 | from Paderewski: Piano Sonata & Variations (CDA67562) 1 Theme: Maestoso [1'02] 29 minutes 26 seconds 22 tracks2 Variation I [0'57] 3 Variation II [0'58] 4 Variation III: Un poco più mosso ed agitato [0'34] 5 Variation IV: Animato [0'19] 6 Variation V: Vivace ma non troppo [0'35] 7 Variation VI: Andante ma non troppo [2'27] 8 Variation VII: Un poco animato [1'03] 9 Variation VIII: Allegro moderato [0'50] 10 Variation IX: Meno mosso [1'04] 11 Variation X: Gradioso [1'15] 12 Variation XI: Allegro scherzoso [0'53] 13 Variation XII: Maestoso [1'04] 14 Variation XIII: Agitato [0'36] 15 Variation XIV: Allegro feroce [1'07] 16 Variation XV: Andantino, con tenerezza [1'58] 17 Variation XVI: Moderato [1'42] 18 Variation XVII: Allegro ma non troppo [0'57] 19 Variation XVIII: Vivace [0'50] 20 Variation XIX: Un poco meno mosso ma molto agitato [0'52] 21 Variation XX: Allegro con fuoco [0'43] 22 Fugue: Allegro molto moderato [7'40] ‘Jonathan Plowright shines a powerful light on Paderewski … you have a pianist clearly in love with every bar of Paderewski's romantic rhetoric and it would be hard to imagine playing of greater ... ‘A distinctive and distinguished melodic voice shines through … everywhere there is always a strong sense of forward momentum … in Jonathan Plowright these works have a near-ideal interprete ... ‘It's all dense music, highly wrought, and Jonathan Plowright plays it quite superbly, with an enviable range of keyboard colour’ (The Guardian) |