Frédéric Chopin; Ignacy Jan Paderewski; Karol Szymanowski - Music for Piano & Orchestra (Elżbieta Wiedner-Zając)

Composer: Frédéric Chopin; Ignacy Jan Paderewski; Karol Szymanowski

1. Chopin - Rondo à la Krakowiak, in F major, Op. 14
2. Paderewski - Polish Fantasy, Op. 19
3. Szymanowski - Symphonie concertante, Op. 60 (Symphony No. 4): I. Moderato
4. Szymanowski - Symphonie concertante, Op. 60 (Symphony No. 4): II. Andante molto sostenuto
5. Szymanowski - Symphonie concertante, Op. 60 (Symphony No. 4): III. Allegro non troppo, ma agitato ad ausioso

Elżbieta Wiedner-Zając, piano
Silesian Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra
Mirosław Jacek Błaszczyk, conductor

Date: 2009
Label: DUX

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Frédéric Chopin (22 February or 1 March 1810 – 17 October 1849) was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of the Romantic era who wrote primarily for the solo piano. He gained and has maintained renown worldwide as one of the leading musicians of his era, whose "poetic genius was based on a professional technique that was without equal in his generation". Chopin's music, his status as one of music's earliest superstars, his association (if only indirect) with political insurrection, his love life and his early death have made him a leading symbol of the Romantic era in the public consciousness. His works remain popular, and he has been the subject of numerous films and biographies of varying degrees of historical accuracy.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Chopin

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Ignacy Jan Paderewski (18 November [O.S. 6 November] 1860 – 29 June 1941) was a Polish pianist and composer, politician, and spokesman for Polish independence. As a pianist, he was a favourite of concert audiences around the globe, and his musical fame opened access to diplomacy and the media. As a politician, he was the prime minister of Poland and also Poland's foreign minister in 1919, and represented Poland at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919. Despite his relentless touring schedule and political engagements, Paderewski left a legacy of over 70 orchestral, instrumental and vocal works.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignacy_Jan_Paderewski

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Karol Szymanowski (6 October 1882 – 29 March 1937) was a Polish composer and pianist, the most celebrated Polish composer of the early 20th century. His career divided in 3 periods. The early works show the influence of the late Romantic German school as well as the early works of Alexander Scriabin. Later, he developed an impressionistic and partially atonal style. His third period was influenced by the folk music of the Polish Górale people. He is considered a member of the late 19th-/early 20th-century modernist movement Young Poland and widely viewed as one of the greatest Polish composers.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karol_Szymanowski

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Elżbieta Wiedner-Zając is a Polish pianist and composer. She has been living in Vienna since 1979. She has won numerous prizes at piano competitions. She also received awards for her compositions as well.

http://www.wiedner-zajac.com/?lang=eng&id=22&PHPSESSID=q03lc90hs9oclna2j5uv4sag96

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