Pieces for violin solo, two violins and violin with piano - 2CDs
Bartłomiej Nizioł – violin [1-6] [1, 3-10]*
Piotr Pławner – violin [7-14, 16-17] [11-12, 14, 15]*
Daniel Stabrawa – violin [3-10, 13]*
Elżbieta Stabrawa – piano [13]*
Andrzej Tatarski – piano [1-6, 15-18] [1, 2, 11-12, 14, 15]*
RELEASE DATE: 2000
CATALOGUE NO. ACD 106
GENRE: chamber music
The double album featuring an outstanding Polish violinist is, no doubt, the event of the year on the market. 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. Besides well-known compositions such as Legend, Scherzo-Tarantelle, the two polonaises, Obertas and Kujawiak, lesser-known pieces have been included. Practically, the only items left out are juvenilia written for an occasion and thus having little significance to the present-day listener. The execution is great and the four leading Polish violinists play like real masters. The grand-style virtuosity of Kulka in the fantastically played breakneck Carnaval russe is really impressive, but so is the moderation in portraying romantic exultations and avoiding exaggeration in oversentimental themes. Janusz Mechanisz (ARTINFO PAP)
HENRYK WIENIAWSKI (1835-1880)
CD 1
Pieces for violin solo, two violins and violin with piano
1. Souvenir de Posen op.3 3:22
2. Kujawiak. Mazourka favorite in A minor 3:10
3. Polonaise brillante in D major op.4 5:26
4. Souvenir de Moscou op.6 7:16
5. Capriccio-Valse in E major op.7 5:39
6. Romance sans paroles et Rondo elegant in D minor op.9 10:30
L’ ecole moderne pour violon seul. Etudes-Caprices op.10
7. No 1 La Sautille, in C minor 0:42
8. No 2 La Velocite, in B major 1:42
9. No 3 L’etude, in D major 5:28
10. No 4 Le Staccato, in A major 2:08
11. No 5 Alla Saltarella, in E flat major 1:56
12. No 6 Prelude, in B minor 3:32
13. No 7 La Cadenza, in A flat major 4:48
14. No 8 Le Chant du Bivouac, in A major 3:06
15.Le Carnaval russe op.11 6:33
Deux mazourkas de salon op.12
16. La champetre in D major No 1 3:00
17. Chanson polonaise in G minor No. 2 3:57
18. Scherzo-Tarantelle in G minor Op.16 4:26
Total time: 78:04
CD 2
Pieces for violin solo, two violins and violin with piano
1. Theme orginal varie op.15 12:00
2. Legende op.17 6:52
Etudes-Caprices op.18
3. No 1 in G minor 4:30
4. No 2 in E flat major 4:35
5. No 3 in D major 2:13
6. No 4 in A minor 1:38
7. No 5 in E major 2:14
8. No 6 in D major 4:30
9. No 7 in E minor 2:07
10. No 8 in F major 2:29
Deux mazourkas caracteristiques op.19
11. Obertas in G major No 1 1:54
12. Le Menetier in D major No 2 3:31
13. Fantaisie brillante sur ,,Faust” opera de Ch.Gounod op.20 16:52
14. Grande Polonaise de Concert in A major Op.21 8:37
15. Gigue in E minor Op.23 3:14
Total time: 78:25
