New Augustyn CD
The Romantic Violin Recital
Chopin: Nocturne in C-Sharp Minor; Mazurka in A Minor, Op. 68 No. 4; Kresiler: Variations on a Theme, Liebesleid (Love’s Sorrow); Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 1; Bartok: Roumanian Folk Dances, Sz. 56, Bb 68; Wieniawski: Fantaisie Brillante (Faust Fantasy), Op. 20; Saint-Saens: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 28; Massenet: Thais Meditation; De Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen (Gypsyy Airs); Kinga Augustyn – violin, Evan Solomon – piano.
Available on Amazon (release date: September 7, 2015)
Polish violinist Kinga Augustyn has a new CD, which was recorded live in her adopted home of New York City at the DeMenna Center for Classical Music with pianist Evan Solomon. It’s called “The Romantic Violin Recital” and it indeed consists of beautiful, romantic and virtuosic pieces for violin and piano.
[Sources: press release, cdbaby.com, amazon.com]
Warsaw Philharmonic CD of Penderecki
Powiało na mnie morze snów… (A sea of dreams did breathe on me…)
Krszystof Penderecki: The Enchanted Garden No. 1-6; What is the night saying No. 1-5; I visited you in these near-final days… No. 1-11;
Warsaw Philharmonic Choir, Warsaw Philharmonic Choir, Olga Psichnyk – soprano, Ewa Marciniec – alto, Jaroslaw Brek – bass-baritone, Antoni Wit – cond.
Naxos 8.570450 (release date: October 9, 2015)
Composed for the final concert of the Chopin bicentenary celebrations in Warsaw in 2010, the progression of music found in this album transmits a range of emotions from nostalgia to loss. The tense and passionate sounds of both Romantic and contemporary Polish poetry are grouped into three movements and conducted by Antonio Wit, Polish conductor and the former managing and artistic director of the Warsaw Philharmonic.
[Source: naxos.com]