Part 2 in a 2 part series looking into the stylistic influences of Chopin. This part looks into what and who influenced the unique melodies found in the piano music of Chopin.
This video would not have been possible if not for the following recordings and images.
Grande Valse Brillante: Performed by Olga Gurevich
Performer link: https://musopen.org/music/performer/olga-gurevich/
Mazurka op. 6 no. 4: Performed by Christoph Zbinden
Performer link: https://musopen.org/music/performer/christoph-zbinden/
Aria: Dopo l'oscuro Nembo
Sung by Mezzosoprano Maria Riccarda Wesseling with the Kammerphilharmonie Graubünden under the direction of Sebastian Tewinkel. Unfortunately I can find no link to the performance, so please support these artists through amazon or iTunes or whatever commercial service you see fit.
Video of Mazurka dance source:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7c5XMDGAUI
Subscribe to their channel here: https://www.youtube.com/user/MazowszeMatecznik
Video of Opera sourced from the National Theater of Prague's 2011 performance of Scarlatti's opera Dove è amore è gelosia. I would highly suggest purchasing the entire Blu-ray or DVD of this historically accurate performance, which was performed at the historic castle theater in Czesky Krumlov in the Czech Republic.
Purchase Link: https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=DOVE+È+AMORE+È+GELOSIA+
Read more about the Castle Theater here:
http://www.castle.ckrumlov.cz/docs/en/zamek_5nadvori_bd.xml
A special thanks to www.musopen.org for offering public domain and creative commons recordings of an impressive number of classical works.