Piotr Anderszewski - Piano Works - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

These late works by Brahms are like a testament. But what is this secretive man revealing to us here? Or rather, what is he still trying to hide? Hiding it until the very end, arousing in us an irresistible desire to guess what it is? Perhaps that is where the beauty of these scores lies. - Piotr Anderzewski. A short album, a selection of jewels from Brahms' Late Piano works (Op. 116 to 119, with Op. 119 No.4 being the last piano piece Brahms ever wrote) presented in a carefully chosen order. Op. 116 to 118 represent the composer's late piano works, written during the final decade of his life. Here we find a more mature, intimate and subtle Brahms, far removed from the roaring Romanticism of his earlier works. Album Tracks 1. 4 Piano Pieces, Op. 119 No. 1, Intermezzo in B minor 2. 4 Piano Pieces, Op. 119 No. 3, Intermezzo in C Major 3. 6 Piano Pieces, Op. 118 No. 1, Intermezzo in a Minor 4. 6 Piano Pieces, Op. 118 No. 2, Intermezzo in a Major 5. 7 Fantasies, Op. 116 No. 2, Intermezzo in a Minor 6. 7 Fantasies, Op. 116 No. 3, Capriccio in G minor 7. 7 Fantasies, Op. 116 No. 4, Intermezzo in E Major 8. 7 Fantasies, Op. 116 No. 5, Intermezzo in E minor 9. 3 Intermezzi, Op. 117 No. 3 in C-Sharp minor 10. 4 Piano Pieces, Op. 119 No. 4, Rhapsody in E-Flat Major 11. 3 Intermezzi, Op. 117 No. 2 in B-Flat minor 12. 6 Piano Pieces, Op. 118 No. 6, Intermezzo in E-Flat minor

Piotr Anderszewski's new album is juxtaposing solo piano works by three composers who asserted and shaped the musical identity of their Central European countries in the earlier 20th century Janácek in Moravia, Szymanowski in Poland, and Bartók in Hungary. InchThe works on this album are imbued with a sense of rebellion,Inch says Anderszewski, himself a native of Warsaw. InchThere is no place here for stylisation or decorum. These works plumb the very roots of music.Inch Piotr Anderszewski's last critical acclaimed album was published in January 2021 and featured J.S. Bach Well-tempered Clavier, it is now at + 21 K 38% physical and 55% digital. BBC Music Magazine wrote InchFor anyone who loves Bach (or the piano)... this life-enhancing disc is required listeningInch. The Guardian gave the Bach album a * review InchPlaying his own selection of pieces from Bach's monumental work may be heresy, but Anderszewki's intelligence, lucidity and joy is undeniable. The influence of folk music is crucial in the programme - the second book of Janácek's On an overgrown path (a collection named after a traditional Moravian wedding song), six of Szymanowski's 20 mazurkas, and Bartók's 14 Bagatelles. Szymanowski's eclectic spirit is evident in the mazurkas, composed during Poland's halcyon inter-war period as an autonomous state. Often chromatically adventurous, sometimes elusive, they fuse the traditional mazurka and the influence of Chopin with elements of the Goral music of Poland's southern highlands. Piotr Anderszewski speaks of the music's Inchprimitive incantations, simultaneously ecstatic and severe in their beautyInch. Album Tracks 1. On An Overgrown Path, Book II No. 1, Andante 2. On An Overgrown Path, Book II No. 2, Allegretto 3. On An Overgrown Path, Book II No. 3, Vivo 4. On An Overgrown Path, Book II No. 4, Piu Mosso 5. On An Overgrown Path, Book I

Piotr Anderszewski takes a characteristically creative approach to Bach's Das Wohltemperierte Klavier (The Well-tempered Clavier). Rather than recording all 48 of it's prelude-and-fugue pairings, he has focused on 12 pairings from Book Two. InchI decided to put the pieces together in a sequence of my own subjective choosing, based sometimes on key relationships, at other times on contrasts. The idea behind this specific order is to create a sense of drama that suggests a cycle 12 characters conversing with one another, mirroring each other.Inch Anderszewski's last Erato album of Bach prompted BBC Music Magazine to write InchFor anyone who loves Bach (or the piano)... this life-enhancing disc is required listening.Inch Album Tracks 1. Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Prelude and Fugue No. 1 in C Major, BWV 870 I. Prelude 2. Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Prelude and Fugue No. 1 in C Major, BWV 870 II. Fugue 3. Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Prelude and Fugue No. 12 in F minor, BWV 881 I. Prelude 4. Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Prelude and Fugue No. 12 in F minor, BWV 881 II. Fugue 5. Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Prelude and Fugue No. 17 in A-Flat Major, BWV 886 I. Prelude 6. Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Prelude and Fugue No. 17 in A-Flat Major, BWV 886 II. Fugue 7. Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Prelude and Fugue No. 8 in D-Sharp minor, BWV 877 I. Prelude 8. Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Prelude and Fugue No. 8 in D-Sharp minor, BWV 877 II. Fugue 9. Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Prelude and Fugue No. 11 in F Major, BWV 880 I. Prelude 10. Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Prelude and Fugue No. 11 in F Major, BWV 880 II. Fugue 11. Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Prelude and Fugue No. 22 in B-Flat minor, BWV 891 I. Prelude 12. Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Prelude and Fugue No. 22 in B-Flat minor, BWV 891 II. Fugue 13. Well-Te