Chopin - Polonaise No. 2 in E flat minor, Op. 26 No. 2
Genres:
Instrumental » Piano Solos » Polonaises
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This is a rich and illuminating find. From the outset you sense Janina Fialkowska's innate, developmental grasp of drama - of the connection between phrases and their dynamic character. Then... — More…
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2012, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2013, Instrumental Award Winner
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The Complete Chopin Edition
RecommendedKrystian Zimerman (piano), Claudio Arrau (piano), Anatol Ugorski (piano), Maurizio Pollini (piano), Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano), Maria João Pires (piano), Martha Argerich (piano), Rafal Blechacz (piano), Yundi Li (piano), Lilya Zilberstein (piano), Mikhail Pletnev (piano), Kurt Bauer, Heidi Bung (pianos),...
The quality, both of DG's chosen recordings and the set's general presentation, is just about as good as it gets. To have in one box such wonders as Zimmerman's Ballades, Pollini's Etudes,... — More…
Awards:
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Presto Recording of the Week, 26th April 2010
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Building a Library, November 2010, First Choice
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For all the virtuosity and vivacity demanded by the works, the overall feeling here is one of intimacy, the refinement and control of his playing allowing the music to breathe in ways one does... — More…
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Paderewski: The American Recordings
The Complete Victor Recordings, 1914-31
Ignacy Jan Paderewski (piano)
wonderful transfers giving us an unprecendentedly vivid idea of Paderewski’s vaunted ‘golden touch’ — More…
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Emil Gilels plays Schumann, Brahms & Chopin
Abbotsholme Arts Society, Staffordshire, 22 March 1979
Emil Gilels (piano)
The pianist endows these pieces with dignified maturity and a sense of poetry...the performances complement those studio accounts by reflecting Gilels's palpable engagement and desire to communicate... — More…
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Displaying a brilliantly secure technique, the young Polish pianist is fully up to the challenges of these glittering pieces. He also feels the nostalgia and longing of the music, and hearing... — More…
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2013, Editor's Choice
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Chopin: Polonaises
All tracks were recorded at RCA Studios, Hollywood, USA
Arthur Rubinstein (piano)
a parade of rhythmic oomph, colour, ferocity, élan, defiance and nobility — More…
