Chopin, Paderewski, Szymanowski – Works for Piano and Orchestra – Elżbieta Wiedner-Zając

Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849):
Rondo à la Krakowiak, op.14
Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860-1941):
Fantaisie polonaise sur des thémes originaux pour Piano et Orchestre, op.19
Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937):
Symphonie concertante, op.60

Elżbieta Wiedner-Zając - piano
Silesian Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra
Mirosław Jacek Błaszczyk - conductor

Mendelssohn & Chopin: Cello Sonatas

“That Paolo Giacometti has opted for a twangy fortepiano of the period may not add to the beauty of the performance but it makes for a better balance between the instruments than if a modern Steinway was used. It also allows for the pianist to articulate perfectly in really fast speeds. The clarity and precision are also remarkable.” --Gramophone Magazine, December 2011

“[The Mendelssohn is] a wonderfully uplifting outburst of high spirits, generously and elegantly formed. Wispelwey always brings such a range of texture to his articulation and such airy luminescence to lyric passages that he is a well-nigh ideal exponent, matched by the ultra-sensitive Paolo Giacometti” --BBC Music Magazine, December 2011 ***

“[Giacometti] and Pieter Wispelwey give Mendelssohn’s D major Cello Sonata Op 58 with fluency and panache. Between that sonata and an eloquently voiced one of Chopin’s in G minor, Wispelwey shows his mettle in some Chopin waltz arrangements.” --The Telegraph, 7th October 2011 ****

Chopin - Cellosonate op. 65, Polonaise; Shumann: Adagio & Allegro - Rostropvich

Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849):
Sonata for Piano and Violoncello in G minor, op.65
Polonaise Brillante for Piano and Violoncello in C major, op.3
Robert Schumann (1810-1856):
Adagio and Allegro for Violoncello and Piano in A flat major, op.70

Mstislav Rostropovich - cello
Martha Argerich - piano

Chopin - Piano Concertos - Gilels, Watts

Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849):
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No.1 in E minor, op.11 *
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No.2 in F minor, op.21 +

Emil Gilels - piano *
André Watts - piano +
The Philadelphia Orchestra *
New York Philarmonic +
Eugene Ormandy - conductor *
Thomas Schippers - conductor +