Performer: Ignacy Jan Paderewski
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Naxos
Catalogue: 8112011
Release: 2008
Size: 231 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2 ‘Moonlight’
01. I. Adagio sostenuto
Schubert: 4 Impromptus, D935
02. No. 3 in B-Flat Major
Liszt: Zwolf Lieder Von Fr. Schubert, S558
03. No. 9, Standchen (Horch, horch! Die Lerch!)
04. Chopin: Waltz No. 5 in A flat major, Op. 42
05. Chopin: Nocturne No. 5 in F sharp major, Op. 15 No. 2
06. Chopin: Mazurka No. 37 in A-Flat Major, Op. 59, No. 2
07. Chopin: Mazurka No. 38 in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 59, No. 3
08. Chopin: Étude No. 19 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 25 No. 7
09. Chopin: Etude No. 20 in D-Flat Major, Op. 25, No. 8
10. Chopin: Etude No. 21 in G-Flat Major, Op. 25, No. 9, “Butterfly’s Wings”
Mendelssohn: Songs without Words, Book 6, Op. 67
11. No. 4 in C Major, “Spinnerlied”
Schumann: Fantasiestücke, Op. 12
12. No. 3, Warum?
Liszt: Three Concert Studies, S144 / R5: Un lamento
13. No. 2 in F Minor, “La leggierezza”
14. Liszt: Wagner – Spinnerlied aus dem Fliegenden Holländer, S. 440 / R. 273
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, Act I
15. Prelude (Arr. By e. Schelling for piano)
Rachmaninov: Morceaux de Fantaisie, Op. 3
16. No. 2, Prelude in C-Sharp Minor
Rachmaninov: Preludes Op. 32 Nos. 1-13
17. No. 12 in G-Sharp Minor
Debussy: Préludes – Book 1
18. No. 12, Minstrels
Paderewski: Chants du voyageur Op. 8
19. No. 3, Melody in B Major
Paderewski: Humoresques de concert, Op. 14, Book 1: À l’antique
20. No. 1, Menuet celebre
21. Recorded address on the observance of the golden anniversary of Ignace Jan Paderewski’s American debut
Jan Paderewski enthralled the world with his artistry for more than half a century. Immensely popular as a recitalist (he played in Madison Square Garden to 20,000 people), he came to recording as late as 1911, leaving an important legacy.
These recordings, mostly from the 1920s and some unpublished on 78rpm, show Paderewski as a uniquely eloquent interpreter of Beethoven, his compatriot Chopin, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Liszt, Wagner, Rachmaninov, Debussy and his own compositions.
Whether performing in grand Romantic style, with scintillating virtuosity, or as if confiding intimate secrets, Paderewski possessed what Henry James memorably described as “exhilarating goodness”.
“Systematic treatment of Paderewski’s large discography is long overdue….it is bound to entice historic piano recording collectors.” Classics Today