Homage to Paderewski
JÓZEF WIENIAWSKI (1837-1912): Étude, Op. 44/22, ERNEST SCHELLING (1876-1939): Nocturne (Ragusa), [Con tenerezza], BÉLA BARTÓK (1881-1945): 3 Hungarian Folk-Tunes, Sz66, ARTHUR BENJAMIN (1893-1960): Elegiac Mazurka, THEODORE CHANLER (1902-1961): Aftermath, FELIX LABUNSKI (1892-1979): Threnody, MARIO CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO (1895-1968): Hommage à Paderewski, EUGENE GOOSSENS (1893-1962): Homage, RICHARD HAMMOND (1896-1980): Dance, DARIUS MILHAUD (1892-1974): Choral, BOHUSLAV MARTINU (1890-1959): Mazurka, JOAQUÍN NIN-CULMELL (1908-2004): In Memoriam Paderewski, (1884-1958): Hommage, Op. 58/2, VITTORIO RIETI (1898-1994): Allegro danzante, KAROL RATHAUS (1895-1954): Kujawiak, ZYGMUNT STOJOWSKI (1870-1946): Cradle Song, JAROMÍR WEINBERGER (1896-1967): Étude in G, BENJAMIN BRITTEN (1913-1976): Mazurka elegiaca for 2 Pianos, Op. 23/2 (Aaron Shore [second piano]), ALEKSANDER ZARZYCKI (1834-1895): Chant du printemps, Op. 34/1, CÉCILE CHAMINADE (1857-1944): Étude symphonique, Op. 28, FELIX BLUMENFELD (1863-1931): Kujawiak - Obertas from Suite polonaise, No. 2, Op. 31.

Catalogue Number: 11N067

Label: Hyperion

Reference: CDA 67903

Format: CD

Price: $18.98

Description: 17 of the 22 pieces here were commissioned for a tribute to Paderewski on the 50th anniversary of his first American concert tour; all the composers thus commissioned were either American, immigrants to America or stuck there at the start of World War II. When Paderewski died unexpectedly, the publication became an homage. The other five pieces were also dedicated to the great pianist, but they come from a longer period covering the first third of the 20th century. Jonathan Plowright (piano).