Here we have Lutosławski in a nutshell with all the elements we find in his orchestral works. Motifs and harmonies, approach to borrowed material, textural organisation, rhetoric gestures, not to mention large-scale formal structures and - mutatis mutandis - ideas for orchestration.
Tomasz Kaszubowski & Paweł Nawara Guitar Duo specializes in the traditional music of Latin America. Both artists are graduates of the Warsaw Music Academy and prizewinners in international guitar competitions with many recordings to their credit
In 1839 Mendelssohn composed the Trio in D minor Op. 49 which has been one of his most popular pieces ever since, just as Robert Schumann predicted in his prophetic review of 1840.
The repertoire ranges from the examples of the European Renaissance and early-Baroque "high" style (proving the great talent and technical skills of the then composers from Wrocław) to early dancing music.
„I believe that every composer should also remain a performer, and every performer ought to compose.”
At last we have an almost complete set of Wieniawski’s works consisting of pieces for solo violin, two violins and for violin and piano.
This album will delight all chamber music fans, especially those into Polish music. It features three piano trios from different periods by Artur Malawski, Romuald Twardowski and Andrzej Panufnik.
The recording made on 5 May 2000 at the National Philharmonic reflects very well the contemplative character of the composition and will leave no listener indifferent to its serious message.
The evolution of Szymanowski´s violin idiom, from the late-Romantic rhapsodic lyricism of Sonata, to the passionate impressionism of Myths, is simply fascinating...
The album features music quite rare on the Polish market: French music for transverse flute. The players are three early music specialists.