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Voices of the Press
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Répertoire (France)
Une interprétation vivante, trouvant un juste équilibre entre élégance et flamboyance. [A lively interpretation that finds just the right balance between elegance and flamboyance.]
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Le Soleil (Québec)
Il possède néamoins une fraicheur, une grâce et un style qui auront sûrement inspiré la pianiste montréalise Janina Fialkowska ... livre une intreprétation consistante, convaincante et fort belle. [This concerto possesses a freshness, grace and style that surely inspired Montreal pianist Janina Fialkowska, who delivers a reading that is consistent, convincing and beautiful.]
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The Magic Flute (Robert Jordan)
Janina Fialkowska has not only a marvelous interpretive affinity for this music but the technical chops to match. Paderewski's Piano Concerto has many charming melodies, tremendous bravura passages and plenty of interesting interaction between piano and orchestra. (A) most attractive disc.
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The Gazette (Montreal)
This is fresh and unpretentious music, and richly orchestrated. Fialkowska plays with natural grace rather than bravura. It is the right approach. Recommended.
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The Independent (London, UK)
Paderewski'sPiano Concerto of 1888 is a lovely work, a vehicle for virtuoso display, as is the Fantasy. Janina Fialkowska is an articulate and sensitive soloist.
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International Record Review
Fialkowska brings us the first budget-price version (of Paderewski's Piano Concerto) and lavishes her considerable resources on both the concerto and the lively, attractive Polish Fantasy.
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Gramophone
Since her early days as a Rubinstein protégée, Fialkowska has broadened her style, and her performances of both works are as affectionate as they are masterly. Here the considerable qualities that marked her first Chopin and Liszt RCA discs are extended into an altogether more dazzling relish and brio, even a touch of dare-devilry.
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The Sunday Telegraph (London, UK)
Janina Fialkowska makes a strong case for both works with her brilliant playing. The excellent Antoni Wit is a sympathetic partner as conductor.
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The Daily Telegraph (London, UK)
Fialkowska brings dash and flair to this pairing of the two works Paderewski wrote for piano and orchestra. Neither (piece) escapes the influence of Chopin and Liszt, but there is a robustness of colouring, tinged with Polish folk inflections, which gives them a personal stamp. The vigorous piano writing, designed for maximum impact, gives opportunities for Fialkowska to display her own virtuosity.
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