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Ewa Pobłocka recording of Das Wohltemperierte Klavier I - National Fryderyk Chopin Institute

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Grammophone Magazine Recording of the Month JS Bach  Das Wohltemperirte Clavier, Book 1  Ewa Pobłocka   pf  (Fryderyk Chopin Institute NIFCCD 062-063)  Ewa Pobłocka may not be among the most familiar names, but this is simply wonderful Bach-playing, by turns effervescent and consoling, musically imaginative and pianistically resourceful. Click to  Read the review I would wish to endorse and congratulate  Ewa Pobłocka  on   this proud award. I agree with many of the above reviewer's comments (do read it) and encourage you to add this superb account to your music collection.  The present recording has been superbly engineered the the outstanding sound man Lech Dudzik and Gabriela Blicharz on a glorious Japanese   Shigeru Kawai SK-EX. I would also wish to remind readers of the remarkable birthday recital  Ewa Pobłocka gave on 22 November 2017 at the Filharmonia in Warsaw. I re-post this as I was fortunate enough to be able to attend this magnificent live re

Fryderyk Chopin's Birthday - 1 March 1810 - Wszystkiego najlepszego Frycek! (Happy Birthday Fryderyk!)

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Fryderyk Chopin 1 March 1810 Żelzowa Wola, Poland - 17 October 1849, Paris For a fascinating detailed examination in English of the originally disputed date of his birth  http://en.chopin.nifc.pl/chopin/life/biography/page/2