Szymanowski: Piano Music

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Label
DUX
Release Date
November 2, 2018
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    Featuring
    • COMPOSER
      SZYMANOWSKI, KAROL
    • PERFORMER
      Radoslaw Sobczak
    Product Details
    • RELEASE DATE
      November 02, 2018
    • UPC
      5902547015026
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      DUX1502
    • LABEL
      DUX
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
    Works
    1. No. 1 in B Minor: Andante ma non troppo

      Composer: Karol Szymanowski

      Performer: Radosław Sobczak

    2. No. 2 in D Minor: Andante con moto

      Composer: Karol Szymanowski

      Performer: Radosław Sobczak

    3. No. 3 in D-Flat Major: Andantino

      Composer: Karol Szymanowski

      Performer: Radosław Sobczak

    4. No. 4 in B-Flat Minor: Andantino con moto

      Composer: Karol Szymanowski

      Performer: Radosław Sobczak

    5. No. 5 in D Minor: Allegro molto impetuoso

      Composer: Karol Szymanowski

      Performer: Radosław Sobczak

    6. No. 6 in A Minor: Lento mesto

      Composer: Karol Szymanowski

      Performer: Radosław Sobczak

    7. No. 7 in C Minor: Moderato

      Composer: Karol Szymanowski

      Performer: Radosław Sobczak

    8. No. 8 in E-Flat Minor: Andante ma non troppo

      Composer: Karol Szymanowski

      Performer: Radosław Sobczak

    9. No. 9 in B-Flat Minor: Lento mesto

      Composer: Karol Szymanowski

      Performer: Radosław Sobczak

    10. I. Allegro assai - Molto appassionato

      Composer: Karol Szymanowski

      Performer: Radosław Sobczak

    11. II. Allegretto tranquillo - Grazioso

      Composer: Karol Szymanowski

      Performer: Radosław Sobczak

    12. No. 14. Animato

      Composer: Karol Szymanowski

      Performer: Radosław Sobczak

    13. No. 15. Allegretto dolce

      Composer: Karol Szymanowski

      Performer: Radosław Sobczak

    14. 4 Studies, Op. 4: No. 3. Andante in modo d'una canzona

      Composer: Karol Szymanowski

      Performer: Radosław Sobczak


Piano works by Karol Szymanowski pose a considerable challenge to their performers. Although the composer himself was an active instrumentalist, he never thought about his works in a purely pianistic way. This work is full of textural complexities which, in combination with numerous compositional indications, regulating tempo and dynamics, do not facilitate interpretation. This recording of a pianist who earned a reputation as promoter of Polish music, Radoslaw Sobczak, shows that even the most difficult textural traps do not pose any difficulty for this artist. Born in 1981 in Pisz, Radoslaw Sobczak completed a piano performance degree in the studio of Prof. Edward Wolanin at the Fryderyk Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw in 2006. He then supplemented his musical studies with Prof. Victor Macarov. The pianist won 2nd Prize at the 1 European Piano Competition in memory of Halina Czerny-Stefanska in Poznan (2008). He also won an honorable mention at the 14th Fryderyk Chopin International Piano Competition in Warsaw in 2000, receiving the title of 'Best Polish Competitor', along with many special prizes, among them a Yamaha piano from the Prof. Regina Smendzianka Foundation and a scholarship from the Crescendum est Polonia Foundation. St