The works contained in the Miscellanea op. 16 were written over the course of eleven years. This set opens with Legende I. In this composition, Paderewski juxtaposed different impressions: calm, anxiety, dynamism, and buoyancy.

The next work is Melodie, characterised by a beautiful sweeping cantilena, which begins and ends with the composer’s favourite interval: a fourth. Meanwhile, the Variations atest to Paderewski’s considerable compositional skill. We find here both simple harmonic struct...