Notes and Editorial Reviews
Rafal Blechacz Reveals Debussy’s and Szymanowski’s Musical Connection in this Album of Beauty.
Rafal Blechacz is by talent, proclivity, and nationality the perfect choice to record works by his fellow Pole, Szymanowski.
And therefore to record Debussy, too – whose presence in Szymanowski’s musical DNA looms large.
Arguably the greatest Polish composer since Chopin, Szymanowski was also influenced by Ravel, Scriabin, and Strauss.
For the first time on record Rafal Blechacz plays Szymanowski’s reverie-inducing music – a revelation to those unfamiliar with it.
Debussy’s Impressionist soundscapes (also new to Rafal Blechacz’s discography) – including Pour le piano and
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Estampes – are a natural fit for a Chopin expert such as he.
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Works on This Recording
1.
Suite for Piano "Pour le piano" by Claude Debussy
Performer:
Rafal Blechacz (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1896-1901; France
2.
L'isle joyeuse by Claude Debussy
Performer:
Rafal Blechacz (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1904; France
3.
Estampes (3) for Piano by Claude Debussy
Performer:
Rafal Blechacz (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1903; France
4.
Sonata for Piano no 1 in C minor, Op. 8 by Karol Szymanowski
Performer:
Rafal Blechacz (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1904; Warsaw, Poland
5.
Prelude and Fugue for Piano in C sharp minor by Karol Szymanowski
Performer:
Rafal Blechacz (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1905-1909; Warsaw, Poland
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