Homage to Paderewski

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Homage to Paderewski
Jonathan Plowright (piano)

[ Hyperion / CD ]

Release Date: Friday 25 November 2011

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"Many of the composers have now disappeared into the mists of time, but all of these miniatures are well worth the warmth, affection, lyrical beauty and bravura that Plowright devotes to them...Plowright's playing throughout is sublime."
(Daily Telegraph)

"To be candid, not all the 24 items on offer on this disc are diamonds rather than paste...The genuine jewels include Ernest Schelling's sultry and ambitious Nocturne, a real find, and, better known, Britten's poignant Mazurka elegiaca...What is not forgettable are performances of a superlative technique and musicianship. Pianism and sheer musical quality of this order are rare at any time"
(Gramophone)

Following the resounding success of Jonathan Plowright's 2010 Hommage à Chopin, the acclaimed British pianist becomes the first artist to record the album of works written and published in homage to one of the early twentieth century's most fascinating figures, Polish pianist, composer and politician Ignacy Jan Paderewski.

Of the twenty-two works on this recording, from composers including Bartók, Martinu and Milhaud, seventeen were intended for the memorial piano album Homage to Paderewski published by Boosey & Hawkes in New York in 1942. A further six pieces written for the pianist also feature, including a Mazurka for two pianos by Britten, for which Plowright is joined by Aaron Shorr.

Plowright performs these diverse works with flair and dedication.

Tracks:

Bartók:
Three Hungarian Folktunes, Sz. 65-66

Benjamin, A:
Elegiac Mazurka

Blumenfeld:
Kujawiak-Obertas (No. 2 from Suite polonaise No. 2, Op. 31)

Britten:
Mazurka Elegiaca op.23 no.2

Castelnuovo-Tedesco:
Hommage à Paderewski

Chaminade:
Étude symphonique Op. 28

Chanler:
Aftermath

Goossens:
Homage To Paderewski

Hammond, R:
Dance

Labunski:
Threnody

Martinu:
Mazurka 'Homage to Paderewski', H. 284

Milhaud:
Choral

Nin-Culmell:
In Memoriam Paderewski

Rathaus:
Kujawiak

Rieti:
Allegro danzante

Schelling:
Nocturne à Ragusa

Con tenerezza

Stojowski:
Cradle Song

Weinberger:
Étude in G major

Whithorne:
Hommage, Op. 58, No. 2

Wieniawski:
Étude, Op. 44 No. 22

Zarzycki:
Chant du printemps, Op. 34, No. 1