Michał Szymanowski – one of the most promising Polish pianists of the young generation, Michał Karol Szyma­nowski was born in 1988 in Bydgoszcz into a musical family. He graduated with honours from the F. Nowowiejski Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz, where he studied piano with Katarzyna Popowa–Zydroń and orchestra and opera conducting with Zygmunt Rychert. At present he continues his piano education as a doctoral student at his alma mater.He simultaneously develops his abilities with Eldar Nebolsin at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler in Berlin.

Fryderyk Chopin (1810–1849)
1. Barcarolle in F sharp major Op. 60   8:53
2. Nocturne in C sharp minor Op. 27 No. 1   6:01

Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860–1941)
3. Nocturne in B flat major Op. 16 No. 4   3:44

Fryderyk Chopin
3 Mazurkas Op. 59 
4. No. 1 in A minor   3:55
5. No. 2 in A flat major   2:29
6. No. 3 in F sharp minor   3:38

Karol Szymanowski (1882–1937)
Two Mazurkas Op. 62 
7. No. 1   2:56
8. No. 2   3:09

Fryderyk Chopin
9. Étude in A minor Op. 25 No. 11   3:50
10. Étude in B minor Op. 25 No. 10   4:43
11. Polonaise in F sharp minor Op. 44   10:56

Ignacy Jan Paderewski
12. Polonaise in B major Op. 9 No. 6 4:43

Fryderyk Chopin
13. Waltz in A flat major Op. 42 4:13

Józef Wieniawski (1837–1912)
14. Valse de concert in D flat major Op. 3   5:58

Total time: 70:14