding ease in musical structures on a much larger scale than waltzes, nocturnes - and mazurkas, such as the three that make up his op.63, cunningly used here to frame Javier Perianes’s latest musical project. Whether in small or large forms, the most famous of all Romantic piano composers was an absolute master of musical dramaturgy.
Contents
FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN [1810-1849]
Mazurka In B Major Op. 63 No. 1 (2’20)
Piano Sonata No. 2 In B-flat Minor Op. 35 'Funeral March'
I. Grave - Doppio Movimento (8’25)
II. Scherzo - Più Lento (7’41)
III. Marche Funèbre. Lento (8’57)
IV. Finale. Presto (1’36)
Mazurka In F Minor Op. 63 No. 2 (2’01)
Piano Sonata No. 3 In B Minor Op. 58
I. Allegro Maestoso (14’54)
II. Scherzo. Molto Vivace (2’47)
III. Largo (9’25)
IV. Finale. Presto Non Tanto (5’39)
Mazurka In C-Sharp Minor Op. 63 No. 3 (2’26)