{"product_id":"krystian-zimerman-szymanowski-works-for-piano-2lp","title":"KRYSTIAN ZIMERMAN – Szymanowski: Works For Piano [2LP]","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFormat: 2 x LP\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCatalogue No.: 4863008\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBarcode: 0028948630080\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRelease Date: 21 Oct 2022\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGenre: Classical\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOne of today’s leading pianists sheds new light on an unjustly overlooked composer:\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003efor Krystian Zimerman, Karol Szymanowski’s piano music deserves to stand alongside that of their compatriot Chopin.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhen Krystian Zimerman travelled to Fukuyama, Japan, in June 2022, it was to complete a journey that had taken 28 years: a recording of music by his compatriot Karol Szymanowski that he had first begun in 1994. The spur came on the one hand from the fast approaching 140th anniversary of Szymanowski’s birth (* 6. Oktober 1882), and on the other hand from the prospect of recording in a beautiful concert hall in Fukuyama designed by Zimerman’s friend Yasuhisa Toyota, whose acoustics Zimerman has long admired. “In Toyota’s halls, every note is clear,” Zimerman says, “yet each is in a cushion of warm surroundings.”\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFor this album Zimerman has selected repertoire that for him shows the essence of Szymanowski, aiming to shed new light on his music and place him firmly in the canon of great composers of piano music. Each work or group of pieces represents a different, distinctive stage in his development. The album features the Masques op. 34, recorded in 1994 but never released, alongside interpretations of the Variations on a Polish Folk Theme op. 10 and selections of Préludes and Mazurkas.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTRACKLIST:\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003efrom Préludes op. 1\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1) No. 1. Andante ma non troppo (in B minor)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2) No. 2. Andante con moto (in D minor)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e3) No. 7. Moderato (in C minor)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e4) No. 8. Andante ma non troppo (in E flat minor)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMasques op. 34\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e5) No. 1. Shéhérazade. Lento assai. Languido\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e6) No. 2. Tantris le Bouffon. Vivace assai\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e7) No. 3. Sérénade de Don Juan. Vivace\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003efrom Mazurkas op. 50\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e8) No. 13. Moderato\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e9) No. 14. Animato z elegancją i grandezzą\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e10) No. 15. Allegretto dolce. Naiwnie i sentymentalnie\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e11) No. 16. Allegramente. Vigoroso\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eVariations on a Polish Folk Theme op. 10\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e12) Andante doloroso rubato\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e13) Tema. Andantino semplice\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e14) Var. 1. Meno mosso\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e15) Var. 2. Agitato\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e16) Var. 3. Lento mesto, ma poco agitato\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e17) Var. 4. Allegro molto agitato\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e18) Var. 5. Andantino\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e19) Var. 6. Andante dolcissimo\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e20) Var. 7. Più mosso\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e21) Var. 8. Marcia funebre\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e22) Var. 9. Più mosso (Allegro)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e23) Var. 10. Finale. Allegro vivo\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Decca (UMO) \/ Classics \/ Deutsche Grammophon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41861553422492,"sku":"4863008","price":31.37,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0130\/8714\/6043\/products\/00028948630073_Zimerman_Cvr_e0d84315-9906-4888-8b74-bb3b081a70cd.jpg?v=1661161344","url":"https:\/\/www.horizonsmusic.co.uk\/products\/krystian-zimerman-szymanowski-works-for-piano-2lp","provider":"Horizons Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}