Celebrating Chopin
Hommage à Chopin
Works by Balakirev, Bendel, Grieg, Busoni, Nápravník, Tchaikovsky, Honegger, L Berkeley, Villa-Lobos, Mompou, Godard, Godowsky & Leschetizky Jonathan Plowright (piano)
Hyperion CDA 67803 79:40 mins
‘Jonathan Plowright’s entertaining recital shows his real qualities as a virtuoso, especially his clarity of texture and unerring instinct for phrasing. Warmly recommended’ Calum MacDonald
A full review plus star ratings will be published in our March 2010 issue
Comments: 2
A great composer to celebrate
Tue, 09/03/2010 - 22:08
It's hard to believe a man created something as beautiful as the Chopin nocturne two centuries ago, but now is certainly the right time to celebrate the great composer's 200th birthday.
Celbrating Chopin
Thu, 18/02/2010 - 19:40
Jonathan Plowright has done a great job in discovering music which is akin to that of Chopin. The piece here is delightful and so were others I heard on Classic FM recently. Lovely disc.
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