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2023-10-27 08:53:51
The pianist Zsolt Bognar has spent much of... The post My year in pursuit of Krystian Zimerman first appeared on Slippedisc. The post My year in pursuit of Krystian Zimerman appeared first on Slippedisc.
2022-10-15 07:53:27
Review: Szymanowski – Piano Works – Krystian Zimerman, Piano
Krystian Zimerman’s three-decade Szymanowski journey features the composer's Mazurkas, Op. 34 Masques, and Op. 10 Variations on a Polish Theme. The post first appeared on The Classic Review.
2022-10-13 14:00:09
Krystian Zimerman(Deutsche Grammophon)The Polish virtuoso continues his journey through the music of his native land, bringing wit and delicate lyricism Every new release from Krystian Zimerman is a special event, but this one is more so than most. After a recent series of concerto recordings, this is Zimerman’s first solo disc for five years, which, following previous discs of Bacewicz and Lutosławski, continues his exploration of music from his native Poland. Though this selection of Karol Szymanowski’s piano works omits one of the best known, the three “poems” of Métopes, as well as all three of his piano sonatas, it does include representative pieces from all phases of his development. The performance of Szymanowski’s other set of character pieces, Masques, dates back to 1994, but wasn’t released at the time; Zimerman recorded the rest of this disc in June this year, in Fukuyama, Japan.He begins with four of the 1900 preludes […]
2022-09-30 04:00:41
Solo recordings from this leading Polish pianist are a rarity and his latest showcases a neglected composer
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