Bacewicz: Piano Quintets, Quartet for 4 Violins, Quartet for 4 Cellos / Silesian Quartet
The 2017 Gramophone Award-winning Silesian Quartet here presents its second recording on Chandos, again devoted to the works of the Polish female composer Grazyna Bacewicz, in a rare programme full of contrast and individuality. The four works brought together here – two unusual quartet formations and two piano quintets – form an integral part of the central, chamber music strand in Bacewicz's output. While the Quartet for Four Violins and the First Piano Quintet have maintained a strong presence in both concerts and recordings, the intriguing Quartet for Four Cellos and Second Piano Quintet are lesser-known pieces. This is yet another must-have, preceding the fiftieth year of Bacewicz's death commemorations, a composer whose music is now considered by broadcasters, promoters, critics, and artists as an essential part of the Polish repertoire.
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REVIEW:
Bacewicz can generate momentum in the space of a four-minute movement and integrates eloquent bleakness with some of the sharpest, most light-footed musical wit since Haydn…This disc deserves to make a lot of converts.
– Gramophone
Product Description:
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Release Date: April 06, 2018
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UPC: 095115197622
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Catalog Number: CHAN 10976
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Label: Chandos
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Number of Discs: 1
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Composer: Grazyna Bacewicz
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Orchestra/Ensemble: Polish Cello Quartet, Silesian String Quartet
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Performer: Arkadiusz Kubica, Krzysztof Lason, Małgorzata Wasiucionek, Szymon Krzeszowiec, Wojciech Switala
Works:
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Quintet for Piano and Strings no 1
Composer: Grazyna Bacewicz
Ensemble: Silesian String Quartet
Performer: Wojciech Switala (Piano)
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Quintet for Piano and Strings no 2
Composer: Grazyna Bacewicz
Ensemble: Silesian String Quartet
Performer: Wojciech Switala (Piano)
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Quartet for 4 violins
Composer: Grazyna Bacewicz
Performer: Szymon Krzeszowiec (Violin), Arkadiusz Kubica (Violin), Krzysztof Lason (Violin), Małgorzata Wasiucionek (Violin)
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Quartet for 4 Celli
Composer: Grazyna Bacewicz
Ensemble: Polish Cello Quartet