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WITOLD MALCUZYNSKI (1914-1977)
Polish pianist
Witold Malcuzynski was a pupil of the great Polish pedagogue Józef Turczyński. He went on to work under Marguerite Long and Isidor Philipp in Paris which led to a third prize at the Third International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw in 1937. That was the year that Yakov Zak and Rosa Tamarkina finished first and second respectively. Lance Dossor was fourth, the great Hungarian pianist, Agi Jambor, took a fifth, and Edith Picht-Axenfeld was sixth, all in that same competition.
Witold Malcuzynski was one of the great pianists of my youth. I spent my teenage years listening to him play Chopin. I had the chance to see him live at Carnegie Hall in New York a few years before he died when he performed the Liszt B minor Sonata, a performance I will never forget. This supremely elegant pianist with a shock of blond-white hair reached a point in the score which contained a passage of very complex finger work in the right hand. He rested his left hand on top of the piano as if he were at a cocktail party, and I thought to myself, that is how to play Liszt.
By following this link, you can hear Witold Malcuzynski play concerti by Chopin, Liszt, Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky and Brahms.
Bach-Busoni 'Chaconne'
recorded in 1970
Chopin Recital
recorded ca 1950
Ballade 2 in F major, Op 38
Nocturne 15 in F minor, Op 55~1
Nocturne 7 in C♯ minor, Op 27~1
Waltz 11 in G♭ major, Op 70~1
Waltz 6 in D♭ major, Op 64~1
Mazurka in C♯ minor, Op 30~4
Mazurka in A minor, Op 67~4
Mazurka in B minor, Op 33~4
Impromtu 1 in A♭ major, Op 29
Scherzo 2 in B♭ minor,Op.31
Chopin Impromptu 1 in A♭ major, Op 29
Chopin Etude in E major, Op. 10~3 "Tristesse"
performed by 1 Alexander Uninsky - 4:08 ➢ 2 Witold Malcuzynski - 8:15 ➢ 3 Milosz Magin
Chopin Mazurkas
in C major, Op 24~2
recorded in the early 1960's
in B♭ minor, Op 24~4
in D major, Op 33~2
in B minor, Op 33~4
in C♯ minor, Op 50~3
in C♯ minor, Op 56~3
recorded in 1968
in C♯ minor, Op 63~3
in F minor, Op 68~4
Chopin 6 Polonaises
1 Op 26~1 - 08:14 ➢ 2 Op 26~2 - 16:00 ➢ 3 Op 40~1
21:46 ➢ 4 Op 40~2 - 28:05 ➢ 5 Op 44 - 39:12 ➢ 6 Op 53
recorded in 1959
Chopin Waltzes
2 in A♭ major, Op 34~1
5 in A♭ major, Op 42
7 in C♯ minor, Op 64~2
14 in E minor, Op posth
Chopin Ballades
recorded in the early 1960s
1 in G minor, Op 23
2 in F major, Op 38
3 in A♭ major, Op 47
4 in F Minor, Op 52
Chopin Scherzo 2 in F minor, Op 31
recorded in 1947
Chopin Fantaisie in F minor, Op 49
recorded in 1960
Chopin Piano Sonata 2 in B♭ minor, Op 35
i Grave – Doppio movimento
ii Scherzo
iii Marche funèbre: Lento
iv Finale: Presto
Chopin Piano Sonata 3 in B minor, Op 58
i Allegro maestoso
ii Scherzo: Molto vivace
iii Largo
iv Finale: Presto non tanto
Brahms Handel Variations, Op 24
Part I
Part II
Brahms Rhapsody in G minor, Op 79~2
Brahms Intermezzo in E♭ minor, Op 118~6
Debussy "Ce qu'a vu le vent d'ouest" (Animé et tumultueux)
Prélude 7 from Book I
recorded live in 1967
Debussy "La Puerta del Vino" (Mouvement de Habanera)
Prélude 3 from Book II
recorded live in 1966
Szymanowski Etude in B♭ minor, Op 4
recorded ca 1940
For those of you who enjoy murder mysteries, here is my first with a strong musical polemic as background
Murder in the House of the Muse
which is also available as an audiobook.
And this is the more recently published second mystery in the series:
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