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These three mazurkas in A-flat present themselves as intimate, marked dances, alternating between rhythmically accented folk-like passages and more wistful episodes where the pulse relaxes; the overall effect calls for a singing touch rather than virtuoso flash. You will particularly work on Tempo rubato (3.1/5), which here involves regular micro-adjustments of bar lengths to make the dance motifs speak, and on the Pedal sustain (3.1/5), which requires precise pedaling and timely releases to keep harmonic clarity without blurring the rhythmic accents. The pieces belong to the Romantic period and are among Glinka’s smaller-scale piano works where national color and popular dance idioms are adapted to a more intimate piano style. I do not give a specific reference recording because I am not fully certain of a single widely recognized interpretation for these mazurkas.