Chopin : Piano Sonatas No.2 ‘Funeral’ & No.3, Mazurkas Op.63

1. Mazurka in B Major, Op. 63 No. 1
2. Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 35 - I. Grave - Doppio movimento
3. Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 35 - II. Scherzo - Più lento
4. Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 35 - III. Marche funèbre. Lento
5. Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 35 - IV. Finale. Presto
6. Mazurka in F Minor, Op. 63 No. 2
7. Piano Sonata No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 58 - I. Allegro maestoso
8. Piano Sonata No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 58 - II. Scherzo. Molto vivace
9. Piano Sonata No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 58 - III. Largo
10. Piano Sonata No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 58 - IV. Finale. Presto non tanto
11. Mazurka in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 63 No. 3

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.