Ignacy Jan Paderewski - Paderewski: The 1911/1930 Original 78s (2008)

Ignacy Jan Paderewski Paderewski's career had a Faustian cast. His demonically driven determination to become a concert pianist, his magical audience rapport, his rapture-rife music, his political career as Poland's first prime minister, and his subsequent efforts to rescue Poland from political quagmire wear a legendary aura more often encountered in poetry. Born to a well-off, cultivated family, young Paderewski received piano lessons from an early age, entering the Warsaw Music Institute before he was 12 to study piano, harmony, and counterpoint. Upon graduation in 1878 the Institute engaged him as a piano teacher.

Track List:

CD1
01. Préludes, L. 117, Book I: I. Danseuses de Delphes
02. Préludes, L. 117, Book I: II. Voiles
03. Préludes, L. 117, Book I: III. Le vent dans la laine
04. Préludes, L. 117, Book I: XII. Minstrels
05. Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90: Prelude (Piano Arrangement by Ernest Henry Schelling)
06. Hungarian Dance in D-Flat Major, WoO 1 No. 6
07. Hungarian Dance in F Major, WoO 1 No. 7
08. Der fliegende Höllander, WWV 63: Summ und brumm, du gutes Rädchen ("Spinning Chorus")[Piano Arrangement by Listz]
09. Mazurka in D Major, Op. 33 No. 2
10. Mazurka in A-Flat Major, Op. 59 No. 2
11. Mazurka in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 63 No. 3
12. Nocturne in E-Flat Major, Op. 9 No. 2
13. Polonaise in E-Flat Minor, Op. 26 No. 2
14. One Lives but Once (Valse), Op. 167 (Piano Arrangement by Carl Tausig)
15. Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight": I. Adagio sostenuto
16. Grande valse brillante in E-Flat Major, Op. 18
17. Prélude in D-Flat Major, Op. 28 No. 15
18. Prélude in A-Flat Major, Op. 29 No. 17
19. Étude in E Major, Op. 10 No. 3

CD2
01. Étude in G-Flat Major, Op. 10 No. 5
02. Étude in C Major, Op. 10 No. 12
03. Impromptu in A-Flat Major, Op. 142 No. 2
04. Images, L. 110, Book I: No. 1, Reflets dans l'eau
05. Chant d'amour, Op. 26 No. 3
06. By the Broockside
07. Prophet Bird, Op. 82 No. 7
08. Nocturne à Raguze
09. Minuet in G Major, Op. 14 No. 1
10. Berceuse, Op. 57
11. Mazurka in A-Flat Major, Op. 59 No. 2
12. Mazurka in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 59 No. 3
13. My Joys, Op. 74 No. 12 (Piano Arrangement by Franz Liszt)
14. Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 35: III. Funeral March
15. Hungarian Rhapsody in C-Sharp Minor, S. 244 No. 2
16. Étude in G-Flat Major, Op. 25 No. 9
17. Étude in G-Sharp Minor, Op. 25 No. 6
18. Étude in A Minor, Op. 25 No. 11
19. Chant d'amour, Op. 26 No. 3
20. Spinning Song, Op. 67 No. 4
21. Chant du voyageur, Op. 8 No. 3

CD3
01. Premier livre de pièces de clavecin, Ordre cinquième: No. 8, La bandoline
02. Deuxième livre de pièces de clavecin: No. 4, Le carillon de Cythere
03. Valse in A-Flat Major, Op. 34 No. 1
04. Valse in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 64 No. 2
05. The Maiden's Wish, Op. 74 No. 1
06. Violin Concerto No. 2 in B Minor, Op. 7: III. Rondo "La campanella" (Piano Arrangement by Franz Liszt)
07. Ständchen, D. 889 "Hark! Hark! The Lark!" (Piano Arrangement by Franz Liszt)
08. Étude in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 25 No. 7
09. Étude in C Major, Op. 10 No. 7
10. Des Abends, Op. 12 No. 1
11. Aufschwung, Op. 12 No. 2
12. Warum?, Op. 12 No. 3
13. Étude de Concert in F Minor, S. 144 No. 2
14. Nocturne in F Major, Op. 15 No. 1
15. Nocturne in F-Sharp Major, Op. 15 No. 2
16. Valse in A-Flat Major, Op. 42
17. Hungarian Rhapsody in E Major, S. 244 No. 10
18. Impromptu in B-Flat Major, Op. 142 No. 3
19. Polonaise in A Major, Op. 40 No. 1