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Paderewski is Paderewski and this disc brings fascinating insights in terms of tempos, sound and imagination. He is technically past it in the Chopin A flat Polonaise, but there's enough magic... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2009, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 1st Sep 2009
Catalogue No: APR_5636
Label: APR
Length: 75 minutes

Haydn: Keyboard Sonata in F Minor, Hob. XVII:6 "Andante with Variations"

Work length9:49

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Ignace Jan Paderewski

Mozart: Rondo in A minor, K511

Work length10:03

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Ignace Jan Paderewski

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

Work length14:20

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Ignace Jan Paderewski

I. Adagio sostenuto

Track length5:34

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II. Allegretto

Track length2:24

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III. Presto agitato

Track length6:22

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Excerpt, Schubert: Moments Musicaux (6), D780, Op. 94

Work length5:28

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Ignace Jan Paderewski

No. 2 in A-Flat Major. Andantino

Track length5:28

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

Work length3:58

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Ignace Jan Paderewski

Chopin: Nocturne No. 17 in B major, Op. 62 No. 1

Work length5:44

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Ignace Jan Paderewski

Chopin: Waltz No. 7 in C sharp minor, Op. 64 No. 2

Work length2:58

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Ignace Jan Paderewski

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

Work length3:03

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Ignace Jan Paderewski

Chopin: Polonaise No. 6 in A flat major, Op. 53 'Héroïque'

Work length7:29

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Ignace Jan Paderewski

Liszt: Isolde's Liebestod (after Wagner), S447

Work length5:52

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Ignace Jan Paderewski

Paderewski: Chants du voyageur Op. 8

Work length2:31

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Ignace Jan Paderewski

No. 3, Melody in B Major

Track length2:31

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Paderewski: Humoresques de concert, Op. 14

Work length4:05

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Ignace Jan Paderewski

No. 1, Menuet célèbre in G Major

Track length4:05

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A year ago we issued, to great critical acclaim. A double album of Paderewski’s first recordings, made in Europe in 1911-12 (APR6006). Between 1914 and 1931 the pianist recorded for Victor in the US but in 1937, after it appeared Paderewski had retired from the studio, he was persuaded to return to the HMV studios in London to make a final series of recordings. At first the plan was to record the repertoire which featured in the film ‘Moonlight Sonata’, a huge blockbuster success at the time which featured Paderewski playing himself, but in addition to this repertoire Paderewski went on to record works by Haydn and Mozart which were new to his discography. It has often been said that in later life Paderewski’s technique was not what it had been, and to an extent the is undoubtedly true, but this is not an issue in the classical works featured here, and the Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven in particular reveal the extreme poetry that had mesmerised audiences for fifty years and had made Paderewski the most famous pianist of his generation.

This is the first time all Paderewski’s 1930’s HMV recordings have been assembled together and two unissued tracks from the 1938 sessions are also included.

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Christmas 2009

Paderewski is Paderewski and this disc brings fascinating insights in terms of tempos, sound and imagination. He is technically past it in the Chopin A flat Polonaise, but there's enough magic in the Nocturnes to buy the disc just for those.

Paderewski - His final Recordings

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