Chopin / Pacini,Sophie - Sophie Pacini Plays Chopin - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

The present is a Chopin recital from renowned pianist Maria Korecka Soszkowska. Maria studied under well-known teachers such as Prof. Henryk Sztompka in Poland and Prof. Dieter Weber in Austria. She has won domestic and international competitions and festivals, among which include the National Competition of Mozart's Music in Katowice, IJ. Paderewski National Piano Competition in Bydgoszcz, and others. She began her concert activities in 1962 and from then on she has performed with many philharmonic orchestras in Poland and abroad. Maria has participated in numerous festivals such as Brno, Marianska Lazne, Czech Republic, Ghent, Belgium, and more.

Album Tracks 1. Nocturne in C minor, Op. 48. No. 1 2. Polonaise-Fantaisie in a Flat Major, Op. 61 3. Sonetto 47 Del Petrarca 4. Sonetto 104 Del Petrarca 5. Sonetto 123 Del Petrarca 6. Après Une Lecture Du Dante Fantasia Quasi Sonata 7. Hungarian Rhapsody No. 14 in F minor

Hailed by the music press as one of the most gifted pianists of her generation and recipient of many international awards, established German-Italian pianist and ECHO winner Sophie Pacini invites us on a very personal journey across the pianistic cosmos. In her own words InchOn this album, I have combined pieces which have accompanied and reassured me in seemingly small, but ultimately crucial moments of my life.Inch Since her concert debut at the age of eight and her training in the highly gifted institute of the Mozarteum Salzburg, Sophie Pacini has played in many important concert halls worldwide, including the Philharmonie Berlin, Philharmonie and Prinzregententheater Munich, Suntory & Orchard Hall Tokyo, KKL Luzern, and Kurhaus Wiesbaden. Sophie's special focus is on communicating classical music to the next generation, in the context of her own concert activities and in numerous publications. Album Tracks 1. Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23 2. Impromptu No. 1 in A-Flat Major, Op. 29 3. Étude No. 11 in a Minor, Op. 25 4. Études, Op. 25 No. 12 in C minor 5. Études, Op. 25 No. 7 in C-Sharp minor 6. Preludes, Op. 11 No. 4 in E minor 7. Preludes, Op. 11 No. 5 in D Major 8. Études, Op. 25 No. 10 in B minor 9. Waltzes, Op. 70 No. 1, Molto Vivace in G-Flat Major 10. Waltzes, Op. 70 No. 2, Molto Vivace in F minor 11. Preludes, Op. 11 No. 22 in G minor 12. Nocturne No. 20 in C-Sharp minor, B. 49 13. Valse in E-Flat Major, KK Ivb/10 14. Valse in a Minor, KK Ivb/11 15. Valse in E-Flat Major, KK Iva/14 16. Études, Op. 10 No. 1 in C Major