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Volumes 4 and 5 of Anu Vehviläinen’s series of Karol Szymanowski’s piano music explore different periods of the composer’s output. The double album includes the First Piano Sonata, the variation sets Opp. 3 and 10, and mazurkas from Op. 50. These works bring together late Romanticism, Szymanowski’s distinctive harmonic language and Polish dance traditions.

Tracks

  1. Variations in B-flat minor op. 3
  2. 1.Variations I-XIIcomp. Karol SzymanowskiISRC FIABA17001676:44
  3. Sonata no.1 in C minor op. 8
  4. 2.Allegro moderatocomp. Karol SzymanowskiISRC FIABA170016822:00
  5. 3.Adagio, molto tranquillo e dolcecomp. Karol SzymanowskiISRC FIABA17001691:12
  6. 4.Tempo di minuetto, comodocomp. Karol SzymanowskiISRC FIABA17001701:26
  7. 5.Finale: Introduzione, Adagio-Fuga a 3 voci, Allegro energicocomp. Karol SzymanowskiISRC FIABA17001710:35
  8. Twelve Studies op. 33
  9. 6.No. 4 Prestocomp. Karol SzymanowskiISRC FIABA17001721:16
  10. 7.Twelve studies op. 33 No 5 Andante espressivocomp. Karol SzymanowskiISRC FIABA17001730:51
  11. 8.Twelve studies op. 33 No 6 Vivacecomp. Karol SzymanowskiISRC FIABA17001740:34
  12. 9.Twelve studies op. 33 No 7 Allegro moltocomp. Karol SzymanowskiISRC FIABA17001750:48
  13. 10.Twelve studies op. 33 No 8 Lento assaicomp. Karol SzymanowskiISRC FIABA17001761:44
  14. 11.Twelve studies op. 33 No 9 Animatocomp. Karol SzymanowskiISRC FIABA17001771:02
  15. 12.Twelve studies op. 33 No 10 Prestocomp. Karol SzymanowskiISRC FIABA17001781:02
  16. 13.Twelve studies op. 33 No 11 Andante soavecomp. Karol SzymanowskiISRC FIABA17001791:37
  17. 14.Twelve studies op. 33 No 12 Prestocomp. Karol SzymanowskiISRC FIABA17001801:49
  18. 15.Four Polish Dances - Mazurka Tempi Mazurka, animatocomp. Karol SzymanowskiISRC FIABA17001811:14
  19. 16.Four Polish Dances - Krakowiak Allegro graziosocomp. Karol SzymanowskiISRC FIABA17001821:15
  20. 17.Four Polish Dances - Oberek Vivace e agitatocomp. Karol SzymanowskiISRC FIABA17001833:48
  21. 18.Four Polish Dances - Polonaise Moderato, Festivo, pomposocomp. Karol SzymanowskiISRC FIABA17001843:29
  22. 19.Romantic Waltz - Tempo di valse, Con moto, Animatocomp. Karol SzymanowskiISRC FIABA17001853:58
  23. 1.Variations in B-flat minor op.3 I–XIIcomp. Karol SzymanowskiISRC FIABA170018612:32
  24. 2.Sonata No 1 in C minor op. 8 Allegro moderatocomp. Karol SzymanowskiISRC FIABA17001878:02
  25. 3.Sonata No 1 in C minor op. 8 Adagio, molto tranquillo e dolcecomp. Karol SzymanowskiISRC FIABA17001886:00
  26. 4.Sonata No 1 in C minor op. 8 Tempo di minuetto, comodocomp. Karol SzymanowskiISRC FIABA17001894:20
  27. 5.Sonata No 1 in C minor op. 8 Finale : introduzione -Adagio-Fuga a 3 voci -allergo energicicomp. Karol SzymanowskiISRC FIABA170019011:21
  28. 6.Mazurkas 5-8 from Twenty Mazurkas No 5 Moderatocomp. Karol SzymanowskiISRC FIABA17001912:35
  29. 7.Mazurkas 5-8 from Twenty Mazurkas No 6 Vivace (Junacko)comp. Karol SzymanowskiISRC FIABA17001921:59
  30. 8.Mazurkas 5-8 from Twenty Mazurkas No 7 Poco vivace (Tempo oberka)comp. Karol SzymanowskiISRC FIABA17001931:52
  31. 9.Mazurkas 5-8 from Twenty Mazurkas No 8 Moderato (non troppo)comp. Karol SzymanowskiISRC FIABA17001942:49
  32. 10.Mazurkas 17-20 from Twenty Mazurkas for piano op. 50 No 17 Moderatocomp. Karol SzymanowskiISRC FIABA17001952:39
  33. 11.Mazurkas 17-20 from Twenty Mazurkas for piano op. 50 No 18 Vivace-agitato (Tempo oberka)comp. Karol SzymanowskiISRC FIABA17001962:51
  34. 12.Mazurkas 17-20 from Twenty Mazurkas for piano op. 50 No 19 Poco vivce-animato e graziosocomp. Karol SzymanowskiISRC FIABA17001971:28
  35. 13.Mazurkas 17-20 from Twenty Mazurkas for piano op. 50 Allegramente-con brio (Rubasznie)comp. Karol SzymanowskiISRC FIABA17001983:26

Reviews

  • She is also persuasive in the two early sets of Variations, Opp 3 and 10, in which the original voice of the composer is fleetingly heard amid allusions to Chopin and Scriabin.

    Gramophone · Patrick Rucker ·

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  • Karol Szymanowski was neither one of the 20th century piano-virtuoso-composers on the model of Bartók or Prokofiev nor an ardent self-publicist of Stravinsky’s ilk. For the longest time, if one were curious about his piano music, one had recourse to the recordings of his compatriots, Rubinstein and Małcużyński, and little else.

    Gramophone Magazine · Patrick Rucker

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  • Karol Szymanowski: Pianoteokset, voI. 4 & 5. Anu Vehviläinen, piano. Alba ABCD 407 1-2 (2 cd).

    Anu Vehviläinen välttää Karol Szymanowskin (1882-1937) pianoteosten levytysprojektissaan kokonaislevytyksiin usein tunkevan sudenkuopan, kuuliaisen luettelomaisuuden. Hän ei ole levyttänyt teoksia aikajärjestyksessä, vaan valikoi osat 3 ja 4 käsittävälle tuplalevylle kappaleita vuosilta 1900-1925. Szymanowskin pianosävellykset ovat lisäksi sekä tyyliltään että tyypeiltään hyvin erilaisia.…

    Rondo Classic 2/2018 · Antti Häyrynen

Details

Catalogue number
ABCD 407
EAN
6417513104073
Recording year
2016
Release year
2019
Format
2 CD

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