Release Date: 27 October 2023
Label: Chopin University Press
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 5906874951521
Genres: Classical Solo Instrumental
Description
Karol Mikuli, a student of Fryderyk Chopin, and Aleksander Michalowski, a student of Karol Mikuli, were outstanding continuators of Chopin's ideas and aesthetics. Thanks to their extremely intensive teaching activity, they had a significant impact on several generations of pianists of such caliber as Raul Koczalski, Roza Etkin, Wanda Landowska, Jerzy Lefeld, Ludomir Rozycki, Piotr Rytel, Wladyslaw Szpilman and Jerzy Zurawlew. They also contributed to the creation of Chopin style. While their didactic and popularizing activity is present in the consciousness of contemporary pianists, their compositional output remains almost completely unknown. The extraordinary beauty of compositions by Karol Mikuli and Aleksander Michalowski is recorded here on CD by an excellent pianist and outstanding specialist in period instruments, Maria Gabrys-Heyke.
The album, presenting these eminent figures and their rich piano and composing activities, not only complements the images of Karol Mikuli and Aleksander Michalowski, but also seems to be a very valuable addition to the "obligatory" knowledge of every fan of Fryderyk Chopin's work.
Tracklisting
Maria Gabrys-Heyke
Monika Quinn
Martyna Pastuszka (violin), Tomasz Pokrzywinski (cello)
Meccore String Quartet
Bartosz Jakubczak, organ
Elzbieta Karas-Krasztel
Alexandre Tansman String Quartet
Alina Ratkowska, Pawel Gusnar
Maria Gabrys-Heyke
Maria Gabrys-Heyke, Dmitry Ablogin (historical piano)
