Michał Kowalczyk - Wajnberg Violin Sonatas Nos. 2, 5 & 6 (2022)

The best proof that Mieczyslaw Weinberg’s music has fortunately and deservedly been experiencing a renaissance in recent years is another album devoted entirely to the person of this composer. This album was created on the initiative of violinist Michal Kowalczyk and pianists Dagmara Niedziela and Mateusz Rozek. The focus of the artists’ interpretative vision is the multidimensionality of the composer’s sound language, resulting from both the composer’s tragic life experiences and him being rooted in three different cultural traditions. Each of the sonatas featured on the album seems to fully resonate with the events that were accompanying its creation in terms of emotional expression. The recorded works, although they have just begun to make a regular appearance in concert programs, are undoubtedly a staple of the 20th-century chamber music.