Polish Cello Quartet – Chopin Project
PERFORMERS:
Polish Cello Quartet
Tomasz Daroch – cello
Wojciech Fudala – cello
Krzysztof Karpeta – cello
Adam Krzeszowiec – cello
RELEASE DATE: 01/2024
CATALOGUE NO. ACD 326
GENRE: chamber music
The album you are holding in your hands includes transcriptions of works by a composer close to our hearts. We have always wanted to hear Fryderyk Chopin’s piano music in a cello version, arrangements by Auguste Franchomme’s and recordings by the vocal quartet Novi Singers being our inspirations.
We feel that the extraordinarily singing and emotive character distinguishes Chopin’s music in a very special way. As the cello idiom is similar to human voice, we dared realise this project – one of the craziest and most original in our careers.
Work on Chopin’s repertoire was a wonderful artistic adventure for us. We share its results with joy. Enjoy!
Polish Cello Quartet
Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849)
[1] Mazurka in F major, WN 25 1’24
[2] Mazurka in A minor, Op. 17 No. 4 4’24
[3] Mazurka in B flat major, Op. 7 No. 1 2’30
[4] Prelude in E minor, Op. 28 No. 4 2’15
[5] Prelude in B minor, Op. 28 No. 6 1’59
[6] Prelude in G sharp minor, Op. 28 No. 12 1’15
[7] Prelude in C minor, Op. 28 No. 20 2’13
[8] Prelude in D flat major, Op. 28 No. 15 ‘Raindrop’ 6’03
[9] Waltz in D flat major, Op. 64 No. 1 ‘Minute Waltz’ 2’16
[10] Lento con gran espressione [Nocturne] in C sharp minor, WN 37 4’16
[11] Waltz in C sharp minor, Op. 64 No. 2 3’34
[12] Etude in C sharp minor, Op. 25 No. 7 5’31
[13] Waltz in B minor, WN 19 3’50
[14] Nocturne in E flat major, Op. 9 No. 2 4’06
[15] Waltz in E flat major, Op. 18 ‘Grande Valse Brillante’ 6’12
Arrangements for cello quartet:
Sabina Meck [1, 3–5, 8, 10–11, 15]
Piotr Moss [2, 7, 9, 14]
Leszek Kołodziejski [6, 12–13]
Total time: 51’57
