Jonathan Plowright: Hommage à Chopin

Jonathan Plowright: piano

Impromptu on the themes of two Preludes by Chopin / Hommage à Chopin Op 111 No 1 / Studie (Hommage à Chopin) No 5 of Stimmungen Op 73 / Ten Variations on a Prelude of Chopin in C minor BV213a / Notturno (La réminiscence de Chopin) Op 48 No 1 / Un poco di Chopin Op 72 No 15 / Souvenir de Chopin / Three Mazurkas Op 32 No 1 / Hommage à Chopin / Variations sur un thème de Chopin / Hommage à Chopin No 2 of Lanterne magique Op 66 / Profil (Chopin) No 7 of Walzermasken / Hommage à Chopin No 9 of Contes de jeunesse Op 46

A must-have for any pianophile!!!
Gramophone Editor's Choir - April 2010
2010 sees the 200th anniversary of Chopin’s birth, and among the many celebratory recordings, this disc will stand out as an historic record of the composer’s extraordinary influence and legacy.
Chopin’s unique style of piano writing was to utterly transform the way in which composers wrote for and thought about the instrument. Few escaped some aspect of that legacy until the early years of the twentieth century; and few pianists have not had Chopin’s music in their concert repertoire. Small wonder that so many composers and pianistcomposers— major and minor—have felt moved to pay their respects to a musician for whom there is almost universal approbation. A fascinating selection of hommages are represented here.
Jonathan Plowright has recently been described as ‘one of the finest living pianists; the possessor of qualities that should no longer remain a secret’ (Gramophone). His formidable technique and musical integrity combine in a disc which is a must for any pianophile.

Price: $19.98