"Tempestuous, almost orchestral accounts of Chopin's best known Polonaises from a pianist with a strong affinity for this
music. The closely recorded programme culminates with a sweeping Polonaise-Fantasie, Op. 61." BBC Music Magazine
This [under the title 'Polonia'] was the pianist Pascal Amoyel's third recording for La Dolce Volta after his much acclaimed
Alkan and Liszt discs. He gave an interpretation of the great Polonaises as metaphors of the Polish diaspora: of exile, sorrow
and despair. The 'Polonaise-Fantaisie', a synthesis of all the others, closes this sumptuous recording, now repackaged as a
Catalogue CD 2017 at mid price.
1 Polonaise op.26 no.1 - Allegro 8'10
2 Polonaise op.26 no.2 - Maestoso 7'21
3 Polonaise op.40 no.1 - Allegro con brio 6'16
4 Polonaise op.40 no.2 - Allegro maestoso 8'14
5 Polonaise op.44 11'12
6 Polonaise op.53 - Maestoso 7'20
7 Polonaise-Fantaisie op.61 - Allegro maestoso 14'01 |
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