Album guide
Brillante: The Adam Makowicz Chopin Project
- Released
- 2010
- Label
- A.M. Global Arts Management
- Forces
- Piano, Solo
- Personnel
- Adam Makowicz and Ignacy Jan Paderewski
Across recordings made nearly a century apart, Makowicz answers Paderewski’s acoustic-era Chopin performances with newly recorded improvisations.
The difference in sound is left exposed, so each historic performance feels like a question to which Makowicz supplies a present-day reply.
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The album alternates the classical original with the jazz reading, so both play in the single player below and there is no separate classical side.
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Source works
The album’s complete track listing, with each classical source identified and original compositions marked plainly.
- The Maiden’s Wish, op.74 no.1 from “Polish Song” trans. F. Liszt (rec. January 1923)Chopin: The Maiden’s Wish, Op. 74 No. 1, transcribed by Liszt
- The Maiden’s Wish, op.74 no.1 from “Polish Song” trans. F. Liszt (jazz improvisation)Chopin: The Maiden’s Wish, Op. 74 No. 1, transcribed by Liszt
- Nocturne G major op.37 no.2 (rec. February 1925)Chopin: Nocturne in G major, Op. 37 No. 2
- Nocturne G major op.37 no.2 (jazz improvisation)Chopin: Nocturne in G major, Op. 37 No. 2
- My Joy, op.74 no.12 (rec. November 1922)Chopin: My Joy, Op. 74 No. 12
- My Joy, op.74 no.12 (jazz improvisation)Chopin: My Joy, Op. 74 No. 12
- Mazurka a minor, op.17 no.4 (rec. November 1924)Chopin: Mazurka in A minor, Op. 17 No. 4
- Mazurka a minor, op.17 no.4 (jazz improvisation)Chopin: Mazurka in A minor, Op. 17 No. 4
- Scherzo B flat minor, op.31 (jazz improvisation)Chopin: Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 31
- Scherzo C sharp minor, op.39 (rec. Octoober 1927)Chopin: Scherzo No. 3 in C-sharp minor, Op. 39