Chopin / Szymanowski

Pianist Jonathan Fournel pairs two pillars of Polish Romanticism on this Alpha Classics release, tracing a lineage from Chopin’s crystalline nocturnes and mazurkas through Szymanowski’s more chromatic, early-twentieth-century reimagining of national idiom. Fournel’s interpretations favor clarity and structural logic over interpretive excess, letting the harmonic innovations—particularly in Szymanowski’s more dissonant passages—emerge with precision. A thoughtful program that illuminates how one composer’s legacy transformed across generations.