Hommage à Chopin
A novel celebration for Chopin Year with thrilling playing from Jonathan Plowright
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Composer or Director: Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev, Benjamin (Louis Paul) Godard, Franz Bendel, Eduard Nápravník, Edvard Grieg, Federico Mompou, Ferruccio (Dante Michelangiolo Benvenuto) Busoni, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Lennox (Randall Francis) Berkeley, Theodore Leschetizky, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Leopold Godowsky, Arthur Honegger
Label: Hyperion
Magazine Review Date: 4/2010
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 80
Mastering:
Stereo
DDD
Catalogue Number: CDA67803

Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
---|---|
Impromptu (on two preludes of Chopin) |
Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev, Composer
Jonathan Plowright, Piano Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev, Composer |
Hommage à Chopin |
Franz Bendel, Composer
Franz Bendel, Composer Jonathan Plowright, Piano |
Stimmungen, Movement: Study: Homage to Chopin |
Edvard Grieg, Composer
Edvard Grieg, Composer Jonathan Plowright, Piano |
(10) Variations on Chopin's C minor Prelude |
Ferruccio (Dante Michelangiolo Benvenuto) Busoni, Composer
Ferruccio (Dante Michelangiolo Benvenuto) Busoni, Composer Jonathan Plowright, Piano |
Notturno, 'La réminiscence de Chopin' |
Eduard Nápravník, Composer
Eduard Nápravník, Composer Jonathan Plowright, Piano |
(18) Morceaux, Movement: Un poco di Chopin. C sharp minor |
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer
Jonathan Plowright, Piano Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer |
Souvenir de Chopin |
Arthur Honegger, Composer
Arthur Honegger, Composer Jonathan Plowright, Piano |
(3) Mazurkas |
Lennox (Randall Francis) Berkeley, Composer
Jonathan Plowright, Piano Lennox (Randall Francis) Berkeley, Composer |
(12) Variations sur un thème de Chopin |
Federico Mompou, Composer
Federico Mompou, Composer Jonathan Plowright, Piano |
(24) Walzermasken, Movement: Profil (Chopin) |
Leopold Godowsky, Composer
Jonathan Plowright, Piano Leopold Godowsky, Composer |
Tales of Childhood, Movement: Hommage à Chopin |
Theodore Leschetizky, Composer
Jonathan Plowright, Piano Theodore Leschetizky, Composer |
Author: Bryce Morrison
The most substantial offerings are from Mompou whose extended Variations reflect much of an inimitable magic later memorably verbalised by Wilfrid Mellers in his book La jardin retrouvé, while the sobriety of Chopin’s C minor Prelude lends itself ideally to elaboration through Busoni’s austere genius.
All of these multifaceted offerings (jewels as well as gemstones) show Jonathan Plowright as beguiling in intimacy (try Variation 8 from the Mompou) as he is magisterial in virtuosity (the Balakirev). Such quality will leave lesser pianists bemused, and as on Plowright’s earlier superb Hyperion recordings he has been immaculately recorded.
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