Jozef Wieniawski - Piano Sonata in B minor

Jerzy Sterczyński - Piano 00:00 Allegro con brio 10:43 Andante 19:29 Scherzo 23:52 Allegro Tumultuoso Jozef Wieniawski (1837-1912) was a Polish Composer and Pianist. He was the younger brother of the violinist and composer Henryk Wieniawski. After Franz Liszt, he was the first pianist to publicly perform all the études by Chopin. Józef Wieniawski studied at the Conservatoire de Paris with Pierre Zimmermann and Antoine François Marmontel in 1847. In 1855 he received a scholarship from the Tsar of Russia to study with Franz Liszt in Weimar and from 1856 until 1858 in Berlin with Adolf Bernhard Marx. On concert tours through Europe, he performed not only his own compositions, including the Piano Concerto in G minor, but also the works of composer Beethoven, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Liszt, Schumann and Weber. Józef Wieniawski also had works by contemporary Polish composers in the repertoire, such as Stanisław Moniuszko, Moritz Moszkowski, Carl Tausig, Władysław Żeleński, Antoni Stolpe and Edouard Wolff. In addition to a symphony and a piano concerto, Wieniawski composed among others a piano sonata, 24 études, two concert études, a ballad in E flat minor, polonaise, mazurka, barcarolles, impromptus, waltzes, and many short piano pieces. His compositions, written to be played at his own concerts, bear superior artistic qualities and technical difficulties of the highest level, giving so a clear idea of their author’s performing abilities. He left 11 mechanical recordings of his piano pieces which to date have not come to light. There is no copyright infringement intended. If you wish your recording to be removed, it can be done, please just leave me an email, which can be found at the channel’s about section.