Chopin: Piano Works

Featuring

Marek Mizera
Frédéric Chopin

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Performer Biography

Pianist Marek Mizera has released several recordings for the DUX recording label, which also produced this album.

Recording & Production

This album was recorded in March 2021 at the Concert Hall of the Grażyna and Kiejstut Academy of Music in Łódź, Poland.

Composition History

The middle section of Chopin's Scherzo in B minor, Op. 20, echoes the Christmas carol 'Lulajże Jezuniu', likely because it was composed during Chopin's first Christmas in exile.

Compositional Technique

Chopin's Lento con gran espressione in C sharp minor, Op. posth., includes self-quotes from his Piano Concerto in F minor, Op. 21, and the song 'The Wish'.

Performer Biography

Marek Mizera, the pianist on this album, graduated from the Fryderyk Chopin Music Academy in Warsaw and has performed in numerous countries worldwide.

Performer Biography

Marek Mizera, the pianist, is also a professor at the Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce.

Compositional Technique

Chopin's Scherzos are considered among the most challenging piano pieces of the 19th century, combining his unique idiom with dramatic, lyrical, and virtuoso elements.