Paderewski: Variations et Fugue

In the Paderewski, we get sonorous tonality, smart phrasing and scintillating filigree. He shifts gears fluidly for the Godowsky, taking his time with the languorous introduction, and then introducing... — Fanfare, January/February 2020 More…

Release Date: 4th Oct 2019
Catalogue No: NIFCCD061
Label: Frederick Chopin Institute
Length: 47 minutes

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Paderewski: Theme in E-Flat Minor, Op. 23: Maestoso

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Paderewski: Variation No.1 an Fugue on an Original Theme in E-Flat Minor, Op. 23

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Paderewski: Variation No.2 an Fugue on an Original Theme in E-Flat Minor, Op. 23

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Paderewski: Variation No.3 an Fugue on an Original Theme in E-Flat Minor, Op. 23: Un poco piu mosso e agitato

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Paderewski: Variation No.4 an Fugue on an Original Theme in E-Flat Minor, Op. 23: Animato

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Paderewski: Variation No.5 an Fugue on an Original Theme in E-Flat Minor, Op. 23: Vivace ma non troppo

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Paderewski: Variation No.6 an Fugue on an Original Theme in E-Flat Minor, Op. 23: Andante ma non troppo

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Paderewski: Variation No.7 an Fugue on an Original Theme in E-Flat Minor, Op. 23: Un poco animato

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Paderewski: Variation No.8 an Fugue on an Original Theme in E-Flat Minor, Op. 23: Allegro moderato

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Paderewski: Variation No.9 an Fugue on an Original Theme in E-Flat Minor, Op. 23: Meno mosso

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Paderewski: Variation No.10 an Fugue on an Original Theme in E-Flat Minor, Op. 23: Grandioso

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Paderewski: Variation No.11 an Fugue on an Original Theme in E-Flat Minor, Op. 23: Allegro scherzoso

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Paderewski: Variation No.12 an Fugue on an Original Theme in E-Flat Minor, Op. 23: Maestoso

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Paderewski: Variation No.13 an Fugue on an Original Theme in E-Flat Minor, Op. 23: Agitato

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Paderewski: Variation No.14 an Fugue on an Original Theme in E-Flat Minor, Op. 23: Allegro feroce

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Paderewski: Variation No.15 an Fugue on an Original Theme in E-Flat Minor, Op. 23: Andantino

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Paderewski: Variation No.16 an Fugue on an Original Theme in E-Flat Minor, Op. 23: Moderato

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Paderewski: Variation No.17 an Fugue on an Original Theme in E-Flat Minor, Op. 23: Allegro ma non troppo

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Paderewski: Variation No.18 an Fugue on an Original Theme in E-Flat Minor, Op. 23: Vivace

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Paderewski: Variation No.19 an Fugue on an Original Theme in E-Flat Minor, Op. 23: Un poco meno mosso ma molto agitato

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Paderewski: Variation No.20 an Fugue on an Original Theme in E-Flat Minor, Op. 23: Allegro con fuoco

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Paderewski: Fugue in E-Flat Minor, Op. 23: Allegro molto moderato

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Godowsky: Symphonic Methamorphosis No.1, Kunstlerleben

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Paderewski: Nocturne No.4 in B-Flat Major, Op, 16

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Paderewski and Godowski, two great representatives of the Romantic pianistic tradition, also composed, and their works are sufficiently significant and enduring that they are still played by piano virtuosos today. They both belonged to the generation of pianists for whom the performance of musical works also meant their own compositions. In those days, it was generally accepted that virtuosos presented their own works during performances.

Argentinian pianist Nelson Goerner, already renowned as an artist displaying great facility in many different areas of the repertoire, including Polish music, decided that he was ready to take up the admirable challenge of recording some of the most important (and most difficult) works by Ignacy Jan Paderewski and Leopold Godowski.

His interpretations of Paderewski’s Op. 23 and Künstlerleben by Strauss-Godowski already merit our recognition for the very fact that he is tackling these extremely difficult works. Yet Goerner is a pianist with far broader horizons, aspiring in his interpretations to an ‘artistic ideal’. We hear this in his approach to Paderewski’s Variations, where he shows in an extremely interesting not to say revelatory way their excellent compositional qualities: their clear development, rich technique and above all monumental form, reaching a grand climax in the closing fugue. In a word, we have here a creation that shows Paderewski to be a master of the largescale cyclical form, clearly heading in the direction of modernist solutions.

Künstlerleben by Strauss-Godowski, meanwhile, remains a work regarded as an ‘open book’. In Nelson Goerner’s rendition, it is a composition in which the

breathtaking technical aspect can be perfectly combined with ... elegance.

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January/February 2020

In the Paderewski, we get sonorous tonality, smart phrasing and scintillating filigree. He shifts gears fluidly for the Godowsky, taking his time with the languorous introduction, and then introducing the theme with a wink and a nod. He then cruises with aplomb through the ocean of notes that Godowsky lays out. Goerner’s ease of presentation and genial and stylish manner are extraordinary, considering the layers of texture that may not be immediately apparent to a casual listener.

Awards Issue 2019

Goerner’s Künstlerleben is among the most atmospheric on disc, certainly not short on technical fluency and drama, and with a welcome clear sense of structure…I love the sense of exultation – pianistic and musical – that he brings to the performance.

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