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BARBARA HESSE-BUKOWSKA (1930-2013)
Polish pianist
Barbara Hesse-Bukowska was a pupil of Maria Wiłkomirska, took a second prize in the 1949 International Chopin Piano Competition, then studied with Artur Rubinstein in Paris. 'Nuff said.
Her very successful international career took her all over Europe during the 1950s through the 1970s as a recitalist and soloist in which capacity she performed under many of the great conductors of the age. She was warded the “Harriet Cohen Piano Medal - International Music Award” for best pianist of the year in 1962. Her dicography is considerable. It is my hope that many more examples of her art will appear on these pages before too long.
Barbara Hesse-Bukowska plays beautifully with that soupçon of a je ne sais quoi that only Polish pianists seem to have. Her tone is lovely, and her way with Chopin's embellishments are the envy of any.
Chopin 4 Mazurkas, Op 6
1 in F♯ minor
2 in C♯ minor
3 in E major
4 in E♭ minor
1 in B♭ major
2 in A minor
3 in F minor
4 in A♭ major
Chopin 4 Mazurkas, Op 17
1 in B major
2 in E minor
3 in A♭ major
4 in A minor
Chopin 4 Mazurkas, Op 24
1 in G minor
2 in C major
3 in A♭ major
Chopin 4 Mazurkas, Op 30
1 in C minor
2 in B minor
3 in D♭ major
4 in C♯ minor
Chopin 4 Mazurkas, Op 33
1 in G♯ minor
2 in D major
3 in C major
4 in B minor
3 in C major
4 in A minor
recorded in 1982
1 in C minor
2 in F♯ minor
recorded in 1954
Chopin Allegro de concert, Op 46
Chopin "Variations Pour Piano Sur Un Air Allemand" in E major (1824)
recorded in 1958
Chopin Héxameron Variation 6
recorded in the 1950s
Chopin Variations brillantes in B♭ major, Opus 12
on "Je vends des scapulaires" from Hérold's Ludovic
recorded in 1959
Chopin Waltz in A♭ major, Opus 42
recorded in 1954
Chopin Fugue in A minor, Op posth
recorded in 1958
Chopin Piano Concerto 1 in E minor, Op 11
Sir Adrian Boult conducting the Wiedeńskiej Opera Orchestra
recorded in 1960
ii Romance: Larghetto
iii Rondo: Vivace
Ludomir Różycki (1884-1953) Ballade, Op 2
Jana Krenza conducting the Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra
recorded in 2002
Milosz Magin (1929-1999) Krakowiak
Jerzy Kolaczkowski conducting the Orchestra of Radio Cracow
recorded in 1955
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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