Frederick Chopin Institute
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It is [in the Chopin] especially that this replica of an 1819 Graf, and Ritter’s handling of it, comes into greatest focus with an articulation of phrase and texture that galvanises such familiar... —
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Chopin: Piano Concerto No.1 & JS Bach: Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue
Ewa Pobłocka (piano)
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Kazimierz Kord
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Schumann, Tchaikovsky, Lutoslawski: Cello Concertos
Andrzej Bauer (cello), Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jacek Kapszyk
Three contrasting cello concertos cast fresh light on each other in performances by Polish cellist Andrzej Bauer, whose cultivated, singing tone is a constant virtue...With the conductor Jacek... —
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2021, Concerto Choice
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It is seldom that recordings convey such a sense of lost beauty recovered as these in the Music of Chopin's Time series. Though rare, both these Piano Concertos have been previously recorded,... —
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2012, Orchestral Choice
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Stanislaw Moniuszko: Flis - the Raftsman
Ewa Tracz (Zosia), Matheus Pompeu (Franek), Mariusz Godlewski (Jakub), Aleksander Teliga (Antoni), Wojtek Gierlach (Szóstak), Paweł Cichoński (Feliks), Chór Opery i Filharmonii Podlaskiej, Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi
Flis may hardly rank beside [Moniuszko’s great operas Halk and Straszny Dwór] but, as this delightful first ever period-instrument recording shows, deserves far wider hearing…The choral writing... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, April 2020
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Arthur Rubinstein - Last Concert in Poland
Arthur Rubinstein, Lodz Philharmonic Orchestra, Henryk Czyz
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Concertos
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Special offer. Ignacy Jan Paderewski: Manru
Peter Berger, Ewa Tracz, Monika Ledzion-Porcynska, Anna Lubanska, Mikolaj Zalasinski, Dariusz Machej, Lukasz Golinski, Maciej Ufniak, Stanislaw Tomanek, Teatru Wielkiego-Opery Narodowej, Grzegorz Nowak
In this modern-dress production, all the roles are performed with conviction and the tensions inherent in the piece are painfully exposed. Ewa Tracz realises Ulana’s mix of strength and vulnerability,... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Video Performance
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Krogulski: Piano Concerto No. 1 & Lessel: Adagio et Rondeau
Howard Shelley (piano/conductor)
Sinfonia Varsovia
Not for the first time, one finds oneself asking ‘How does Howard Shelley do it?’ Quite apart from simultaneously leading the orchestra while nonchalantly dispatching showers of semiquavers... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Concerto
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Chopin: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
Yulianna Avdeeva (piano)
Orchestra of the 18th Century, Frans Bruggen
there seems to be a real spontaneity about Avdeeva's approach. It's as if by performing these works on a very different instrument from the usual modern concert grand she's discovering a new... —
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