Search - Krystian Zimerman :: Grazyna Bacewicz: Piano Sonata No. 2; Quintets Nos. 1 & 2

Pianist Krystian Zimerman returned to the recording studio after a five-year absence to celebrate the 100th birthday of the foremost female Polish composer of the 20th century, Gra?yna Bacewicz. This album features two hugely imaginative piano quintets and the forceful Second Piano Sonata that Krystian Zimerman performed at the Salzburg Festival in 2008 to rhapsodic reviews. Die Presse wrote: "One is . . . unlikely to experience anywhere else Polish music of such power and charm and, at the same time, such refinement . . . In the "Maestoso" first movement, Zimerman demonstrated his incredible flexibility, impetuous passages merging directly into supple tenderness without any loss of tension." This album is only Zimerman's third chamber music recording for Deutsche Grammophon - rare music played with rare genius to revelatory effect.