Notes and Editorial Reviews
"This finely played, acutely interpreted and attractively recorded recital reflects well on all concerned. Fiderkiewicz has, if one can put it this way, Chopinesque chops. She summons up the right sound, colours appositely, is constantly mindful of the rhythmic flux of the music and she vests things with apposite characterisation. In short she is a perceptive if sometimes wilful guide to the music and has constructed a balanced recital.
[The F sharp minor Nocturne] is pensive, reflective, rising and cresting with melancholic conviction. Above all she conjures the shifting patterns and moods with real concentration. The Opp.24 and 59 Mazurkas herald a series of elegance, touch, refinement and control. None is quite as fast
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as Rubinstein’s but they resolve their own momentum with consistent insights and a real sense of terpsichorean naturalness of rhythm.
The Third Ballade sounds closely allied to a watery Barcarolle in this persuasive performance. The glinting colour of the narrative is another decided plus – and unlike the opening Nocturne the narrative thread is more – though still occasionally idiosyncratically - anchored to pertinent paragraphs. The sole example of her way with the Preludes is richly voiced albeit the basic tempo is very slow. Finally there’s a really buoyant adrenalin-laced Polonaise-Fantasie in A flat major which finds all the moods, colours and textures as well as the dramatic frame of the thing. There’s elegance here but passion too with some very personalised rubati...Fiderkiewicz proves her credentials with this recital."
-- Jonathan Woolf, MusicWeb International
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Works on This Recording
1.
Polonaise-fantaisie for Piano in A flat major, B 159/Op. 61 by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:
Alicja Fiderkiewicz (Piano),
Alicja Fiderkiewicz (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1845-1846; Poland
Length: 13 Minutes 57 Secs.
2.
Nocturnes (2) for Piano, B 142/Op. 48 by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:
Alicja Fiderkiewicz (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1841; Paris, France
3.
Mazurkas (4) for Piano, B 89/Op. 24 by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:
Alicja Fiderkiewicz (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1834-1835; Paris, France
4.
Mazurkas (3) for Piano, B 157/Op. 59 by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:
Alicja Fiderkiewicz (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1845; Paris, France
5.
Ballade for Piano no 3 in A flat major, B 136/Op. 47 by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:
Alicja Fiderkiewicz (Piano),
Alicja Fiderkiewicz (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1840-1841; Paris, France
6.
Prelude for Piano in C sharp minor, B 141/Op. 45 by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:
Alicja Fiderkiewicz (Piano),
Alicja Fiderkiewicz (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1841; Paris, France
Length: 6 Minutes 33 Secs.
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