Utwory na płycie:

• Paderewski: Piano Sonata in E flat minor, Op. 21 - 1. Allegro con fuoco
• Paderewski: Piano Sonata in E flat minor, Op. 21 - 2. Andante ma non troppo
• Paderewski: Piano Sonata in E flat minor, Op. 21 - 3. Allegro vivace
• Paderewski: Variations and Fugue in A minor, Op. 11 - 1. Theme: Andante non troppo
• Paderewski: Variations and Fugue in A minor, Op. 11 - 2. Variation I
• Paderewski: Variations and Fugue in A minor, Op. 11 - 3. Variation II: Allegro moderato
• Paderewski: Variations and Fugue in A minor, Op. 11 - 4. Variation III: Allegro vivace
• Paderewski: Variations and Fugue in A minor, Op. 11 - 5. Variation IV: Vivace
• Paderewski: Variations and Fugue in A minor, Op. 11 - 6. Variation V: Maestoso
• Paderewski: Variations and Fugue in A minor, Op. 11 - 7. Variation VI: Animato e molto leggiero
• Paderewski: Variations and Fugue in A minor, Op. 11 - 8. Variation VII: Vivace e sempre grazioso
• Paderewski: Variations and Fugue in A minor, Op. 11 - 9. Variation VIII: Presto
• Paderewski: Variations and Fugue in A minor, Op. 11 - 10. Variation IX: Tempo I
• Paderewski: Variations and Fugue in A minor, Op. 11 - 11. Variation X: Un poco piu mosso
• Paderewski: Variations and Fugue in A minor, Op. 11 - 12. Variation XI: Andante misterioso
• Paderewski: Variations and Fugue in A minor, Op. 11 - 13. Variation XII: Con fuoco
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Piano Sonata in E flat minor, Op 21
Variations and Fugue on an original theme in A minor, Op 11
Variations and Fugue on an original theme in E flat minor, Op 23;

Approaching 150 years since the birth of Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860–1941) there remains a certain ambivalence about his legacy. Should he be judged primarily as a pianist or as a composer-pianist? The three works on this disc make the strongest possible case for the latter. The large-scale Piano Sonata in E flat minor, Op 21, is a powerful, turbulent work, showing the composer’s affinity with Rachmaninov in its passion and extreme technical difficulty, contrasting on occasion with writing of affecting simplicity. The brilliant Jonathan Plowright is the ideal apologist for this music a keen advocate of the Polish Romantic repertoire, possessed of the highest qualities of technique and interpretation.