 | from Hommage à Chopin (CDA67803) 1 Theme: Andantino [0'38] 21 minutes 17 seconds 14 tracks2 Variation I: Tranquillo [0'48] 3 Variation II: Gracioso [0'47] 4 Variation III: Lento [1'21] 5 Variation IV: Espressivo [1'30] 6 Variation V: Tempo di Mazurka [1'09] 7 Variation VI: Recitativo [1'34] 8 Variation VII: Allegro leggiero [0'47] 9 Variation VIII: Andante dolce e espressivo [2'37] 10 Variation IX: Valse [1'55] 11 Variation X: Évocation [2'39] 12 Variation XI: Lento dolce e legato [2'09] 13 Variation XII: Galope y epílogo [1'55] 14 Lento [1'28] ‘A fascinating collection, brilliantly dispatched by Plowright’ (The Mail on Sunday) ‘All of these multifaceted offerings (jewels as well as gemstones) show Jonathan Plowright as beguiling in intimacy … as he is magisterial in virtuosity. Such quality will leave lesser pianists b ... ‘Mompou's 11th variation is the sublimest track on the disc. It is in places like these that Plowright shows his real qualities as a virtuoso, especially his clarity of texture and instinct for phrasi ... |