Maria Gabrys-Heyke - Karol Mikuli & Aleksander Michalowski: Piano Works

Karol Mikuli, a student of Fryderyk Chopin, and Aleksander Michalowski, a student of Karol Mikuli, were outstanding continuators of Chopin's ideas and aesthetics. Thanks to their extremely intensive teaching activity, they had a significant impact on several generations of pianists of such caliber as Raul Koczalski, Roza Etkin, Wanda Landowska, Jerzy Lefeld, Ludomir Rozycki, Piotr Rytel, Wladyslaw Szpilman and Jerzy Zurawlew. They also contributed to the creation of Chopin style. While their didactic and popularizing activity is present in the consciousness of contemporary pianists, their compositional output remains almost completely unknown. The extraordinary beauty of compositions by Karol Mikuli and Aleksander Michalowski is recorded here on CD by an excellent pianist and outstanding specialist in period instruments, Maria Gabrys-Heyke.

The album, presenting these eminent figures and their rich piano and composing activities, not only complements the images of Karol Mikuli and Aleksander Michalowski, but also seems to be a very valuable addition to the obligatory knowledge of every fan of Fryderyk Chopin's work.