Szymanowski: Piano Music Karol Szymanowski: 9 Preludes, Op. 1 (1899–1900); Prelude in C sharp minor (1899–1900); 4 Etudes, Op. 4 (1900–1902); Prelude and Fugue in C sharp minor; Variations on a Polish Folk Theme in B minor, Op. 10 Marek Szlezer, piano DUX 1367 (Int’l release date: October 2018, via Naxos) Marek Szlezer is an…Continue Reading “Szymanowski: Piano Music” by Szlezer
Gorecki: String Quartet No. 3, Op. 67 “…Songs Are Sung” Henryk Mikolaj Górecki: String Quartet No. 3, Op. 67 “…Songs Are Sung” DAFO Quartet: Justyna Duda / I violin; Danuta Augustyn / II violin; Aneta Dumanowska / viola; Anna Armatys / cello DUX 1302 (Int’l release date: July 2018, via Naxos) The Quartet No. 3…Continue Reading “Gorecki: String Quartet No. 3” by DAFO Quartet
Paderewski: Piano Works Ignacy Jan Paderewski: Minuet in G major, Op. 14 No. 1 (1886); Nocturne in B flat major, Op. 16 No. 4 (1890–1891); “Dans le désert” Toccata, Op. 15 (1886–1887); Melodia Ges-dur op. 16 nr 2 (1885); Piano Sonata in E flat minor, Op. 21 (1906) Radosław Sobaczak, piano DUX 1503 (2017) The…Continue Reading “Paderewski: Piano Works” by Sobczak
#NetworkMusic Wojciech Błażejczyk: #NetworkMusic (2017); Dariusz Przybylski: Chamber Concerto (2017); Ignacy Zalewski: Chamber Concerto No. 2 Pamięci zniknionego (2017); Adam Porębski: DysKulacje (2017); Mikołaj Majkusiak: Crossover Concerto (2017). Hashtag Ensemble Requiem Records (May 2018) #NetworkMusic is an album of new works by young Polish composers that were either written for or adapted to the fast-rising…Continue Reading New CD from Hashtag Ensemble
FOR YOU, ANNE-LILL Wojciech Kilar: Sonatina for flute and piano (1951); Witold Lutosławski: Three Fragments for flute and piano (1953); Andrzej Panufnik: Hommage a Chopin (Suita polska) for flute and piano (1949); Piotr Perkowski: Intermezzo (Romantic Sonnet) for flute and piano (1954); Alexander Tansman: Sonatina for flute and piano (1925); Henryk Mikołaj Górecki: Valentine Piece…Continue Reading New on DUX
Already it is Dusk John Cage – In a Landscape; Guillaume Dufay – Ave maris stella; Johann Sebastian Bach – French Suite No. 5 in G major, BWV 816; Andrzej Krzanowski – Relief II; Henry Purcell – An Evening HymnI; Arvo Pärt – Fratres; Wacław z Szamotuł – Modlitwa, gdy dziatki spać idą; Henryk Mikołaj…Continue Reading Przybylski Plays Hammond Organ
Success For Wawrowski’s Brillante Violinist Janusz Wawrowski recorded his last album, Brillante (Warner Classics 0190295808440), with the Stuttgarter Philharmoniker and Daniel Raiskin, and it was released at the end of 2017. To date, the track of Wieniawski’s Violin Concerto No. 2 has already been listened to by 80,000 people on Spotify. The album has also received great reviews: Gramophone Magazine: “Wawrowski…Continue Reading March Discography
Leszek Łakowski—Love Songs Leszek Kułakowski – piano, Piotr Kułakowski – double bass, Tomasz Sowiński – drums, Joanna Knitter – vocals, Tomasz Grzegorski – saxophone, Maciej Grzywacz – guitar Soliton Records (2017) From a review by Adam Baruch at Polish-Jazz.Blogspot.com: This is a beautiful album by Polish pianist/composer Leszek Kułakowski, who shows herein yet another facet of his…Continue Reading Discography February 2018
Paderewski & Stojowski By Plowright & Borowicz Polish Music for Piano and Orchestra Paderewski: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 17 and Série de morceaux, Op. 16; Stojowski: Rapsodie Symphonique, Op. 23 Jonathan Plowright (piano); Sinfonia Iuventus; Łukasz Borowicz (cond.) Warner Classics 9029578756 (Nov 3, 2017) “Any new Jonathan Plowright recording is a cause for celebration, even more…Continue Reading January Discography
Roman Maciejewski Piano Music Lullaby • 4 Miniatures • Mazur (version I) • Mazur (version II) • Mazurka ”Echo from the Tatras” • Sparking dance • Fandango • Triptych Mariusz Ciolko (piano) DUX 1410 Feliks Nowowiejski To Those Who Love Me Weihnacht in der uralten Marienkirche zu Krakau. Fantasie op. 31 nr 3 • Polish Phantasy…Continue Reading New on DUX