Fialkowska; Janina

Janina Fialkowska’s Superb Grieg Lyric Pieces

Jed Distler

Each generation of pianists contains at least a handful of artists who take the time to delve into Grieg’s Lyric Pieces, such as Walter Gieseking,

Janina Fialkowska’s Distinctive Chopin Mazurkas

Jed Distler

Janina Fialkowska’s 2008 and 2011 all-Chopin recital discs for Atma

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Janina Fialkowska’s Enchanting Schubert

Jed Distler

Janina Fialkowska’s first-ever solo Schubert release enchants from start to finish. She shapes the exposition of the little A major sonata’s Allegro moderato with a

Chopin: Etudes, etc/Fialkowska

Jed Distler

These 1997-99 Chopin recordings by Janina Fialkowska previously appeared on Opening Day, an obscure Canadian label. The dry, airless sonics seem to have gained a

Chopin: 14 piano works/Fialkowska

Jed Distler

In a catalog dominated by all-Chopin releases that focus upon complete works within a particular genre (the Sonatas, the Etudes, the Impromptus, and so forth),

Chopin: Etudes/Fialkowska

Jed Distler

Janina Fialkowska’s superb Liszt recordings (including a stunning Mephisto Waltz No. 1 “borrowed” by one Joyce Hatto) made me curious about her 1998 Chopin Etudes

Paderewski: Piano Concerto/Fialkowska

David Hurwitz

Ignacy Paderewski’s Piano Concerto belongs with the finest works of Romantic nationalism, right up there with the similar works of Grieg, Tchaikovsky, and Rachmaninov. The