Jonathan Plowright - Hommage a Chopin auf CD

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Hommage à Chopin

Nicht nur in 2010 verneigt sich die Musikwelt vor dem Komponisten Frédéric Chopin. Bereits im 19. Jahrhundert huldigten Komponistenkollegen seinem Werk. Variationen und »Hommages« über Themen und Melodien von Chopin fanden Widerhall in den vielseitigsten Klavierstücken, die hier von Jonathan Plowright gesammelt wurden.

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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 pianist-composers—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.

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»Jonathan Plowright provides a fascinating conspectus of how Chopin's example has sparked ideas in others … This disc is a delight« (The Daily Telegraph)

»Fascinating, seldom-trodden paths of the vast 19th- and 20th- century piano literature that rarely find their way onto disc … Plowright's dazzling playing can't be faulted« (The Sunday Times)

»Jonathan Plowright has assembled a towering monument to the Chopin style« (Audiophile Audition, USA)

»A fascinating collection, brilliantly dispatched by Plowright« (The Mail on Sunday)

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FonoForum 06 / 10: »Plowright ist ein brillanter Musiker und ein bei aller Unaufdringlichkeit glänzender Pianist. Seine Stärke ist neben seinem Legato und einer bis zum zartesten Pianissimo herabreichenden Dynamikskala eine ebenso fließende wie geschlossene Gestaltungsweise. Sein Spiel klingt weich, aber nie verschwommen, dynamisch, aber niemals vordergründig. In jeder Hinsicht eine künstlerisch imponierende Veröffentlichung.«