Various Artists - Moniuszko Competition 2019 6 - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Christopher Park is a pianist who captivates with his fascinating technical mastery, astounding musical maturity, and a particularly intense performance style- this was the explanation given by the jury at the Stiftung Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival upon awarding Christopher Park the renowned Leonard Bernstein Award 2014. He thereby joined the ranks of noteworthy musicians such as Lang Lang, Lisa Batiashvili and Martin Grubinger, who all started their careers with this internationally sought-after award. He has been chosen as InchRising StarInch by the European Concert Hall Organization, and has debuted in Europe's renowned concert halls in London, Amsterdam, Hamburg, Vienna, Stockholm, and others. The present album features a pure Schumann program. It is a musical bouquet, suitable for the beginning of spring, which includes the rarely heard Scherzo which belongs to the Concerto, op. 14.

In September 2019, the Stanislaw Moniuszko International Competition of Polish Music took place in Rzeszów, whose main goal was to promote our native compositions and to draw the attention of musicians around the world to them. The auditions were divided into two categories (performances by pianists and chamber ensembles), which meant that, in less than 10 days, the audience had the opportunity to commune with countless extremely rarely performed gems of Polish music. We present you with selected competition interpretations of participants of auditions in both categories. In addition to the Patron's works, the albums include compositions by may Polish composers. The present album features the work of Franciszek Lessel and Ludomir Rozycki.

A truly personal and idiomatic performance of the gigantic Diabelli Variations played by the Danish pianist Christina Bjorkoe, already world famous for her recordings of music by Danish composers Nielsen and Gade for the German record company cpo. Listen to her beautifully recorded and very stunning Beethoven.