MALCUZYNSKI KRAKOW CHOPIN RECITAL 1959

WITOLD MALCUZYNSKI ’LIVE’ RECITAL OF CHOPIN IN KRAKOW POLAND IN 1959. SOME ALLOWANCES HAVE TO BE MADE FOR THE RECORDED SOUND. HE PLAYS POLONAISE IN C MINOR NO.2, BALLADE NO.2 IN F MAJOR, SONATA NO.2 IN B FLAT MINOR (FUNERAL MARCH), A SELECTION OF MAZURKAS, WALTZ BRILLANTE IN E FLAT AND THE SCHERZO NO.2 IN B FLAT MINOR. MALCUZYNSKI WAS A PIANIST IN THE GRAND MANNER WITH AN IMPRESSIVE STAGE PRESENSE, A FULL SONOROUS TONE AND AS CAN BE HEARD HERE, TO BE PERSONAL WITHOUT SOUNDING ECCENTRIC.