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Monday, August 9, 2010

Mazurka no.25 - Op.33 no.4: B-minor

Recording by Ashkenazy

One thing that was instantly apparent about this mazurka was that there were a lot of ornamentations used in it, specifically mordents, trills, grace notes, and the like. I especially liked how playful and thoughtful it was for Chopin to include a left hand solo about three-fourths of the way through the piece. The ending is surprising: it seems to be fading away until all of sudden an accented note surprises you and it ends with a bang!

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