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The oddities were odd: the out-of-synch hands, the sometimes bemusing understatement. But what artistry and grace… Gorgeous tonal range too (as in Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata) from the ageing... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2009, More…

Release Date: 1st Dec 2008
Catalogue No: 8112011
Label: Naxos
Series: Historical, Great Pianists
Length: 78 minutes

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Contents

Excerpt, Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2 ‘Moonlight'

5:03

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Ignace Jan Paderewski (piano)
Recorded: 16 December 1926
Recording Venue: New York City, USA

Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27, No. 2, "Moonlight": I. Adagio sostenuto

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Excerpt, Schubert: 4 Impromptus, D935

9:03

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Ignace Jan Paderewski (piano)
Recorded: 12 May 1924
Recording Venue: Camden, New Jersey, USA

4 Impromptus, Op. 142, D. 935: No. 3 in B flat major

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Excerpt, Liszt: Zwolf Lieder Von Fr. Schubert, S558

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Ignace Jan Paderewski (piano)
Recorded: 12 May 1924
Recording Venue: Camden, New Jersey, USA

Lieder von Schubert, S558 / R243: No. 9. Standchen (Horch, horch! die Lerch)

3:20

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Chopin: Waltz No. 5 in A flat major, Op. 42

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Ignace Jan Paderewski (piano)
Recorded: 26 June 1922
Recording Venue: Camden, New Jersey, USA

Chopin: Nocturne No. 5 in F sharp major, Op. 15 No. 2

3:52

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Ignace Jan Paderewski (piano)
Recorded: 14 May 1917
Recording Venue: New York City, USA

Chopin: Mazurka No. 37 in A flat major, Op. 59 No. 2

2:38

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Ignace Jan Paderewski (piano)
Recorded: 12 May 1924
Recording Venue: Camden, New Jersey, USA

Chopin: Mazurka No. 38 in F sharp minor, Op. 59 No. 3

3:30

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Ignace Jan Paderewski (piano)
Recorded: 12 May 1924
Recording Venue: Camden, New Jersey, USA

Excerpt, Chopin: Études (12), Op. 25

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Ignace Jan Paderewski (piano)
Recorded: 4 May 1923
Recording Venue: Camden, New Jersey, USA

Etude No. 19 in C sharp minor, Op. 25, No. 7

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Etude No. 20 in D flat major, Op. 25, No. 8

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Etude No. 21 in G flat major, Op. 25, No. 9, "Butterfly's Wings"

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Excerpt, Mendelssohn: Songs without Words, Book 6 (6), Op. 67

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Ignace Jan Paderewski (piano)
Recorded: 4 May 1923
Recording Venue: Camden, New Jersey, USA

Lieder ohne Worte (Songs without Words), Book 6, Op. 67: No. 4 in C major, "Spinnerlied"

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Excerpt, Schumann: Fantasiestücke, Op. 12

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Ignace Jan Paderewski (piano)
Recorded: 30 April 1914
Recording Venue: Camden, New Jersey, USA

Fantasiestucke, Op. 12: No. 3. Warum?

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Excerpt, Liszt: Three Concert Studies, S144 / R5: Un lamento; La leggierezza; Un sospiro

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Ignace Jan Paderewski (piano)
Recorded: 4 May 1923
Recording Venue: Camden, New Jersey, USA

3 etudes de concert, S144 / R5: No. 2 in F minor, "La leggierezza"

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Liszt: Spinnerlied aus Der fliegende Holländer S440

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Ignace Jan Paderewski (piano)
Recorded: 12 May 1924
Recording Venue: Camden, New Jersey, USA

Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, Act I: Prelude (arr. by E. Schelling for piano)

7:38

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Ignace Jan Paderewski (piano)
Recorded: 14 October 1930
Recording Venue: New York City, USA

Excerpt, Rachmaninov: Morceaux de Fantaisie, Op. 3

2:51

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Ignace Jan Paderewski (piano)
Recorded: 13 October 1930
Recording Venue: New York City, USA

Morceaux de fantaisie, Op. 3: No. 2. Prelude in C sharp minor

2:51

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Excerpt, Rachmaninov: Preludes Op. 32 Nos. 1-13

2:14

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Ignace Jan Paderewski (piano)
Recorded: 13 October 1930
Recording Venue: New York City, USA

13 Preludes, Op. 32: No. 12 in G sharp minor

2:14

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Excerpt, Debussy: Préludes - Book 1

2:31

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Ignace Jan Paderewski (piano)
Recorded: 13 October 1930
Recording Venue: New York City, USA

Preludes, Book 1: No. 12. Minstrels

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Paderewski: Chants du voyageur Op. 8

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Ignace Jan Paderewski (piano)
Recorded: 4 May 1923
Recording Venue: Camden, New Jersey, USA

Chants du voyageur, Op. 8: No. 3. Melody in B major

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Paderewski: Humoresques de concert, Op. 14

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Ignace Jan Paderewski (piano)
Recorded: 20 May 1926
Recording Venue: New York City, USA

Humoresques de concert, Op. 14: No. 1. Menuet celebre

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Recorded address on the observance of the golden anniversary of Ignace Jan Paderewski's American debut

3:48

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Ignace Jan Paderewski (narrator)
Recorded: 31 January 1941
Recording Venue: New York City, USA

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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

Reviews

February 2009

The oddities were odd: the out-of-synch hands, the sometimes bemusing understatement. But what artistry and grace… Gorgeous tonal range too (as in Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata) from the ageing master-pianist - surprisingly good sound.

2010

A choice selection of the Polish master's prolific recorded output Despite (and often because of) such old-fashioned devices as the asynchronisation of hands and exaggerated rubato, there is playing of incomparable beauty on these 20 discs; many pianists today could learn much from listening to Paderewski's clarity of line, luminous tone and artful use of the pedals.
These (mainly) electrical sides were the first to approach capturing successfully the pianist's unique sound (Ward Marston has done the audio restoration here) though the earliest, a 1914 acoustic of Schumann's “Warum?”, is astonishingly successful for its time.
Producer Jonathan Summers has chosen short pieces representative of the more than 70 titles Paderewski recorded in America between 1914 and 1931. The most substantial works are Schubert's B flat Impromptu (9'06”), lyrical and heartfelt, and of the Prelude to Tristan und Isolde (7'38”) arranged by Paderewski's pupil Ernest Schelling. Elsewhere there are the celebrated recordings of the Wagner-Liszt Spinnerlied and one of many of the pianist's own ubiquitous Minuet in G; of particular interest are the two Chopin studies and Rachmaninov titles unpublished on 78rpm, the first (and only) movement of the Moonlight in which bars 34-42 are played with an accelerando and crescendo – an interesting idea – and Rachmaninov's famous Prelude the final page of which is executed with surprising ferocity. All in all, much to treasure.

March 2009

Despite (and often because of) such old-fashioned devices as the asynchronisation of hands and exaggerated rubato, there is playing of incomparable beauty on these 20 discs; many pianists today could learn much from listening to Paderewski's clarity of line, luminous tone and artful use of the pedals. All in all, much to treasure...

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