Chopin: Complete Mazurkas - Barbara Hesse-Bukowska, piano

Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)
00:00:00 Mazurka op. 6, nº 1
00:03:19 Mazurka op. 6, nº 2
00:05:43 Mazurka op. 6, nº 3
00:07:33 Mazurka op. 6, nº 4
00:08:25 Mazurka op. 7, nº 1
00:10:34 Mazurka op. 7, nº 2
00:13:48 Mazurka op. 7, nº 3
00:16:11 Mazurka op. 7, nº 4
00:17:12 Mazurka op. 7, nº 5
00:17:59 Mazurka op. 17, nº 1
00:20:10 Mazurka op. 17, nº 2
00:22:10 Mazurka op. 17, nº 3
00:26:00 Mazurka op. 17, nº 4
00:30:16 Mazurka op. 24, nº 1
00:33:09 Mazurka op. 24, nº 2
00:35:18 Mazurka op. 24, nº 3
00:37:04 Mazurka op. 24, nº 4
00:41:51 Mazurka op. 30, nº 1
00:43:22 Mazurka op. 30, nº 2
00:44:36 Mazurka op. 30, nº 3
00:47:07 Mazurka op. 30, nº 4
00:50:38 Mazurka op. 33, nº 1
00:52:05 Mazurka op. 33, nº 2
00:54:25 Mazurka op. 33, nº 3
00:56:16 Mazurka op. 33, nº 4
01:01:56 Mazurka op. 41, nº 1
01:05:13 Mazurka op. 41, nº 2
01:07:46 Mazurka op. 41, nº 3
01:08:58 Mazurka op. 41, nº 4
01:10:47 Mazurka op. 50, nº 1
01:13:01 Mazurka op. 50, nº 2
01:15:54 Mazurka op. 50, nº 3
01:20:40 Mazurka op. 56, nº 1
01:24:32 Mazurka op. 56, nº 2
01:26:01 Mazurka op. 56, nº 3
01:31:26 Mazurka op. 59, nº 1
01:35:08 Mazurka op. 59, nº 2
01:37:29 Mazurka op. 59, nº 3
01:40:52 Mazurka op. 63, nº 1
01:42:45 Mazurka op. 63, nº 2
01:44:36 Mazurka op. 63, nº 3
01:46:45 Mazurka op. 67, nº 1
01:47:54 Mazurka op. 67, nº 2
01:49:36 Mazurka op. 67, nº 3
01:51:06 Mazurka op. 67, nº 4
01:53:36 Mazurka op. 68, nº 1
01:55:10 Mazurka op. 68, nº 2
01:58:09 Mazurka op. 68, nº 3
01:59:13 Mazurka op. 68, nº 4
Barbara Hesse-Bukowska, piano
Recording PRiTV, Warsaw / years 1981 to 1984/
Producer: Jan Popis
Sound engineer: Lech Dudzik

[@marekczekanski1598]

In my opinion this is a priceless and invaluable recording that should be carefully studied by all young contemporary pianists, particularly those who never heard the authentic live Mazovian musical folklore, so dear to Chopin and being the gist and emotional content of these compositions. Here we have unsurpassed and quintessencial interpretations of Mazurkas. Thank you for uploading this historical material!

[@MatheusFedrigo]

you're welcome! she was really exceptional.
this recording is a real trasure for me too. she's my reference for chopin mazurkas. can't listen to anyone else after her.

[@marekczekanski1598]

@@MatheusFedrigo Yes, this is a treasure since She was one of very few Polish outstanding pianists whose recordings exist, who were born before the 2nd WW when true Mazovian folklore was still alive, and who acually must have heard and seen it, and imbibed its unique style and atmosphere. There were no portable tape recorders then, and I doubt whether there are any 78 rpm records of authentic folk ensembles.
Three Polish folk dances: mazur, oberek and kujawiak (pr. koo-ya-vyak) were commonly played, danced and sung at villagers’ wedding parties and harvest festivities. For B. Hesse-Bukowska, H. Czerny-Stefańska, W. Małcużyński and other musicians of their format it was an obvious reality, just as for teenage Chopin for whom these were his „discoteques”. During summer vacations He enjoyed the events, impressed by the enormous display of youthful vigour and life power, and was fascinated by them.
Later, mazurkas were musical expressions of the bleeding wound of His heart and Soul - painful longing for beloved homeland and family. He deliberately adduced and often cited fragments of these dances rhythmically, agogically, melodically, dynamically, harmonically and formally, reaching dramatic culminations, and musically commented them by sudden breaks, remotion, jilting of joy and breakneck modulations, after which is heard only sadness and pain of not being able to come back to them in real life.
After the 2nd WW Mazovian folklore began to dwine, and since late 1950s its authentic forms were displaced by the flood of western popular music, completely alien to Polish tradition. I am 75, was born in Warsaw and spent most of my life in Mazovia, knowing Polish countryside quite well, and have higher musical education. I can testify that the source material of Chopin’s mazurkas no longer exists, exept rare revival groups.
Entire body of Chopin’s compositions appeal to universal human emotions and European musical tradition - except mazurkas and polonaises: they are uniquely and specifically Polish, and even regional, and this presents a big problem for a great many excellent pianists. They are afraid of their simplicity, vigour, dance character, forceful dynamics, interlaced with nostalgy and a hint of melancholy. They are afraid of „triviality”. Some get inspired by good older interpretations. Many others present quirks, exaggerations, unnatural rubati, overexaltations, wrong tempos, lack of accents, sentimentalism and/or misplaced dramatism. I daresay there are even ICPC prize winners who have no idea what mazurkas are all about.
Many „mazurkas” now played are lifeless and powerless, and sometimes grotesque. I agree that this record of B. Hesse-Bukowska is one of the best reference music material for these compositions. I would like to add that sound quality of this recording is superbly excellent.

[@user-hn7pj2kv8k]

素晴らしいとしか言いようない！貴重過ぎて感謝しかないです、涙します。ありがとうございます！！！

[@maxr4855]

Barbaro graj nam w obłokach i niech Chopin Cię słucha ... MM