5906395038008

Chopin: Variations In B-flat Major, Sonata In B-flat Minor And Other Selected Works

Aleksandra Swigut

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Format: CD

Cat No: NIFCCD095

Release Date:  16 February 2024

Label:  NIFCCD

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  5906395038008

Genres:  Classical  Solo Instrumental  

  • Description

    A new recording by a talented young Polish pianist with great charisma, laureate of the International Chopin Competition on Period Instruments. The album, from the series The Real Chopin, features Variations on "La ci darem la mano," Scherzo in C sharp minor, Barcarolle, Mazurkas Op. 67, Sonata in B flat minor and Contredanse in G flat major, and Chopin's own Improvisations on Prelude in E minor, dedicated to Szabolcs Eszteniyi.

    Aleksandra Swigut, whose first CD (with works by Robert Schumnann, recorded with cellist Marcin Zdunik) the Institute released in 2014, plays here on an 1858 Erard piano from the NIFC collection.



    "[Swigut] negotiates the main octave theme more deftly than most pianists can play single notes, while the instrument's light action and slightly muffled patina enhances Swigut's well-differentaiated legato and detaché articulation." – Gramophone

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Fryderyk Chopin: Variations in B-Flat Major, Op. 2: Introduction
      • 2. Tema
      • 3. Var. I
      • 4. Var. II
      • 5. Var. III
      • 6. Var. IV
      • 7. Var. V
      • 8. Alla Polacca
      • 9. Scherzo in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 39
      • 10. Contredanse in G-Flat Major
      • 11. Barcarolle in F-Sharp Major, Op. 60
      • 12. Mazurka in G Major, Op. 67 No. 1
      • 13. Mazurka in G minor, Op. 67 No. 2
      • 14. Mazurka in C major, Op. 67 No. 3
      • 15. Sonata in B-Flat Minor, Op. 35: Grave. Doppio movimento
      • 16. Scherzo
      • 17. Marche funebre. Lento
      • 18. Finale. Presto
      • 19. Improvisation on a theme of Prelude in E Minor, Op. 28 No. 4