Adam Harasiewicz - do you know him?

[stormx]

Hi !!

in order to complete my Chopin collection, i just bought a cheap double CD by the polish pianist Adam Harasiewicz (b. 1932).
He plays the complete sonatas (1,2 and 3), the 4 scherzos, the 4 ballades, the "Fantasia" and the "Barcarolle".

Do you know him?
What do you think of his play?

He seems pretty good... i wonder why is he so unknown outside Polland.

[quantum]

I thought of asking the same question.  I have his double CD on Philips of the Chopin Nocturnes and Preludes. 

I rather like it. 

One of my teachers remembers hearing a recital by him in the 60's then seemingly disappearing after that. 

[vladhorwz]

I know he is on juries for competitions, I think he was on the jury for the last Chopin comp. 
I too have those nocturnes/Preludes CDs, I don't like them.  I know he spent his whole life learning to interpret Chopin, but if you lay his nocturne recordings next to Daniel Barenboim's, I think the latter's are much better.  Its all opinion though.

[brewtality]

IIRC, he won the Chopin comp the year Ashkenazy came second, I haven't heard his playing though.

[quantum]

I know he is on juries for competitions, I think he was on the jury for the last Chopin comp. 
I too have those nocturnes/Preludes CDs, I don't like them.  I know he spent his whole life learning to interpret Chopin, but if you lay his nocturne recordings next to Daniel Barenboim's, I think the latter's are much better.  Its all opinion though.

Actually I did lay his nocturnes next to Barenboim's, and I still like his better.  Barenboim's nocturnes are very "notey", and I feel as I'm being poked with sticks when I listen to them.    As you say, it's all opinion. 

[vladhorwz]

Actually I did lay his nocturnes next to Barenboim's, and I still like his better.  Barenboim's nocturnes are very "notey", and I feel as I'm being poked with sticks when I listen to them.    As you say, it's all opinion. 

That's a good way to put it, Barenboim's are notey, I kind of like it I guess.  I think also it is the quality of the recording, the Phillip's one is not as good.

[eduard]

Actually I did lay his nocturnes next to Barenboim's, and I still like his better.  Barenboim's nocturnes are very "notey", and I feel as I'm being poked with sticks when I listen to them.    As you say, it's all opinion. 

I agree that Baremboim s nocturnes are notey. I like his Mozart and Beethoven but he has not a beauty "touche" for Chopin.
It is thypical  for german piano school.