Polonaises by rafal blechacz on amazon music unlimited. Rafal blechacz has long been closely associated with the music of his compatriot karol szymanowski. To a degree rafal blechaczs approach to chopins concertos is beyond criticism poised, elegant, with broad paragraphs and expressive details impeccably shaped. The hit and miss qualities of rafal blechaczs previous chopin recordings are present throughout this 20 release featuring the composers mature polonaises. The platinum distinctions were officially announced and presented to rafal blechacz last sunday, after a concert at the mickiewicz university aula in poznan, where he performed the composers piano concerto in fact, a much more seldomly performed piece and one of the more unusual piano concertos.
The opening orchestral tuttis have so much more light, shade, orchestral color, and detail, you wonder if theyve been rewritten. Chopin piano concertos, preludes, waltzes 1994 tomsic, capova, lima. And i scared myself with it because i for the first few years of my piano career was told that technical difficulty was basically indescribable mysticismic movement. Rafal blechacz swept the board at the 2005 warsaw chopin piano competition, and though he has released a recital of haydn, mozart and beethoven sonatas, his. Blechacz has played the chopin concertos in several settings.
The polish pianist rafal blechacz gave a beguiling and lucid performance at the 92nd street y on sunday. But in his revelatory new recording, krystian zimerman suggests otherwise. Ive played the mozart d minor concerto, and several romantic styled new age concertos. Rafal blechacz, piano princeton university concerts. It was premiered in 1999 to mark the 150th anniversary of the death of chopin, with kogosowski as soloist, under the baton of maestro neeme jarvi, with the. Allegro vivace rafal blechacz piano koninklijk concertgebouworkest, amsterdam jerzy semkow conductor. During this period, chopin composed a great deal for his instrument, the piano.
Chopins two piano concertos have long been admired more as pianistic vehicles than as integrated works for piano and orchestra. This disc coupling chopin s two concertos is a natural for blechacz, since he won the top prizes at warsaws chopin competition, and he has gone on to record many of the polish composers works, including his complete preludes. This disc coupling chopins two concertos is a natural for blechacz, since he won the top prizes at warsaws chopin competition, and he has gone on to record many of the polish composers works, including his complete preludes. Piano recital, an album by rafal blechacz on spotify we and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. In may 2007, he graduated from the feliks nowowiejski music academy in bydgoszcz with professor katarzyna. But the concertos are, if not greater, then at least larger and more demanding works than the preludes, and the.
Rafal blechacz plays bach, liszt, and chopin verbier festival 2008 about in his recital at the 2008 verbier festival, the young polish pianist rafal blechacz performs bach, liszt, and chopin with delicacy and virtuosity. Rafal blechacz published the hugely famous album 111 years of deutsche grammophon which contains some of the most popular songs from the rafal blechacz catalog. No timbral difference distinguishes rcas sacd of arthur rubinsteins 1961 chopin e minor concerto recording from the labels most recent transfer in its complete rubinstein edition. Rafal s playing is characterized by its elegance, delicacy, and a poetic solemnity that has invited comparison to legendary pianists including krystian zimerman, who is a blechacz supporter. Unlike the skewed balances of his previous concerto releases, piano and orchestra judiciously blend. Concert rafal blechacz plays bach, liszt, and chopin. This beautiful work is now a worthy companion to the two celebrated concertos completed by chopin. Use burrn or eac with the cuefile to get an exact audio copy on cd. Chopin, rafal blechacz, royal concertgebouw orchestra. Refine your search for a recording of concerto for piano no 2 in f minor, b 43op. Notecia, poland is a polish classical pianist blechacz began piano lessons at the age of five, and enrolled in the national arthur rubinstein music school in bydgoszcz three years later.
Allegro vivace victor 78rpm album dm 567 032573 032580 recorded july 8, 1935 digital transfer by f. Chopin piano concerto n1 full by rafal blechacz one of. The american gilmore artist award, sometimes called the piano nobel, bestowed on rafal blechacz in january 2014, is a strong and meaningful acknowledgment that summarizes well the last decade of his artistic activity. Chopin piano concertos rafal blechacz diabolus in musica. Chopin wrote the piece before he had finished his formal education, at around 20 years of age.
Rafal blechacz has established an international reputation as a winner of piano competitions, and he has repeatedly demonstrated his strengths in the concerto repertoire. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. However, only few of them play as well as rafal blechacz. Rafal blechacz is perfect musician to perform the young chopin s work. Yet for all his natural style and sincerity, these readings ultimately lack a strongly etched personality and intensity. Rafal blechacz, piano mozart, beethoven, schumann, chopin tuesday 7 may 2019, ore 20.
Rating is available when the video has been rented. He has also given many performances of the violin sonata, which szymanowski wrote in 1904 when he was only in his early twenties. In other ways as well, the evening revolves around the romantic era. This is a very fine account of the two concertos from the young polish pianist rafal blechacz. Chopin, played in such a way that dissolves the tightrope act of balancing a subjective interpretation with the.
Rafal blechacz is perfect musician to perform the young chopins work. Chopin, rafal blechacz, royal concertgebouw orchestra, jerzy semkow. In this concert, he presents the first piano concerto with christian thielemann in the philharmonie. As the winner of the 2005 international chopin competition at the young age of only 20, blechacz was awarded not only the rarely given. Piano concertos by jerzy semkow and rafal blechacz. No music collection should be without maurizio pollinis legendary chopin recordings. In 2005, the young rafal blechacz was the first pole to win the coveted chopin prize since 1975. The songs are sung with freshness and ardour by the livelyvoiced soprano elzbieta szmytka. Yundi li is delicate and pleasant in the impromptus. Yet several of his recordings for deutsche grammophon show him in a more intimate role as a recitalist, playing solo piano music by such masters of the keyboard as haydn, mozart, beethoven, debussy, and. About blechacz is a superlative pianist bbc music magazine celebrated by his chopin awarded recordings and cited by critics as one of those talents that only come along every few decades has now turned to bach.
For their first album together bomsori kim and rafal blechacz decided to combine pieces from both of those countries. Chopin complete edition deutsche grammophon download. It was the second of his piano concertos to be published after the piano concerto no. Back to concerts rafal blechacz, piano thursday, april 25, 20, 8. To a degree rafav blechaczs approach to chopins concertos is beyond criticism poised, elegant, with broad paragraphs and expressive details impeccably shaped. Pomeranian philharmonic concert hall, bydgoszcz, 25 april 2005. Rafal blechacz chopin piano concertos 2009 piano concerto no. After his successful deutsche grammophon debut recording of chopin preludes, rafal blechacz returns to the composer who helped make him famous with this allnew recording of chopins piano concertos nos. In 2005, blechacz became the sole recipient of all five first prizes at the 15th international frederick chopin piano competition in warsaw, taking first prize and the polonaise. The pianist rafal blechacz in exciting, if blaring, form. Palais des beauxarts, bruxelles klara festival 12 sept 2007.
Rafal blechacz was born in 1985 in naklo nad notecia. In 2005, blechacz became the sole recipient of all five first prizes at the 15th international frederick chopin piano competition in warsaw, taking first prize and the polonaise, mazurka, sonata, and concerto prizes. There is much to admire, but little that is memorable. Tr24of faure, debussy, szymanowski, chopin bomsori. It was first performed on 17 march 1830, in warsaw, poland, with the composer as soloist. On occasion he labours subtle points, overshooting chopins poco stretto in the e minor first concertos rondo or playing echoed detached phrases with a buttery legato.
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