The album À Kalergis is an original idea of Monika Quinn. It presents piano compositions by 19th-century com-posers (Theodor Kullak, Carl Tausig, Franz Liszt, Józef Nowakowski, Kazimierz Lubomirski and Alexander Dreyschock) dedicated to Countess Maria Kalergis – a talented student of Chopin, one of the most important figures of 19th-century European art salons, a generous patroness of the arts. Her Paris salon brought together well-known artists and influential men from the world of politics. When she lived in Warsaw, she would promote Polish composers and domestic institutions of musical life.

Most of the works recorded on the album are premiere recordings. In this respect, the CD fits into the idea of popularising the forgotten music of the Romantic era.

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