Dorian Discovery
DIS-80121
Masques
Polish Piano Works
Music by Witold Lutoslawski, Karol Szymanowski & Juliusz Zarebski
Elzbieta Wiedner-Zajac - piano
The program on this CD presents the works of Polish composers in a reversed chronology, leading the listener from contemporary music back through time to some of its ancestors and roots.…
Polish music is the music of my motherland. I formed my artistic profile and musical tastes in the Polish artistic atmosphere. Yet during my life in Poland, probably as much out of sheer contrariness as due to true artistic curiosity, my repertoire preferences were mostly focused on the compositions of other countries. Most Polish pianists are exposed to the trap of concentrating on Chopin and dreaming of the famous international competition devoted to him. I am grateful to my fate, as well as my personality, that my musical maturation and exposure to various areas of piano literature proceeded in a balanced and harmonious way, mostly according to my own interests and preferences at each stage. I went through periods of fascination with Ravel, then Bártok amd Liszt, suddenly Bach, the Vienna Classics, Schubert, Brahms and finally Szymanowski, Lutoslawski, Paderewski, Zarebski … and my newest love is Chopin.
- Elzbieta Wiedner-Zajac - 1993
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Witold Lutoslawski (1913-1994) Bucolics [1] I Allegro vivace [2] II Allegro sostenuto [3] III Allegro molto [4] IV Andantino [5] V Allegro marciale Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937) Mazurkas Opus 50 No. 1-4 [6] 1 Sostenuto. Molto rubato [7] 2 Allegramente. Poco vivace [8] 3 Moderato [9] 4 Allegramente. Risoluto |
Szymanowski Preludes Opus 1 [10] 1 Andante ma non troppo [11] 2 Andante con moto [12] 5 Allegro molto - impetuoso Szymanowski Masques, Trois Morceaux de Piano Opus 34 [13] 1 Shéhérazade [14] 2 Tantris le Bouffon [15] 3 Sérénade de Don Juan Juliusz Zarebski (1854-1885) [16] Lullaby Opus 22 [17] Tarantelle Opus 25 [18] Grande Polonaise in F-sharp Major Opus 6 |
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