Favorite Chopin Mazurkas

[billym]

I absolutely love Chopin's Mazurkas. In the past year, I've been getting to know them better and I'm finding that I love them more every day. I'd even venture to say that they are my favorite genre of Chopin. They've helped me understand Chopin as a composer in a much richer way.

Here are my top 10:

Op. 17 no. 1
Op. 17 no. 2
Op. 17 no. 4
Op. 33 no. 4
Op. 50 no. 1
Op. 50 no. 3
Op. 56 no. 3
Op. 59 no. 2
Op. 59 no. 3
Op. 63 no. 2

What are your favorites? Curious to know.

Billy

[paxxx17]

Here are the ones I enjoy; the ones with asterisks are my favorites, with Op. 56 No. 1 being my absolute favorite, having one of the most beautiful melodies Chopin wrote imho

op 17 no 2
op 17 no 4
op 24 no 1
op 24 no 2*
op 30 no 2
op 30 no 3*
op 30 no 4*
op 33 no 1
op 33 no 2
op 56 no 1*
op 59 no 2

[lelle]

I don't know them well enough to have a favorit, but I played some of the early ones and even they are delightfully poetic, not just dances.

[sdphins]

I absolutely love op. 63 no. 3