Homage to Paderewski / Jonathan Plowright, piano

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Album Summary

Performers

• Jonathan Plowright (Piano)
• Aaron Shorr (Piano)

Composers

• Béla Bartók (1881 - 1945)
• Felix Labunski (1892 - 1979)
• Richard Hammond (Classical Composer) (1896 - 1980)
• Karol Rathaus (1895 - 1954)
• Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976)
• Felix Blumenfeld (1863 - 1931)
• Józef Wieniawski (1837 - 1912)
• Arthur Benjamin (1893 - 1960)
• Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895 - 1968)
• Darius Milhaud (1892 - 1974)
• Emerson Whithorne (1884 - 1958)
• Sigismund Stojowski (1869 - 1946)
• Aleksander Zarzycki (1834 - 1895)
• Ernest Schelling (1876 - 1939)
• Theodore Chanler (1902 - 1961)
• Eugene Goossens (1893 - 1962)
• Bohuslav Martinu (1890 - 1959)
• Vittorio Rieti (1898 - 1994)
• Jaromir Weinberger (1896 - 1967)
• Cécile Chaminade (1857 - 1944)
• Joaquín María Nin-Culmell (1908 - 2004)

Notes & Reviews:

Following the resounding success of Jonathan Plowright's 2010 Hommage à Chopin, the acclaimed British pianist becomes the fi rst artist to record the album of works written and published in homage to one of the early twentieth century's most fascinating figures - Polish pianist, composer and politician Ignacy Jan Paderewski. Of the twenty-two works on this recording, from composers including Bartók, Martinu and Milhaud, sixteen were included in the memorial piano album Homage to Paderewski published by Boosey & Hawkes in New York in 1942. A further six pieces written for Paderewski also feature, including a Mazurka for two pianos by Britten originally intended for the volume (Britten misunderstood the commission, which specified solo piano), for which Plowright is joined by Aaron Shorr. These diverse works are performed with fl air and dedication.

"Many of the composers have now disappeared into the mists of time, but all of these miniatures are well worth the warmth, affection, lyrical beauty and bravura that Plowright devotes to them...Plowright’s playing throughout is sublime." -The Daily Telegraph

BBC Music Magazine
Though not all the works are memorable...this is a fascinating document...Overall more reflective than virtuosic, this disc allows Plowright to show off his superb command of texture and colour.

Gramophone Magazine
To be candid, not all the 24 items on offer on this disc are diamonds rather than paste...The genuine jewels include Ernest Schelling's sultry and ambitious Nocturne, a real find, and, better known, Britten's poignant Mazurka elegiaca...What is not forgettable are performances of a superlative technique and musicianship. Pianism and sheer musical quality of this order are rare at any time

Notes & Reviews:

Recording information: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk, England (2011-01-28_2011-01-30&2010-).

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Works Details

Józef Wieniawski (1837 - 1912) : Étude for piano, Op. 44/22

• Performer: Jonathan Plowright (Piano)
• Notes: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk (01/28/2011-01/30/2011)
• Running Time: 2 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic

Schelling, Ernest : Nocturne à Ragusa

• Performer: Jonathan Plowright (Piano)
• Notes: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk (01/28/2011-01/30/2011)
• Running Time: 7 min. sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1926

Béla Bartók (1881 - 1945) : Hungarian Folktunes (3) for Piano, Sz 66

• Performer: Jonathan Plowright (Piano)
• Notes: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk (01/28/2011-01/30/2011)
• Running Time: 3 min. 17 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1914-1918

Benjamin, Arthur : Elegiac Mazurka, for piano

• Performer: Jonathan Plowright (Piano)
• Notes: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk (01/28/2011-01/30/2011)
• Running Time: 2 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1941

Chanler, Theodore : Aftermath, for piano

• Performer: Jonathan Plowright (Piano)
• Notes: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk (01/28/2011-01/30/2011)
• Running Time: 1 min. 4 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Labunski, Felix : Threnody, for piano

• Performer: Jonathan Plowright (Piano)
• Notes: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk (01/28/2011-01/30/2011)
• Running Time: 3 min. 28 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Mario : Homage à Paderewski, for piano

• Performer: Jonathan Plowright (Piano)
• Notes: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk (01/28/2011-01/30/2011)
• Running Time: 3 min. 56 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Goossens, Eugene : Hommage à Paderewski, for piano

• Performer: Jonathan Plowright (Piano)
• Notes: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk (01/28/2011-01/30/2011)
• Running Time: 2 min. 25 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1941

Hammond, Richard : Dance, for piano

• Performer: Jonathan Plowright (Piano)
• Notes: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk (01/28/2011-01/30/2011)
• Running Time: 3 min. 22 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Milhaud, Darius : Choral, for piano, Op. 111

• Performer: Jonathan Plowright (Piano)
• Notes: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk (01/28/2011-01/30/2011)
• Running Time: 1 min. 57 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1930

Martinu, Bohuslav : Mazurka for piano, H. 284

• Performer: Jonathan Plowright (Piano)
• Notes: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk (01/28/2011-01/30/2011)
• Running Time: 1 min. 52 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 04/1941

Joaquín María Nin-Culmell (1908 - 2004) : In Memoriam Paderewski, for piano

• Performer: Jonathan Plowright (Piano)
• Notes: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk (01/28/2011-01/30/2011)
• Running Time: 1 min. 16 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Whithorne, Emerson : Homage for piano, Op. 58/2

• Performer: Jonathan Plowright (Piano)
• Notes: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk (01/28/2011-01/30/2011)
• Running Time: 4 min. 7 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Rieti, Vittorio : Allegro danzante, for piano

• Performer: Jonathan Plowright (Piano)
• Notes: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk (01/28/2011-01/30/2011)
• Running Time: 1 min. 54 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Schelling, Ernest : Con tenerezza, for piano

• Performer: Jonathan Plowright (Piano)
• Notes: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk (01/28/2011-01/30/2011)
• Running Time: 3 min. 42 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Rathaus, Karol : Kujawiak, for piano

• Performer: Jonathan Plowright (Piano)
• Notes: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk (01/28/2011-01/30/2011)
• Running Time: 2 min. 40 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Stojowski, Zygmunt : Cradle Song, for piano

• Performer: Jonathan Plowright (Piano)
• Notes: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk (01/28/2011-01/30/2011)
• Running Time: 2 min. 29 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Weinberger, Jaromir : Étude for piano in G major

• Performer: Jonathan Plowright (Piano)
• Notes: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk (01/28/2011-01/30/2011)
• Running Time: 4 min. 15 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Britten, Benjamin : Pieces for two pianos, Op. 23 :: 2. Mazurka elegiaca

• Performers: Jonathan Plowright (Piano); Aaron Shorr (Piano)
• Running Time: 8 min. 30 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1941

Zarzycki, Aleksander : Chant du printemps, for piano, Op. 34/1

• Performer: Jonathan Plowright (Piano)
• Notes: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk (01/28/2011-01/30/2011)
• Running Time: 3 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic

Cécile Chaminade (1857 - 1944) : Étude Symphonique, for piano, Op. 28

• Performer: Jonathan Plowright (Piano)
• Notes: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk (01/28/2011-01/30/2011)
• Running Time: 5 min. 54 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1890

Blumenfeld, Felix : Suite polonaise, no 2, Op. 31 :: no 2. Kujawiak-Obertas

• Performer: Jonathan Plowright (Piano)
• Notes: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk (01/28/2011-01/30/2011)
• Running Time: 3 min. 12 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic