Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, National Philharmonic Orchestra Warsaw, Halina Czerny-Stefánska - In Love with Chopin (2020)

Tracklist

CD1
01. Andante spianato et grande polonaise brillante in E-Flat Major, Op. 22 (1)
02. Polonaise in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 26 No. 1
03. Polonaise in E-Flat Minor, Op. 26 No. 2
04. Polonaise in A Major, Op. 40 No. 1 "Military"
05. Polonaise in C Minor, Op. 40 No. 2
06. Polonaise in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 44
07. Polonaise in B-Flat Major, Op. 53 "Heroica"
08. Polonaise in D Minor, Op. 71 No. 1
09. Polonaise in B-Flat Major, Op. 71 No. 2

CD2
01. Mazurka No. 2 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 6 No. 2
02. Mazurka No. 13 in A Minor, Op. 17 No. 4
03. Mazurka No. 23 in D Major, Op. 33 No. 2
04. Mazurka No. 41 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 63 No. 3
05. Mazurka No. 47 in a Minior, Op. 67 No. 4
06. Mazurka No. 49 in A Minor, Op. Posth. 68 No. 2
07. 24 Préludes, Op. 28 (Excerpts)

CD3
01. Waltz in E-Flat Major, Op. 18 "Grand valse brillante"
02. Fantaisie Impromptu in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 66
03. Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23
04. Ballade No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 52
05. Nocturne in C Minor, Op. 48 No. 1
06. Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Op.11: I. Allegro maestoso (1)
07. Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Op.11: II. Romance. Larghetto (1)
08. Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Op.11: III. Rondo. Vivace (1)

CD4
01. Andante spianato et grande polonaise brillante in E-Flat Major, Op. 22 (2)
02. Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Op.11: I. Allegro maestoso (2)
03. Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Op.11: II. Romance. Larghetto (2)
04. Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Op.11: III. Rondo. Vivace (2)


Halina Czerny-Stefánska, who was born in Kraków in 1922 and died there in 2001, achieved international fame as an interpreter of Chopin. On the 150th anniversary of the Polish composer's birth, the state-owned record company Polskie Nagrania produced a comprehensive collection of his works, featuring a number of her exemplary recordings, which form a major part of this CD set. Halina Czerny-Stefánska hailed from a family defined by music. Her father, who also became her first teacher, was a direct descendant of Beethovens pupil the composer Carl Czerny. She first came to the attention of the international world of music when in 1949, at the first post-war Chopin competition in Warsaw, she won first prize. She was the first Polish winner in this competition, the prizes of which had hitherto gone exclusively to artists from the Soviet Union. This was the birth of a worldwide career.

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