The pianist Marek KozÃ¡k is a student at the Music and Dance Faculty of the Prague Academy of Performing Arts in the class of Prof. Ivan KlÃ¡nsky. In February 2018 he won the European Piano Competition in Bremen. To his other achievements belong winning second place in the Prague Spring Competition 2016, where he was praised for his performance of the work KejklÃr (Jongleur) by the contemporary Czech composer Adam Skoumal- you can listen to that work on this recording. Other composers on this recording come from the Romantic era - CÃ©ar Franck, Fryderyk Chopin and Sergei Rachmaninoff. The last covered composer is classicistic Joseph Haydn with his Sonata in E Major.

Tracklist:

Piano Sonata In E-Flat Major, Hob. Deest: I. Allegro
Piano Sonata In E-Flat Major, Hob. Deest: II. Adagio
Piano Sonata In E-Flat Major, Hob. Deest: III. Finale. Presto
Prélude, Choral Et Fugue, M. 21
Andante Spianato & Grande Polonaise Brillante In E-Flat Major, Op. 22 (Version For Solo Piano)
Mazurka In C Minor, Op. 30 No. 1
Mazurka In B Minor, Op. 30 No. 2
Mazurka In D-Flat Major, Op. 30 No. 3
Mazurka In C-Sharp Minor, Op. 30 No. 4
Scherzo No. 3 In C-Sharp Minor, Op. 39
Études-Tableaux, Op. 39: No. 5 In E-Flat Minor. Appassionato
The Jongleur

UPC: 8594029812062
Label: Arcodiva
Release Date: 1.18.19
Format: CD

Chopin / Kozak - Piano (CD)