Schubert: Rarities & Short Piano Works Wojciech Waleczek

• Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828):
• 1 Schubert: 2 Scherzos, D. 593: No. 1, Allegretto 04:52
• 2 Schubert: 2 Scherzos, D. 593: No. 2, Allegro moderato 04:55
• 3 Schubert: Fantasy in C Minor, D. 2e 06:18
• 4 Schubert: Piano Sonata in E Major, D. 154 (Fragment) 02:38
• 5 Schubert: Fantasy in C Major, D. 605 (Fragment) 07:10
• 6 Schubert: March in E Major, D. 606 04:12
• 7 Schubert: March in B Minor, D. 757a 02:49
• 8 Schubert: Piano Piece in C Major, D. 916b (Sketch) 03:54
• 9 Schubert: Piano Piece in C Minor, D. 916c (Sketch) 05:24
• 10 Schubert: Fugue in D Minor, D. 13 03:30
• 11 Schubert: Fugue in C Major, D. 24a 03:53
• 12 Schubert: Fugue in G Major, D. 24b 02:18
• 13 Schubert: Fugue in D Minor, D. 24c 04:52
• 14 Schubert: Fugue in C Major, D. 24d (Fragment) 00:54
• 15 Schubert: Fugue in F Major, D. 25c (Fragment) 00:48
• 16 Schubert: 4 Fugal Sketches in B-Flat Major, D. 37a (Excerpts): No. 1, Allegro 00:59
• 17 Schubert: 4 Fugal Sketches in B-Flat Major, D. 37a (Excerpts): No. 3, — 00:38
• 18 Schubert: 4 Fugal Sketches in B-Flat Major, D. 37a (Excerpts): No. 4, — 00:43
• 19 Schubert: Fugue in E Minor, D. 41a (Fragment) 00:58
• 20 Schubert: Fugue in E Minor, D. 71b (Fragment) 01:34
• 21 Schubert: Overture to "Alfonso und Estrella", Op. 69, D. 759a 05:43
• Total Runtime 01:09:02

Info for Schubert: Rarities & Short Piano Works

Among Schubert's compositions are rare and overlooked works for solo piano that reflect staging posts of his short compositional life. As a boy he had studied with Salieri who almost certainly encouraged him to explore contrapuntal techniques in 1812 - the fugues and fugal expositions he wrote are testament to his secure grounding in the form. Schubert's admiration for Mozart is clear in the Fantasy in C minor, while the substantial Two Scherzi, D. 593 show early mastery. Also included is the Allegro in E major, Schubert's first, unfinished attempt at a piano sonata. Pianist Wojciech Waleczek recorded Liszt's Harmonies poétiques etreligieuses, Vol. 53 of the Complete Piano Music series on 8. 573773. Gramophone wrote: 'He is sufficiently technically equipped to allow his imagination full flight. He has a strong dramatic instinct and brings a sense of proportion when Liszt grows discursive. Perhaps most importantly, Waleczek conveys an aura of rapture to this music. '

Wojciech Waleczek, piano

Wojciech Waleczek
PhD, DSc, Prof. of the Silesian University in Katowice is recognized internationally as a pianist with uncompromisingly high standards in performance. Artist, born in 1980, has been pursuing a robust concert career playing as soloist with symphonic orchestras, solo piano recitals and chamber music concerts in the 27 countries of Europe as well as in Kazakhstan, Jordan, Tunesia, Palestina, Algeria, Iran, Iraq, Qatar, Japan, Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Guyana, Suriname, Canada and the USA.

He has appeared as a soloist with the orchestras of the following philharmonics: Kalisz, Karlovy Vary, Kielce, Koszalin, Lublin, Łódź, Opole, Pomeranian, Rzeszów, Toruń, Szczecin, Wałbrzych, Wrocław, Zabrze, Sinfonia Iuventus, Polish Chamber Philharmonic Sopot, Capella Bydgostiensis, Beethoven Academy Orchestra in Cracow, Polish Radio Orchestra in Warsaw, Elbląg Chamber Orchestra, Kaposvar Symphony Orchestra, National Chamber Orchestra of Moldova, Amman Symphony Orchestra, Symphonic Orchestra of Academic Theatre in Briest, Symphonic Orchestra of the National Theatre in Brazil, Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra. He co-operated with many conductors, including: M. J. Błaszczyk, Ł. Borowicz, K. Bumann, G. Chmura, S. Chrzanowski, M. Diadiura, M. Dworzyński, M. Fromanger, Chang Joon-Gun, M. Gawroński, Cz. Grabowski, I. Hobson, G. Kerenyi, V. Kiradijev, J. Kosek, M. Lebel, M. Nesterowicz, M. Metelska, O. Palymsky, D. Pavilionis, M. Pijarowski, P. Przytocki, W. Rajski, J. Rogala, Z. Rychert, J. Salwarowski, M. U. Sidiq, R. Silva, M. Smolij, A. Sosnovsky, M. Sugar, P. Veneri, T. Wojciechowski, M. Wolniewski, J. M. Zarzycki, A. Weiser, M. Żółtowski, B. Żurakowski.

Wojciech Waleczek has graduated with a distinction from the Academy of Music in Katowice, Poland in a piano class of Prof. Zbigniew Raubo in 2003. He continued his studies with Prof. Lee Kum-Sing in the Vancouver Academy of Music, Canada. He received the degrees of Doctor of Arts and Habilitated Doctor of Arts from the Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz, Poland (2014 and 2017).

Pianist was awarded by the Prime Minister, the Minister of Science and Higher Education and the Minister of Culture of the Republic of Poland, by the presidents of Katowice and Gliwice as well as by the Regional Council of the Silesian Province and many other private and public institutions.

Beside concert activity he works as a Professor of the Silesian University in Katowice.

He was awarded the Decoration of Honor „Meritorious for Polish Culture” by the Polish Minister of Culture and National Heritage in 2017, the Honorary Badge for Merits for the Silesian Voivodeship from the Silesian Council in 2018 and the Bronze Cross of Merit by the President of Poland.

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