Jordana Palovicova - Soirée Musicale (2023)

Profile recording of leading Slovak pianist Jordana Palovičová "Maria Szymanowska. Soirée musicale" pays tribute to Maria Szymanowska, one of the first female concert artists and composers ever, who greatly influenced the work of her younger compatriot Fryderyk Chopin. Not only in the Slovak context, the unique dramaturgy premieres a representative selection from the rich piano opus of the author. The recording of the leading Slovak pianist Jordana Palovičová presents a representative selection from Szymanowska's extensive piano opus, which includes nocturnes, romances, etudes, or preludes, polonaises, mazurkas and other dance forms. In addition to the solo pieces, a rare moment is also the introduction of a cycle of waltzes for three-handed piano (in collaboration with Jordana Palovičová's regular chamber partner Zuzana Biščáková, a. h.). The CD recording has the ambition to map a little-known personality of the piano art for the first time in the Slovak area for the contemporary percipient and to become at the same time a study material for the listeners of conservatories, respectively. VŠMU in subjects such as History of Piano Interpretation and Pedagogy, Interpretation Seminar or Piano History and Literature. Maria Szymanowska (1789-1831): 1. Nocturne "Le Murmure" in A major 2. Nocturne in B major 3. Dix-huit Danses de différence genre (selection) Quadrille in E flat major Polonoise e minor Contradance in A major Polonoise f minor 5. Menuet E major (from the cycle Six menuets pour le pianoforte) 6. Danse polonaise in B minor 7. Vingt Exercises Et Préludes pour Le Pianoforte (selection) B major B major D minor 8. Six Valses à trois mains (selection)* B major F minor F major G major 9. Polonoise sur l'Air national favori du feu Prince Joseph Poniatowsky C major 10. Romance de Monsieur le Prince Alexandre Galitzin arrangée pour le Pianoforte g minor 11. Vingt-quatre Mazurkas C major – F major – C major – F major – C major – G major – D major – D major – G major – C major – F major – B major – B major – E flat major – B major – F major – C major – G major – C major – F major – C major – G major – D major – D major