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Krystian Zimerman performs piano music by Szymanowski
30th Sep 2022
The Polish pianist offers a selection of pieces by his compatriot, in performances that are often highly idiosyncratic yet always thoughtful, intelligent, and full of staggering technical and expressive mastery.
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Ruth Slenczynska and a Life in Music
18th Mar 2022
The pianist's return to the recording studio at the age of 97 offers us a bridge to the bygone era of composers and virtuosos who shaped her career.
All Composers: Preludes
- Abramian, Edouard (1923–86)
- Adler, Samuel (b.1928)
- Alkan, Charles-Valentin (1813–88)
- Benjamin, George (b.1960)
- Bortkiewicz, Serge (1877–1952)
- Bowles, Paul (1910–99)
- Chopin, Frédéric François (1810–49)
- Daqun, Jia (b.1955)
- Debussy, Claude Achille (1862–1918)
- Dutilleux, Henri (1916–2013)
- Fauré, Gabriel Urbain (1845–1924)
- Feinberg, Samuil (1890–1962)
- Gershwin, George (1898–1937)
- Haney, Jason (b.1969)
- Harris, Ross (b.1945)
- Jongen, Joseph (1873–1953)
- Kabalevsky, Dmitry Borisovich (1904–87)
- Majerski, Tadeusz (1888–1963)
- Mendelssohn Hensel, Fanny Caecilie (1805–47)
- Mompou, Federico (1893–1987)
- Nancarrow, Conlon (1912–97)
- Rachmaninoff, Sergey Vassilievich (1873–1943)
- Ritchie, Anthony (b.1960)
- Roslavets, Nikolai Andreyevich (1881–1944)
- Satie, Erik Alfred Leslie (1866–1925)
- Scriabin, Alexander Nikolayevich (1872–1915)
- Shostakovich, Dmitri (1906–75)
- Stanchinsky, Alexei (1888–1914)
- Szymanowski, Karol (1882–1937)
- Tchaikovsky, Boris Alexandrovich (1925–96)
- Thunaes, Roger (1911–95)
- Weiner, Lazar (1897–1982)
- Wyschnegradsky, Ivan (1893–1979)
Popular Works: Preludes
- Chopin: Prelude Op. 28 No. 1 in C major (320)
- Chopin: Prelude Op. 28 No. 2 in A minor (322)
- Chopin: Prelude Op. 28 No. 3 in G major (329)
- Chopin: Prelude Op. 28 No. 5 in D major (316)
- Chopin: Prelude Op. 28 No. 8 in F sharp minor (336)
- Chopin: Prelude Op. 28 No. 9 in E major (328)
- Chopin: Prelude Op. 28 No. 10 in C sharp minor (324)
- Chopin: Prelude Op. 28 No. 11 in B major (324)
- Chopin: Prelude Op. 28 No. 12 in G sharp minor (314)
- Chopin: Prelude Op. 28 No. 13 in F sharp major (336)
- Chopin: Prelude Op. 28 No. 14 in E flat minor (316)
- Chopin: Prelude Op. 28 No. 15 in D flat major ‘Raindrop' (482)
- Chopin: Prelude Op. 28 No. 16 in B flat minor (328)
- Chopin: Prelude Op. 28 No. 17 in A flat major (345)
- Chopin: Prelude Op. 28 No. 18 in F minor (319)
- Chopin: Prelude Op. 28 No. 19 in E flat major (321)
- Chopin: Prelude Op. 28 No. 20 in C minor (351)
- Chopin: Prelude Op. 28 No. 21 in B flat major (330)
- Chopin: Prelude Op. 28 No. 22 in G minor (323)
- Chopin: Prelude Op. 28 No. 23 in F major (339)
- Chopin: Prelude Op. 28 No. 24 in D minor (341)
- Chopin: Prelude Op. 28 No. 4 in E minor (437)
- Chopin: Prelude Op. 28 No. 6 in B minor (360)
- Chopin: Prelude Op. 28 No. 7 in A major (377)
- Chopin: Prelude Op. 45 in C sharp minor (No. 25) (198)
- Chopin: Prelude Op. posth. in A flat major (No. 26) (59)
- Chopin: Preludes (24), Op. 28 (304)
- Debussy: Préludes - Book 1 (141)
- Rachmaninoff: Prelude Op. 3 No. 2 in C sharp minor (191)
- Rachmaninoff: Prelude Op. 23 No. 4 in D major (81)
- Rachmaninoff: Prelude Op. 23 No. 5 in G minor (169)
- Rachmaninoff: Prelude Op. 32 No. 5 in G major (91)
- Rachmaninoff: Prelude Op. 32 No. 12 in G sharp minor (159)
- Rachmaninoff: Preludes Op. 23 Nos. 1-10 (75)
- Rachmaninoff: Preludes Op. 32 Nos. 1-13 (71)
- Scriabin: Prelude & Nocturne, Op. 9 (62)
- Scriabin: Preludes (24), Op. 11 (61)
- Shostakovich: Prelude for piano, Op. 34 No. 10 in C sharp minor (71)
- Shostakovich: Prelude for piano, Op. 34 No. 15 in D flat major (57)
- Shostakovich: Prelude for piano, Op. 34 No. 24 in D minor (63)
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New. Gershwin Variations
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