
IGNAZ FRIEDMAN Highlights from his discography 1925-36![]()

If you've not yet entered the hallowed ground of Friedman worship, then hesitate no longer and bow the knee.
Highlights (1925-36) from his discography
containing 4 previously unpublished titles (marked +) and including
HUMMEL Rondo • BEETHOVEN Moonlight Sonata
FRIEDMAN Elle danse • Tabatière a musique • Shield Old English Menuet+
CHOPIN Polonaise 6 • Sonata 2 – III/IV • Waltz 9+
Mazurkas 17+ & 25+ • Impromptu 2 • Nocturne 16 • 4 Etudes
Who else launches Chopin’s "Revolutionary" Study with such incredible velocity, raising an aural storm in the process but with every note intact? Mendelssohn's elfin E minor Scherzo is a rocket trailed by stardust; Chopin's A flat Polonaise is all thunder and pride, and Hummel's elegant Rondo becomes a tonal hurricane... Four previously unissued tracks add further confirmation of Friedman's pianistic genius. The Independent (UK)
APR5508 £9.99 
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