Adam Harasiewicz
Adam Harasiewicz is a Polish pianist who was a prominent figure on the concert and recording scene for much of the latter twentieth century. He has largely been associated with Chopin, whose works he recorded heavily and to great critical acclaim. He has often been mentioned with Argerich, Rubinstein, Zimerman, and Cortot as among the leading interpreters of Chopin's music. While he has played the works of many other composers, most notably Brahms and Szymanowski, he developed the reputation early on as a Chopin specialist, a status that may have limited his career but one in which he was complicit in cultivating. Still, that view of his pianism was obviously a great tribute to his skills. Harasiewicz's style has been described as eclectic in his evenness of voicing, crisp powerful tone, and deft sense for the dramatic. Harasiewicz made a fair number of recordings during his most prominent years (the latter 1950s through the 1960s), mostly for the Philips label, which, along with Brilliant Classics and Laserlight, still offers many of his recordings.
Adam Harasiewicz was born in the small Polish city of Chodzie on July 1, 1932. After studies in his homeland, Harasiewicz had a meteoric rise when he captured first prize at the fifth Chopin International Competition in Warsaw (1955). This achievement has become all the more impressive in view of the list of pianists performing at that event, which included Vladimir Ashkenazy and Fou Ts'ong. Some of Harasiewicz's performances there have been made available in the new century, including a notable reading of the Chopin Piano Concerto No. 2, issued by Laserlight in 2000.
In 1958 Harasiewicz made a critically acclaimed studio recording of both Chopin concertos for Philips with Heinrich Hollreiser and the Vienna Symphony Orchestra. In 1960 he appeared in concert at the U.N. to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Chopin's birth. By this time he had launched a highly successful international career with important concert dates throughout Europe and the United States.
Throughout the 1960s he made numerous recordings of Chopin's works for Philips, including the complete preludes, nocturnes, and etudes. Though Harasiewicz remained active after 1970, his recording career was largely behind him and his name faded. His reputation revived in the latter twentieth and early twenty first centuries with the reissue of many of his recordings. Among the more popular and successful of these is the 2007 Brilliant Classics CD of the nocturnes.
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Discographie
19 album(s) • Trié par Meilleures ventes
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Frédéric Chopin: 24 Preludes Op.28, Prelude Op.45 by Adam Harasiewicz (2023 Remastered, Studio 1963)
Classique - Paru chez Alexandre Bak - Classical Music Reference Recording le 29 juin 2023
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Chopin: The 21 Nocturnes; The 26 Préludes
Classique - Paru chez Decca Music Group Ltd. le 1 janv. 1994
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Chopin: The Polonaises/17 Waltzes
Classique - Paru chez Decca Music Group Ltd. le 1 janv. 1999
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Chopin: 19 Nocturnes by Adam Harasiewicz (2023 Remastered)
Classique - Paru chez Alexandre Bak - Classical Music Reference Recording le 28 juin 2023
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Chopin - Preludes, Etudes, Other Works
Classique - Paru chez UME - Global Clearing House le 6 janv. 2023
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Chopin: The 2 Piano Concertos by by Adam Harasiewicz (2023 Remastered)
Adam Harasiewicz, Heinrich Hollreiser, Wiener Symphoniker
Classique - Paru chez Alexandre Bak - Classical Music Reference Recording le 3 juil. 2023
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Chopin: 4 Impromptus, 4 Scherzos by Adam Harasiewicz (2023 Remastered)
Classique - Paru chez Alexandre Bak - Classical Music Reference Recording le 27 juin 2023
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Chopin: Études Op.10, Op. 25 by Adam Harasiewicz (2023 Remastered, Studio 1961)
Classique - Paru chez Alexandre Bak - Classical Music Reference Recording le 22 juin 2023
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Chopin: Piano Sonatas Nos. 2,3 by Adam Harasiewicz (2023 Remastered)
Classique - Paru chez Alexandre Bak - Classical Music Reference Recording le 26 juin 2023
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Harasiewicz plays Chopin
Classique - Paru chez Deutsche Grammophon (DG) le 1 janv. 1999
Discothèque Idéale Qobuz16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Récital Chopin (Mono Version)
Divers - Paru chez BNF Collection le 1 janv. 1961
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Récital Chopin (Mono Version)
Classique - Paru chez BNF Collection le 1 janv. 1960
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Chopin: Concerto pour piano No. 2 (Mono Version)
Adam Harasiewicz, Heinrich Hollreiser, Wiener Symphoniker
Divers - Paru chez BNF Collection le 1 janv. 1960
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Chopin: Concerto pour piano No. 1 (Mono Version)
Adam Harasiewicz, Heinrich Hollreiser, Wiener Symphoniker
Divers - Paru chez BNF Collection le 1 janv. 1960
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Chopin: Récital (Mono Version)
Classique - Paru chez BNF Collection le 1 janv. 1958
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Chopin: Pièces pour piano (Mono Version)
Divers - Paru chez BNF Collection le 1 janv. 1961
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Chopin
Classique - Paru chez and more bears Richard Weize le 8 juin 2012
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Frédéric Chopin: Piano Concertos No. 1 & No. 2
Classique - Paru chez Sinetone PCA le 10 juil. 2015
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo