Neo-classical detachment and Romantic intensity might seem irreconcilable, yet both inform the music of Grazyna Bacewicz, though in varying degrees in different works. The Sonata No. 4 for violin and piano (1949) is ardent and richly lyrical; yet despite its intense colors and chromatic harmonies -- similar in many passages to Scriabin -- its ...
While the prolific Grazyna Bacewicz composed several symphonies, concertos, ballets, and even film scores, most commercially available CDs are devoted to her chamber works; of these, the pieces for violin and piano have a special significance. As a virtuoso violinist and composer for the instrument, Bacewicz paid close attention to advanced string ...
Ah the viola -- the oft maligned and derided member of the string family. Amid all of the "viola jokes," we may lose sight of the fact that there have been a great many works written for the instrument that are equally deserving of attention and admiration. Perhaps most notably is the Shostakovich Viola Sonata, the final work he composed. ...
The Warsaw Quintet is a revival of the ensemble founded by "The Pianist" Wladyslaw Szpilman. Today's ensemble is made up of pianist Krzysztof Jablonski, Konstantly Andrzej Kulka, Krzysztof Bakowski, Stefan Kamasa, and Rafal Kwiatkowski, some of whom were students of the original quintet's members. To carry on the legacy of that original group, the ...
The Polish Tradition is a lively survey of music in diverse styles for violin and piano, composed between the eighteenth and twentieth centuries. Apart from the schmaltzy arrangements by Fritz Kreisler of Chopin's Mazurka in A minor and Paderewski's Melodie, the works are presented as originally written and reflect what almost seems a national ...
This is an excellent bit of programming that wouldn't occur to just anybody; George Enescu's Violin Sonata No. 2/6 of 1899 paired with three mid-twentieth century works by Polish virtuoso Grazyna Bacewicz. Although differing in background, nationality, and timeframe, Enescu and Bacewicz share an interest in the French approach, the young Enescu in ...
Chandos certainly hedged its bets right when it came to programming its second release with Polish violinist Joanna Kurkowicz; although they are well known and popular in former Eastern bloc countries, the violin concertos of Polish composer Grazyna Bacewicz have never been circulated on recordings in the West. The Concerto No. 7 (1965) -- ...
In the business of summing up the resultant hierarchy of what matters most in twentieth century musical literature, the violin music of Grazyna Bacewicz might gain consideration only as representing rather exotic repertoire, and this shouldn't be so. Bacewicz was an expert violin soloist who was a well-known commodity in postwar Europe; she won ...
Though in the years since her death Grazyna Bacewicz has become regarded primarily as a composer, during her lifetime she was mainly known as one of the top violinists in Poland, in addition to being a fine pianist and teacher of music. Bacewicz's output for the violin is both large and significant and spans the whole of her compositional career; ...
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