Felicja Blumental

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Felicja Blumental was born in Warsaw, Poland on 28th December 1908, where she studied at the National Conservatory, reading composition with Karol Szymanowski and piano with Zbigniew Drzewiecki, Joseph Goldberg, Stephan Askenase and Jósef Turczynski. She appeared with orchestras throughout Europe (the Philharmonia, the RPO, the LPO, LSO and Scottish National Orchestra) and her appearances in South and North America brought her further acclaim. While she was greatly admired for her interpretations of Chopin and Mozart, Felicja Blumental made a speciality of music outside the regular repertory, particularly from the late 18th and early 19th centuries. She recorded works for piano and orchestra by Clementi, Field, Kozeluch, Czerny, Hummel, Ries and Paderewski, among others, as well as the piano version of Beethoven's Violin Concerto. In addition to recording popular piano concertos, Ms. Blumental's repertoire also includes solo piano music by Spanish and Portuguese Baroque composers. She was greatly admired by notable 20th century composers who wrote pieces especially for her. Brazil's leading composer, Heitor Villa-Lobos, dedicated his Fifth Piano Concerto to Ms. Blumental, which she performed under the composer's baton with the leading orchestras of Europe and recorded for EMI in Paris with the Orchestre National. When Krzysztof Penderecki was commissioned to create a new work to mark the 25th anniversary of the Eastman School of Music, he wrote the Partita for Harpsichor

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The Spinning Girl

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Chopin Scherzos (Complete)

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Frederic Chopin: Waltzes

Chpin-Waltzes

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The Greatest Classical Masterpieces! Volume 4 (Remastered)

The Spirit of Poland: Szymanowski and Chopin

The Blumental Collection - Volume 1

Chopin: Waltzes

Polish Fantasy: Paderewski and Pendrecki

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Handel: Imeneo

Portuguese Keyboard Music Vol.1

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The Romantic Piano Concerto Anthology, Vol. 1, 1750-1822 [The VoxMegaBox Edition]

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