1 JÓZEF WIENIAWSKI (1837–1912) Étude Op 44 No 22 [2'50]
2 ERNEST SCHELLING (1876–1939) Nocturne (Ragusa) [6'57] Homage to Paderewski (Boosey & Hawkes, 1942) BÉLA BARTÓK (1881–1945) Three Hungarian Folk-Tunes Sz66
3 Andante tranquillo, rubato [0'53]
4 Allegro non troppo, un poco rubato [1'02]
5 Maestoso [1'20]
6 ARTHUR BENJAMIN (1893–1960) Elegiac Mazurka [2'51]
7 THEODORE CHANLER (1902–1961) Aftermath [1'03]
8 FELIX LABUNSKI (1892–1979) Threnody [3'27]
9 MARIO CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO (1895–1968) Hommage a Paderewski [3'55]
10 SIR EUGENE GOOSSENS (1893–1962) Homage [2'21]
11 RICHARD HAMMOND (1896–1980) Dance [3'22]
12 DARIUS MILHAUD (1892–1974) Choral [1'55]
13 BOHUSLAV MARTINU (1890–1959) Mazurka H284 [1'51]
14 JOAQUÍN NIN-CULMELL (1908–2004) In Memoriam Paderewski [1'16]
15 EMERSON WHITHORNE (1884–1958) Hommage Op 58 No 2 [4'06]
16 VITTORIO RIETI (1898–1994) Allegro danzante [1'54]
17 ERNEST SCHELLING (1876–1939) Con tenerezza [3'41]
18 KAROL RATHAUS (1895–1954) Kujawiak [2'39]
19 SIGISMOND STOJOWSKI (1870–1946) Cradle Song [2'28]
20 JAROMÍR WEINBERGER (1896–1967) Étude in G major [4'11]
21 BENJAMIN BRITTEN (1913–1976) Mazurka elegiaca Op 23 No 2 with Aaron Shorr (piano) [8'21]
22 ALEKSANDER ZARZYCKI (1834–1895) Chant du printemps Op 34 No 1 [3'10]
23 CÉCILE CHAMINADE (1857–1944) Étude symphonique Op 28 [5'54]
24 FELIX BLUMENFELD (1863–1931) Kujawiak – Obertas No 2 from Suite polonaise No 2, Op 31 [3'12]

Following the resounding success of Jonathan Plowright’s 2010 Hommage a Chopin, the acclaimed British pianist becomes the first artist to record the album of works written and published in homage to one of the early twentieth century’s most fascinating figures, Polish pianist, composer and politician Ignacy Jan Paderewski.

Of the twenty-two works on this recording, from composers including Bartók, MartinÍ and Milhaud, sixteen were included in the memorial piano album Homage to Paderewski published by Boosey & Hawkes in New York in 1942. A further six pieces written for Paderewski also feature, including a Mazurka for two pianos by Britten originally intended for the volume (Britten misunderstood the commission, which specified solo piano), for which Plowright is joined by Aaron Shorr. These diverse works are performed with flair and dedication.