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Bartlomiej Niziol, Pawel Mazurkiewicz - Grazyna Bacewicz: Violin & Piano Works (2004)

Bartlomiej Niziol, Pawel Mazurkiewicz - Grazyna Bacewicz: Violin & Piano Works (2004)
  • Title: Grazyna Bacewicz: Violin & Piano Works
  • Year Of Release: 2004
  • Label: DUX
  • Genre: Classical
  • Quality: flac lossless (tracks)
  • Total Time: 01:01:27
  • Total Size: 244 mb
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Tracklist

01. Violin Sonata No. 4: I. Moderato
02. Violin Sonata No. 4: II. Andante ma non troppo
03. Violin Sonata No. 4: III. Scherzo. Molto vivace
04. Violin Sonata No. 4: IV. Finale. Con passione
05. Kołysanka (Lullaby)
06. Melodia
07. Partita: I. Preludium
08. Partita: II. Toccata
09. Partita: III. Intermezzo
10. Partita: IV. Rondo. Presto
11. Concertino: I. Allegro moderato
12. Concertino: II. Romance. Andante
13. Concertino: III. Finale. Vivace
14. Kaprys
15. Oberek No. 2
16. Violin Sonata No. 1, "da camera": I. Largo
17. Violin Sonata No. 1, "da camera": II. Allegro
18. Violin Sonata No. 1, "da camera": III. Tempo di minuetto
19. Violin Sonata No. 1, "da camera": IV. Andante sostenuto
20. Violin Sonata No. 1, "da camera": V. Gigue. Molto allegro
21. Taniec mazowiecki

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 techniques fostered by such composers as Bartók and Stravinsky; yet she also kept her passionate neo-Romantic expressions within neo-Classical parameters, the dominant practice of the mid-twentieth century. The Sonata No. 4 for violin and piano (1949), the Partita (1955), and the Sonata da camera (also called Sonata No. 1, 1945) are the most substantial pieces of this program; they are balanced by a selection of shorter pieces, often of a Polish folk flavor: the Concertino (1945), Kaprys and Melodia (Capriccio and Melody, both 1946), Taniec mazowiecki (Mazovian Dance) and Oberek (1951), and Kolysanka (Lullaby, 1952) are concise character pieces that gave Bacewicz freedom to display much of her dazzling technique without formal restraints. Violinist Bartlomiej Niziol and pianist Pawel Mazurkiewicz deliver these fascinating pieces with energy and emotion, but the highly resonant acoustics of the Bydgoszcz Concert Hall give their sound an aural halo that seems too shimmering for the crispness of the music.



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