Karol Lipiński - Selected Works
ARTISTS:
Konstanty Andrzej Kulka – violin
Andrzej Gębski – violin
Aurelia Liwanowska-Lisiecka – violin
Anna Orlik – violin
Wojciech Proniewicz – violin
Grzegorz Chmielewski – viola
Andrzej Wróbel – cello
Radosław Nur – double bass
RELEASE DATE: 05/2012
CATALOGUE NO. ACD 181
GENRE: chamber music
All of the 23 works by Karol Lipiński in our CD set represent the highest technical standards of composition, and the two Trios Op. 8 and Op. 12 are, in my view, the work of genius. Notably, the majority of the presented compositions refer in their names to the most ‘exploited’ if not ‘well worn’ forms such as a rondo, a fantasia, variations or a souvenir. Nevertheless, each piece contains an original, unusual idea. In comparison with the works of other composers from this period in the same genres, we are amazed by the composer’s imagination and by his exceptional sense of form and harmony.
We can only hope that Karol Lipiński’s oeuvre will soon rival in popularity the work of that other, Italian Lipiński – Niccolò Paganini.
(Andrzej Wróbel, transl. Tomasz Zymer)
CD 1
1. Rondo alla Polacca in E major Op. 13 14:45
2. Variations Op. 11 on a theme from Rossini’s opera La Cenerentola 17:06
3. Souvenir de la mer Baltique, divertissements Op. 19 14:19
4. Variations Op. 20 on the theme of a cavatina from Rossini’s opera Il Barbiere di Siviglia 13:28
CD 2
1. Rondo alla Polacca in E major Op. 7 17:15
2. Variations de bravoure Op. 22 13:22
3. Variations in G minor Op. 5 14:51
4. Fantasia and Variations Op. 26 on motifs from Meyerbeer’s opera Les Huguenots 15:57
CD 3
1. Rondo alla Polacca in D major Op. 17 on the theme of a Polish song 12:30
2. Variations Op. 15 on a theme from Bellini’s opera Il Pirata 14:57
3. Fantasia and Variations Op. 23 on motifs from Bellini’s opera La Sonnambula 13:45
4. Variations in G major Op. 4 13:25
5. Fantasia and Variations Op. 30 on a theme from Verdi’s opera Ernani 8:04
CD 4
1. 3 Polonaises Op. 9 for violin and string trio 19:45
2. Rondeau de concert Op. 18 13:12
3. Adagio elegico Op. 25 10:22
4. Fantasia and Variations Op. 33 on motifs from Stefani’s opera The Supposed Miracle, or Cracovians and Highlanders 11:16
5. Duo Op. 16 on a theme from Meyerbeer’s opera Il crociato in Egitto 5:42
CD 5
1. Trio in A major Op. 12 for 2 violins and cello 33:20
2. Siciliano with Variations Op. 2 16:55
4. Fantasia Op. 31 on themes from Neapolitan aria 7:31
CD 6
1. Trio in G minor Op. 8 for 2 violins and cello 41:33
2. Grand Fantasia Op. 28 on motifs from Bellini’s opera I Puritani 17:22
Total time: 362:44
