Janina Fialkowska
ACD2 2728
On December 15, 1842, Frederic Chopin wrote to Breitkopf and Haertel, his publishers in Leipzig, offering them a newly composed Ballade and a Scherzo, and mentioning a new Impromptu. The pieces involved were the 4th Scherzo, the 4th Ballade, and the 3rd Impromptu, without a doubt three of the composer's greatest works.
Janina Fialkowska's third Chopin Recital album is built around these late works. Also included is Chopin's final major work, the Polonaise-Fantaisie, a piece which stirs up wild and wishful speculations over the direction in which his compositional genius was heading before his fragile life came to its tragically premature end.
• For over 40 years, concert pianist Janina Fialkowska has enchanted audiences and critics around the world. She has been praised for her musical integrity, her refreshing natural approach and her unique piano sound thus becoming “one of the Grandes Dames of piano playing.”
• Ms Fialkowska's discography includes many award-winning discs, e.g. the BBC Music Magazine's 2013 “Instrumental CD of the Year” award for Chopin Recital 2.
• 2016 marked her 65th birthday which she celebrated by giving a year-long ‘Birthday Celebration Tour,’ performing several times in the England, Germany and Poland, but also playing concerts in Japan, Spain, Portugal, Wales, Northern Ireland and about 30 concerts in her native Canada.
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1. Polonaise-Fantaisie in A flat major, Op 61 | Polonaise-Fantasie en la bémol majeur, opus 61 [12:04] 2. Nocturne in B maJor, Op 9, No 3. | Nocturne en si majeur, opus 9 n° 3 [ 6:21] 3. Nocturne in F-sharp major, Op 15, No 2 | Nocturne en fa diese majeur, opus 15 n° 2 [ 3:39] 4. Imptomptu in C-flat, Op 51, No 3 | Impromptu en sol bèmol, opus 51 n° 3 [ 4:48] 5. Waltz in B minor, Op 69, No 2 | Valse en si mineur, opus 69 n° 2 [ 4:23] 6. Waltz in A-flat major, Op 42 | Valse en la bemol majeur, opus 42 [ 3:47] 7. Scherzo No 4 in E major, Op 54 | Scherzo n° 4 en mi majeur, opus 54 [10:53] 8. Prelude in E-flat minor. Op.28. No 14 | Prelude en mi bemol mineur opus 28 n° 14 [ 0:25] 9. Prelude in D-flat major, Op 28, No 15 | Prelude en rè bemol majeur, opus 28 n° 15 [ 5:27] 10. Ballade No 4 in F minor, Op 52; | Ballade n° 4 en fa mineur, opus 52 [10:25] |
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