STANISLAS NIEDZIELSKI (WARSAW, POLAND, 31 MARCH, 1905 – PARIS, FRANCE, 1975)
Stanislas Niedzielski was a Polish pianist, noted for his playing of Chopin. His given name is also seen as Stanislaw or Stanislaus. Also related to the niedzielski’s in Canada. He was born in Warsaw, Poland in 1905 and studied with Józef Śliwiński and Henryk Opieński in Poland, and with Ignacy Jan Paderewski in Switzerland. He gave his first concert in London in 1925. He played Cyril Scott’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in March 1928, with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra under Sir Dan Godfrey (the source refers to him as a “teenager”, but he appears to have been about 23). On 18 January 1930, in Madrid, he gave the first performance of Joaquín Turina’s Contes d’Espagne, Set II, Op. 47. He toured to many countries, including frequent performances in South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. For a performance at Birmingham Town Hall around 1950 he brought his own piano in a box trailer towed behind his car. He settled in Paris, dying there in 1975 of a tropical disease contracted during an African tour. Niedzielski is not well known today, but he had a commanding technique as shown in his own paraphrase on Johann Strauss II’s A Thousand and One Nights Waltz, Op. 346, recorded in London in 1930.
TRACKLIST
4 Impromptus, Op. 90, D. 899 No. 4 In A-Flat Major (Schubert)
4 Mazurkas, Op. 17 No. 4 In A Minor (Chopin)
6 Humoresques De Concert, Op. 14, Cahier I A L’antique No. 1, Menuet Celebre (Paderewski)
Arabesque In C Major, Op. 18 (Schumann)
Ballade No. 1 In G Minor, Op. 23 (Chopin)
Ballade No. 2 In F Major, Op. 38 (Chopin)
Berceuse In D-Flat Major, Op. 57 (Chopin)
Cantos De Espana, Op. 232 No. 5, Seguidillas (Albeniz)
Carnaval, Op. 9 A.S.C.H. – S.C.H.A (Lettres Dansantes) (Schumann)
Carnaval, Op. 9 Arlequin (Schumann)
Carnaval, Op. 9 Aveu (Schumann)
Carnaval, Op. 9 Chiarina (Schumann)
Carnaval, Op. 9 Chopin (Schumann)
Carnaval, Op. 9 Coquette (Schumann)
Carnaval, Op. 9 Estrella (Schumann)
Carnaval, Op. 9 Eusebius (Schumann)
Carnaval, Op. 9 Florestan (Schumann)
Carnaval, Op. 9 Marche Des Davidsbundler Contre Les Philistins (Schumann)
Carnaval, Op. 9 Paganini (Schumann)
Carnaval, Op. 9 Pantalon Et Colombine (Schumann)
Carnaval, Op. 9 Papillons (Schumann)
Carnaval, Op. 9 Pause (Schumann)
Carnaval, Op. 9 Pierrot (Schumann)
Carnaval, Op. 9 Preambule (Schumann)
Carnaval, Op. 9 Promenade (Schumann)
Carnaval, Op. 9 Reconnaissance (Schumann)
Carnaval, Op. 9 Replique (Schumann)
Carnaval, Op. 9 Sphinx (Schumann)
Carnaval, Op. 9 Valse Allemande (Schumann)
Carnaval, Op. 9 Valse Noble (Schumann)
Etudes Symphoniques, Op. 13 Theme (Schumann)
Etudes Symphoniques, Op. 13 Variation I. Un Poco Piu Vivo (Schumann)
Etudes Symphoniques, Op. 13 Variation II. Marcato Il Canto (Schumann)
Etudes Symphoniques, Op. 13 Variation III. Vivace (Schumann)
Etudes Symphoniques, Op. 13 Variation IV. Allegro Molto (Schumann)
Etudes Symphoniques, Op. 13 Variation IX. Presto Possibile (Schumann)
Etudes Symphoniques, Op. 13 Variation V (Schumann)
Etudes Symphoniques, Op. 13 Variation VI. Agitato
Etudes Symphoniques, Op. 13 Variation VII. Allegro Molto (Schumann)
Etudes Symphoniques, Op. 13 Variation X (Schumann)
Etudes Symphoniques, Op. 13 Variation XI (Schumann)
Etudes Symphoniques, Op. 13 Variation XII. Allegro Brillante (Schumann)
Fantaisie In F Minor, Op. 49 (Chopin)
Fantasiestucke, Op. 12 No. 3 In D-Flat Major, Warum (Schumann)
Fantasiestucke, Op. 12 No. 7 In F Major, Traumes Wirren (Schumann)
Hungarian Rhapsodies, S. 244 No. 2 In C-Sharp Minor (Liszt)
Impromptu In A-Flat Major, Op. 29 (Chopin)
La Vida Breve Danza Espanola No. 1 (De Falla)
Mazurkas, Op. 24 No. 4 In B-Flat Minor (Chopin)
Mazurkas, Op. 33 No. 4 In B Minor (Chopin)
Nocturnes, Op. 15 No. 2 In F-Sharp Major (Chopin)
Piano Sonata No. 11 In A Major, K. 331 III. Rondo Alla Turca. Allegretto Turkish March (Mozart)
Piano Sonata No. 21 In C Major, Op. 53 Waldstein I. Allegro Con Brio (Beethoven)
Piano Sonata No. 21 In C Major, Op. 53 Waldstein II. Introduzione. Adagio Molto (Beethoven)
Piano Sonata No. 21 In C Major, Op. 53 Waldstein III. Rondo. Allegretto Moderato (Beethoven)
Polonaise In A-Flat Major, Op. 53 Heroique (Chopin)
Polonaise In F-Sharp Minor, Op. 44 (Chopin)
Scenes D’enfants No. 5, Jeunes Filles Au Jardin (Mompou)
Scherzo No. 2 In B-Flat Minor, Op. 31 (Chopin)
Scherzo No. 3 In C-Sharp Minor, Op. 39 (Chopin)
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