Ignaz Paderewski: Klaviersonate op.21 auf CD

Mehr als sechs Jahrzehnte sind seit dem Tod von Ignacy Jan Paderewski vergangen, trotzdem herrscht noch immer eine gewisse Ambivalenz im Urteil über sein Wirken. Soll er nun vor allem als Pianist betrachtet werden oder war er doch eher ein Klavier spielender Komponist? Die vorliegende Aufnahme bezieht hier eindeutig Stellung, indem sie drei Kompositionen Paderewskis präsentiert. Neben zwei Variationszyklen ist das vor allem die groß angelegte Klaviersonate op. 21 – ein kraftvolles, ja turbulentes Werk, das mit seiner Leidenschaft und seinen hohen technischen Anforderungen Paderewskis Affinität zu Rachmaninoff zeigt.

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Approaching 150 years since the birth of Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860–1941) there remains a certain ambivalence about his legacy. Should he be judged primarily as a pianist or as a composer-pianist? The three works on this disc make the strongest possible case for the latter. The large-scale Piano Sonata in E flat minor, Op 21, is a powerful, turbulent work, showing the composer’s affinity with Rachmaninov in its passion and extreme technical difficulty, contrasting on occasion with writing of affecting simplicity. The brilliant Jonathan Plowright is the ideal apologist for this music—a keen advocate of the Polish Romantic repertoire, possessed of the highest qualities of technique and interpretation.

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'It's all dense music, highly wrought, and Jonathan Plowright plays it quite superbly, with an enviable range of keyboard colour' (The Guardian)

'… A pianist who clearly believes in the music, who has studied it with appreciation and insight. Jonathan Plowright fits the bill admirably – and he has the technical wherewithal to do it justice. He unfolds the extended Fugue of Opus 23 imperiously; here the astringency of Paderewski’s conception perfectly caps what has gone before. This is fascinating music impressively performed, recorded and annotated – and cannot be recommended too highly' (ClassicalSource. com)

'The music is by turns lyrical, tender, propulsive and bizarre … Plowright, who has made lesser-known composers a specialty … performs with conviction and panache. He gives Paderewski his due, revealing the seriousness of purpose, the lighthearted charm and a penchant for self-indulgence' (San Francisco Chronicle)

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