Piotr Anderszewski at Carnegie Hall: Bach, Schumann, Janáček, Beethoven, Bartók (2009)

Posted By: ArlegZ

Date: Oct. 28, 2024

Since his first release for Virgin Classics, Beethoven’s Diabelli Variations in 2000, Polish pianist Piotr Anderszewski’s has produced a catalogue which ranges from Bach and Mozart, through more Beethoven to Chopin, Szymanowski and Webern, and which includes several prizewinning recordings.
Both intellectual and inspirational, Anderszewski has said of musical interpretation: “One can speculate endlessly about the right ingredients, the perfect combination but the essential question remains unanswerable, lying far beyond the limits of the cleverest and most refined argument. And yet one goes on searching and, while realising that the search is about everything, the essence may yet reveal itself in the most unexpected way.”
This new release captures live performances by Anderszewski at a very recent recital – December 2008 – in New York’s legendary Carnegie Hall. The critic of the New York Times made clear that this was an exceptional musical experience.
After a performance so intense and draining, the notion of encores almost seemed superfluous. But Bartók’s Three Hungarian Folksongs from the Csik District had a welcome earthiness”
Anderszewski repeated the programme in Chicago shortly afterwards, and the response of the Chicago Sun Times was at a similar level of enthusiasm:
“There is something deeply comforting about the kind of perfection that Polish-Hungarian pianist Piotr Anderszewski brought to his program of Bach, Janácek and Beethoven … Perfection is a relative term when it comes to art, of course. There are myriad but equally valid ways to play a Bach partita or Beethoven sonata … Different artists plumb different facets in a piece of music, and listeners can only benefit from hearing what each one has managed to unearth.
But during the two hours or so that they are onstage, artists like Anderszewski manage to create a universe that seems utterly complete unto itself. There is a sense of inevitability in their performance, a feeling that the true essence of a composer's intentions has been discovered. Especially when our daily lives are battered by forces beyond our control, it is reassuring to spend an afternoon in a world of such richly calibrated balance.“
“It can be hard not to wax hyperbolic when confronted with the pianist Piotr Anderszewski’s sensitive touch and potent imagination.” New York Times

Performer:
Piotr Anderszewski, piano

Tracklist:
CD1:
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Partita No.2 in C minor, BWV 826
01. I. Sinfonia (Grave adagio - Andante)
02. II. Allemande
03. III. Courante
04. IV. Sarabande
05. V. Rondeau
06. VI. Capriccio
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Op.26
07. I. Allegro (Sehr lebhaft)
08. II. Romanze (Ziemlich langsam)
09. III. Scherzino [no marking]
10. IV. Intermezzo (Mit grösster Energie)
11. V. Finale (Höchst lebhaft)
CD2:
Leoš Janáček (1854-1928)
V mlhách
01. I. Andante
02. II. Molto adagio
03. III. Andantino
04. IV. Presto
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Piano Sonata No.21 in A flat major, op.110
05. I. Moderato cantabile molto espressivo
06. II. Allegro molto
07. III. Adagio ma non troppo - Fuga (Allegro ma non troppo) - L'istesso tempo di Arioso - L'istesso tempo di Fuga - Meno allegro
Béla Bartók (1881-1945)
08. 3 Hungarian Folksongs from the Csík District, Sz 35a

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