034571175621

Paderewski: Piano Sonata & Variations

Jonathan Plowright

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Format: CD

Cat No: CDA67562

Release Date:  01 August 2007

Label:  Hyperion Records Ltd

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  034571175621

Genres:  Classical  Solo Instrumental  

  • Description

    Approaching 150 years since the birth of Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860–1941) there remains a certain ambivalence about his legacy. Should he be judged primarily as a pianist or as a composer-pianist? The three works on this disc make the strongest possible case for the latter. The large-scale Piano Sonata in E flat minor, Op 21, is a powerful, turbulent work, showing the composer’s affinity with Rachmaninov in its passion and extreme technical difficulty, contrasting on occasion with writing of affecting simplicity. The brilliant Jonathan Plowright is the ideal apologist for this music—a keen advocate of the Polish Romantic repertoire, possessed of the highest qualities of technique and interpretation.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Allegro Con Fuoco
      • 2. Andante Ma Non Troppo
      • 3. Allegro Vivace
      • 4. Theme: Andante Non Troppo
      • 5. Variation I
      • 6. Variation II: Allegro Moderato
      • 7. Variation III: Allegro Vivace
      • 8. Variation IV: Vivace
      • 9. Variation V: Maestoso
      • 10. Variation VI: Animato E Molto Leggiero
      • 11. Variation VII: Vivace E Sempre Grazioso
      • 12. Variation VIII: Presto
      • 13. Variation IX: Tempo I
      • 14. Variation X: Un Poco Piu Mosso
      • 15. Variation XI: Andante Misterioso
      • 16. Variation XII: Con Fuoco
      • 17. Variation XIII: Allegro Molto Appassionato
      • 18. Variation XIV: Larghetto
      • 19. Fugue: Allegretto
      • 20. Theme: Maestoso
      • 21. Variation I
      • 22. Variation II
      • 23. Variation III: Un Poco Miu Mosso Ed Agitato
      • 24. Variation IV: Animato
      • 25. Variation V: Vivace Ma Non Troppo
      • 26. Variation VI: Andante Ma Non Troppo
      • 27. Variation VII: Un Poco Animato
      • 28. Variation VIII: Allegro Moderato
      • 29. Variation IX: Meno Mosso
      • 30. Variation X: Grandioso
      • 31. Variation XI: Allegro Scherzoso
      • 32. Variation XII: Maestoso
      • 33. Variation XIII: Agitato
      • 34. Variation XIV: Allegro Feroce
      • 35. Variation XV: Andantino
      • 36. Variation XVI: Moderato
      • 37. Variation XVII: Allegro Ma Non Troppo
      • 38. Variation XVIII: Vivace
      • 39. Variation XIX: Un Poco Meno Mosso Ma Molto Agitato
      • 40. Variation XX: Allegro Con Fuoco
      • 41. Fugue: Allegro Molto Moderato