If you didn't already know, you could still guess that two of the very different works on this disc were written by the same composer. The Capriccio from 1967 is an intensely expressive and grotesque parody of the grand violin concertos of the nineteenth and early twentieth century; the De Natura Sonoris from 1971 is a more self-consciously avant ...
The renown of Polish composer Henryk Wieniawski is typically confined to his very popular, sweepingly Romantic violin concerto, the rest of his compositions having generally fallen from the concert stage. On this album, violinist Patrycja Piekutowska and violinist Edward Wolanin revive not only two Henryk Wieniawski's works, but also introduce the ...
The music of Polish composer Weronika Ratusinska (born 1977) bears little relationship to the traditions of her national predecessors like Lutoslawski or Penderecki. It sounds much more closely related to American post-minimalism, some pieces reminiscent of John Adams, some of Terry Riley, and some of Steve Reich. Her String Quartet No. 2, "Last ...
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