The best of Krystian Zimerman: enjoy a selection of stunning performances from the piano legend


12 March 2021
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By Ellie Palmer
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We've rounded up some of our favourite performances from the polish pianist, who appears on the cover of issue 119.

Brahms Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 with the Wiener Philharmoniker, 1983

Conducted by Leonard Bernstein

 

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Works by Chopin and Schubert, 1983

Including Chopin's Ballades Nos 1-4, and Schubert's 4 Impromptus Op 90

 

 

 

Beethoven Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 (Pathétique)

 

 

Chopin's Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op 23

 

 

Chopin Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op 11

Conducted by Jan Krenz

 

 

 

Mendelssohn Variations Sérieuses Op 54, 1994

 

 

 

Chopin's 14 Waltzes, Tokyo 1978

 

 

 

Bernstein's Symphony No. 2 "The Age of Anxiety", Part 2

Live at Berliner Philharmonie, 2018

 

 

 

Liszt Piano Concerto No 2, 1986

Conducted by Daniel Barenboim

 

 

Krystian Zimerman appears on the cover of issue 119 of Pianist., out on 19 March. Order your print copy here, or download the digital version straight to your device.

Main image: ©Mark Allan