Warsaw Philharmonic – Chamber Music Hall

Piano Recital

Andrzej Wierciński – piano

Playing of crystalline clarity by Andrzej Wiercinski in the Beethoven-Penderecki Sfera Sacrum Easter Festival
From Scarlatti of such jewels with rays of light just sparkling from his wonderfully agile fingertips.
A Litanei by Schubert in a sumptuous transcription by Liszt played with truly heartrending delicacy contrasting with the transcendental fireworks of the A minor Paganini study.
Has Red riding hood ever had a more terrifying journey than with his Rachmaninov op 39 n. 6 Etude Tableau?
And I would never like to climb Ligeti’s Diabolic Staircase with this expert climber where even watching from the sidelines left one completely breathless.
But a Chopin B Minor Scherzo played with such mastery where Chopin’s extraordinary opening exuberance dissolved into the most sumptuous sounds and colours as he shaped the passionate contours as only a true native musician could.The beautiful Polish folk song that Chopin quotes in the central section was played with a magical sense of balance that seemed to give the piano a golden sheen before the final outburst of quite transcendental playing.
Rachmaninov’s Corelli variations were given an extraordinary performance of beauty and exuberance that I have already spoken about in a previous recital together with his recital that was so unforgettable last summer https://christopheraxworthymusiccommentary.wordpress.com/2020/08/16/andrzej-wiercinski-in-poland-from-the-ridiculous-to-the-sublime/

Domenico Scarlatti

Sonata in D minor, K. 1

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Sonata in C major, K. 159

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Sonata in G minor, K. 450

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Franz Schubert (ar. Ferenc Liszt)

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Litanei (Auf das Fest Aller Seelen), D. 343

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Ferenc Liszt

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Étude No. 6 in A minor from Grandes études de Paganini, S. 141

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Sergei Rachmaninov

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Étude No. 6 in A minor from Études-Tableaux, Op. 39

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György Ligeti

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Étude No. 13 „L’escalier du diable”

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Fryderyk Chopin

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Scherzo in B minor, Op. 20

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Sergei Rachmaninov

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Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42

https://christopheraxworthymusiccommentary.wordpress.com/2020/08/16/andrzej-wiercinski-in-poland-from-the-ridiculous-to-the-sublime/