Halina Czerny-Stefańska plays Chopin Four Mazurkas (1951)

The Polish pianist Halina Czerny-Stefańska (1922-2001) won the joint First Prize at the International Chopin Competition in Warsaw in 1949, together with the Polish Radio Award for the best performance of Chopin’s Mazurkas. Here she plays a set of four Mazurkas: 1. Opus 6 no. 2 in C sharp minor 0:00 2. Opus 7 no. 1 in B flat major 2:27 3. Opus 17 no. 4 in A minor 4:46 4. Opus 68 no. 1 in C major 8:54 Recordings made in 1950/1951