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Paderewski - Selected US Victor Recordings 1914-1941

A choice selection of the Polish master’s prolific recorded output

Record and Artist Details

Composer or Director: Sergey Rachmaninov, Franz Schubert, Franz Liszt, Ludwig van Beethoven, Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Fryderyk Chopin, Richard Wagner, Robert Schumann, Felix Mendelssohn, Claude Debussy

Label: Naxos Historical

Media Format: CD or Download

Media Runtime: 79

Mastering:

Mono
ADD

Catalogue Number: 8 112011

Tracks:

Composition Artist Credit
Sonata for Piano No. 14, 'Moonlight', Movement: Adagio sostenuto Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
Ignace Jan Paderewski, Piano
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
Impromptus, Movement: No. 3 in B flat Franz Schubert, Composer
Franz Schubert, Composer
Ignace Jan Paderewski, Piano
(18) Lieder (Schubert), Movement: Ständchen von Shakespeare (Horch, horch, die Lerch!) Franz Liszt, Composer
Franz Liszt, Composer
Ignace Jan Paderewski, Piano
Waltzes, Movement: No. 5 in A flat, Op. 42 Fryderyk Chopin, Composer
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer
Ignace Jan Paderewski, Piano
Nocturnes, Movement: No. 5 in F sharp, Op. 15/2 Fryderyk Chopin, Composer
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer
Ignace Jan Paderewski, Piano
Mazurkas (Complete), Movement: No. 37 in A flat, Op. 59/2 (1845) Fryderyk Chopin, Composer
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer
Ignace Jan Paderewski, Piano
Mazurkas (Complete), Movement: No. 38 in F sharp minor, Op. 59/3 (1845) Fryderyk Chopin, Composer
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer
Ignace Jan Paderewski, Piano
(27) Etudes, Movement: C sharp minor, Op. 25/7 Fryderyk Chopin, Composer
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer
Ignace Jan Paderewski, Piano
(27) Etudes, Movement: D flat, Op. 25/8 Fryderyk Chopin, Composer
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer
Ignace Jan Paderewski, Piano
(27) Etudes, Movement: G flat, 'Butterfly's Wings', Op. 25/9 Fryderyk Chopin, Composer
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer
Ignace Jan Paderewski, Piano
(48) Songs without Words, Movement: No. 4, Presto in C, 'Spinnerlied: The Bee's Wedding' Felix Mendelssohn, Composer
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer
Ignace Jan Paderewski, Piano
(8) Fantasiestücke, Movement: No. 3, Warum? Robert Schumann, Composer
Ignace Jan Paderewski, Piano
Robert Schumann, Composer
(3) Concert Studies, Movement: No. 2, La leggierezza Franz Liszt, Composer
Franz Liszt, Composer
Ignace Jan Paderewski, Piano
(Der) Fliegende Holländer (Wagner) Spinning Chorus Franz Liszt, Composer
Franz Liszt, Composer
Ignace Jan Paderewski, Piano
Tristan und Isolde, Movement: Prelude Richard Wagner, Composer
Ignace Jan Paderewski, Piano
Richard Wagner, Composer
(5) Morceaux de fantaisie, Movement: No. 2, Prelude in C sharp minor Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer
Ignace Jan Paderewski, Piano
Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer
(24) Preludes, Movement: G sharp minor, Op. 32/12 Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer
Ignace Jan Paderewski, Piano
Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer
(24) Préludes, Movement: Minstrels Claude Debussy, Composer
Claude Debussy, Composer
Ignace Jan Paderewski, Piano
Chants du Voyageur, Movement: Andantino grazioso e moderato Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Composer
Ignace Jan Paderewski, Piano
Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Composer
Humoresques de concert, Movement: Menuet célèbre Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Composer
Ignace Jan Paderewski, Piano
Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Composer
Address at Golden Anniversary of American Debut Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Composer
Ignace Jan Paderewski, Piano
Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Composer
Despite (and often because of) such old-fashioned devices as the asynchronisation of hands and exaggerated rubato, there is playing of incomparable beauty on these 20 discs; many pianists today could learn much from listening to Paderewski’s clarity of line, luminous tone and artful use of the pedals. These (mainly) electrical sides were the first to approach capturing successfully the pianist’s unique sound (Ward Marston has done the audio restoration here) though the earliest, a 1914 acoustic of Schumann’s “Warum?”, is astonishingly successful for its time.

Producer Jonathan Summers has chosen short pieces representative of the more than 70 titles Paderewski recorded in America between 1914 and 1931 (after that date there were only three further sessions, in 1937 and 1938, all in London; the sole 1941 disc here is the pianist’s spoken address commemorating the 50th anniversary of his American debut). The most substantial works are Schubert’s B flat Impromptu (9'06"), lyrical and heartfelt, and of the Prelude to Tristan und Isolde (7'38") arranged by Paderewski’s pupil Ernest Schelling. Elsewhere there are the celebrated recordings of the Wagner-Liszt Spinnerlied and one of many of the pianist’s own ubiquitous Minuet in G; of particular interest are the two Chopin studies and Rachmaninov titles unpublished on 78rpm, the first (and only) movement of the Moonlight in which bars 34-42 are played with an accelerando and crescendo – an interesting (and, for me, entirely convincing) idea – and Rachmaninov’s famous Prelude the final page of which is executed with surprising ferocity. All in all, much to treasure, though a comprehensive survey of all Paderewski’s recordings is long overdue.

Paderewski - Selected US Victor Recordings 1914-1941

Sonata for Piano No. 14, 'Moonlight', Movement: Adagio sostenuto

Impromptus, Movement: No. 3 in B flat

(18) Lieder (Schubert), Movement: Ständchen von Shakespeare (Horch, horch, die Lerch!)

Waltzes, Movement: No. 5 in A flat, Op. 42

Nocturnes, Movement: No. 5 in F sharp, Op. 15/2

Mazurkas (Complete), Movement: No. 37 in A flat, Op. 59/2 (1845)

Mazurkas (Complete), Movement: No. 38 in F sharp minor, Op. 59/3 (1845)

(27) Etudes, Movement: C sharp minor, Op. 25/7

(27) Etudes, Movement: D flat, Op. 25/8

(27) Etudes, Movement: G flat, 'Butterfly's Wings', Op. 25/9

(48) Songs without Words, Movement: No. 4, Presto in C, 'Spinnerlied: The Bee's Wedding'

(8) Fantasiestücke, Movement: No. 3, Warum?

(3) Concert Studies, Movement: No. 2, La leggierezza

(Der) Fliegende Holländer (Wagner) Spinning Chorus

Tristan und Isolde, Movement: Prelude

(5) Morceaux de fantaisie, Movement: No. 2, Prelude in C sharp minor

(24) Preludes, Movement: G sharp minor, Op. 32/12

(24) Préludes, Movement: Minstrels

Chants du Voyageur, Movement: Andantino grazioso e moderato

Humoresques de concert, Movement: Menuet célèbre

Address at Golden Anniversary of American Debut

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