Paderewski, Stojowski - Piano Concertos | Warner 9029578756

Paderewski, Stojowski - Piano Concertos

Label: Warner

Cat No: 9029578756

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Orchestral

Release Date: 4th August 2017

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Reviews

Here Jonathan Plowright cements his already proven connection to Paderewski’s music with an invigorating performance, showing stamina for the long first movement and poetic sense in the central ‘Romanza’. ... Completed in 1900, five years before Stojowski emigrated to America, the [Symphonic Rhapsody] inhabits a world not far from that of Rachmaninov, without matching all that composer’s sweep. These performers make exciting work of its episodic nature, with Plowright again showing the expressive power of virtuosity.  John Allison (Concerto Choice)
BBC Music Magazine February 2018
Any new Jonathan Plowright recording is a cause for celebration, even more so when he brings to the catalogue a world premiere. Stojowski’s Symphonic Rhapsody is a worthy addition to his valuable and impressive discography of neglected music by Polish composers, an area he has made very much his own with pioneering performances and recordings of Friedman, Melcer, Paderewski, Zarębski, Żeleński and others – but most particularly, perhaps, of Stojowski. ... Plowright is one of those pianists who can make even the most banal ideas seem original and rewarding. ... [Plowright] savours [Paderewski’s] piano-writing with greater depth and detail than anyone, his transition into the eloquent third subject reminding one of a similar passage in the first movement of the Brahms D minor.  Jeremy Nicholas
Gramophone November 2017

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