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The Music Room => General Classical Music Discussion => Topic started by: Scion7 on May 29, 2017, 05:52:52 PM

Title: R.I.P. Polish harpsichordist Elisabeth Chojnacka (1939-2017)
Post by: Scion7 on May 29, 2017, 05:52:52 PM
She recorded over a dozen albums of Classical music - I have a couple.
There are some live performances of her on YT.
Title: Re: R.I.P. Polish harpsichordist Elisabeth Chojnacka (1939-2017)
Post by: Crudblud on May 29, 2017, 11:39:03 PM
Sad to hear this. Greatly enjoyed her recordings of Ligeti's harpsichord pieces.
Title: Re: R.I.P. Polish harpsichordist Elisabeth Chojnacka (1939-2017)
Post by: pjme on May 30, 2017, 01:27:23 AM
https://www.youtube.com/v/-_WnoShuRvw

https://www.youtube.com/v/qdzvk1BJOBQ

https://youtube.com/v/tyXjX-IOP6s


RIP , dear Elisabeth...
https://www.youtube.com/v/a_x3Ejib1lM

P.





Title: Re: R.I.P. Polish harpsichordist Elisabeth Chojnacka (1939-2017)
Post by: Turner on May 30, 2017, 03:34:28 AM
For some decades, she was the leading and inspiring performer of contemporary harpsichord music, playing with a dazzling degree of virtuosity and recording for Erato and others.
I thought she was maybe 10 years younger than she really was.
Title: Re: R.I.P. Polish harpsichordist Elisabeth Chojnacka (1939-2017)
Post by: CelluloidBiker on December 11, 2023, 01:46:35 PM
I just picked up a beautiful vinyl pressing of Chojnacka's l'Avant-garde du Passé (1982), which I would recommend to anyone with a remote interest in harpsichord music, modern or otherwise. As the title implies, it consists mostly of forward-looking harpsichord pieces from "the past" (here, the late Renaissance/early Baroque period). Her lengthy hypnotic version of "Upon La Mi Re" is worth the price of admission alone.

I don't think the album has ever been reissued digitally, but you can hear it on YouTube:
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