Florian Stanisław Miładowski, a composer on this album, established an artistic friendship with Stanisław Moniuszko in Vilnius, and together they founded the St Cecilia Music Society to promote church music.
Album & Artwork
This album, titled 'Romantycy znani i nieznani' (Romantics: Known and Unknown), aims to popularize the works of two Polish Romantic composers: Fryderyk Chopin and the lesser-known Florian Stanisław Miładowski.
Composer Biography
Florian Stanisław Miładowski, a composer featured on this album, received his first music lessons from his father and later studied with pianist F. Thiebe in Vilnius.
Compositional Technique
Chopin's Variations in B flat major, Op. 2, on a theme from Mozart's 'Don Giovanni', are considered among the most demanding works in Chopin's entire legacy.
Critical Reception
Robert Schumann's words, 'Hats off, gentlemen, a genius!', referring to Fryderyk Chopin's Variations in B flat major, Op. 2, helped launch Chopin's international career.
Composition History
The piano works of Florian Miładowski, though almost completely forgotten today, gained the sympathy of Franz Liszt in the mid-1850s.
Recording & Production
This album presents a selection of Florian Miładowski's piano works, marking their world phonographic premiere.
