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    Chopin op 33 no 4. It is like being at a dance workshop where some things are repeated excessively, some things explode emotionally, some things are great fun, and sometimes you carry on even though everyone else have left the room. And it continues until the gong sounds.

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    Hi Joachim,
    Chopin's marzurkas are often quite a bit mysterious, especially this one. When I played it, years ago, I was really in different minds on the way to play it. One may feel that Chopin did not know precisely where he wanted to go, and the piece then sounds a bit like an improvisation (in my opinion, but nevertheless, not any improvisation!). Anyway, I like the way you render it! Thank you for this post!
    Best, Bertrand
     
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    Thanks! Yes finding a "story" for this piece is a bit of a challenge. Perhaps C was pressed for money and just threw random ideas together. But then again, perhaps not, and there is more to it.
     
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    Hi Joachim,

    This is a really interesting interpretation for a musically challenging
    Mazurka of very short ideas and sections that sometimes do not
    seem to relate. You did a good job applying various musical
    moods to different sections.

    Kaila Rochelle
     
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    Thanks Kaila, I'm glad you like it!
     
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    One of the more curious mazurkas. I'm not sure how I would approach it - it feels quite improvisatory in nature and such things are often quite discursive in nature. You do a good job of holding it together and applying contrasts.
     
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    Very nice recording, Joachim. I'm uploading it on the relevant composer's page. According to a new policy, it is now up to the artists to update their page. Richard will provide us with instructions. You could seize this opportunity to restore the links allowing to go from your page to the composers' ones. Hence, you might have seen that when the site was transferred to the new system, earlier this year, all pianists pages have lost their links.

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