Bacewicz: Complete String Quartets Vol 1 / Lutoslawski Quartet

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
July 10, 2015
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      BACEWICZ, GRAZYNA
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Lutoslawski Quartet
    • PERFORMER
      LUTOSLAWSKI QUARTET
    Product Details ⌄
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Andante - Vivo

      Composer: Grażyna Bacewicz

      Ensemble: Lutosławski Quartet

    2. II. Vivace

      Composer: Grażyna Bacewicz

      Ensemble: Lutosławski Quartet

    3. III. Grave

      Composer: Grażyna Bacewicz

      Ensemble: Lutosławski Quartet

    4. IV. dotted quarter note = 114

      Composer: Grażyna Bacewicz

      Ensemble: Lutosławski Quartet

    5. I. Moderato - Più mosso

      Composer: Grażyna Bacewicz

      Ensemble: Lutosławski Quartet

    6. II. Tema con variazioni

      Composer: Grażyna Bacewicz

      Ensemble: Lutosławski Quartet

    7. III. Vivo

      Composer: Grażyna Bacewicz

      Ensemble: Lutosławski Quartet

    8. I. Allegro ma non troppo

      Composer: Grażyna Bacewicz

      Ensemble: Lutosławski Quartet

    9. II. Andante

      Composer: Grażyna Bacewicz

      Ensemble: Lutosławski Quartet

    10. III. Vivo

      Composer: Grażyna Bacewicz

      Ensemble: Lutosławski Quartet

    11. I. Allegro

      Composer: Grażyna Bacewicz

      Ensemble: Lutosławski Quartet

    12. II. Grave

      Composer: Grażyna Bacewicz

      Ensemble: Lutosławski Quartet

    13. III. Con vivezza

      Composer: Grażyna Bacewicz

      Ensemble: Lutosławski Quartet


Musicologist Adrian Thomas considered Grazyna Bacewicz’s string quartets “unrivalled in 20th-century Polish music and… one of the century’s most significant contributions to the genre”. Her folk-music infused First Quartet dates from student days at the Paris Conservatoire, while exceptional polyphonic skill, intense emotion and playful, high spirits characterize the Third Quartet. Both the Sixth and Seventh Quartets unite tradition with a strikingly effective and highly personal exploration of progressive contemporary techniques. As Lutoslawski observed, in the “rapidly changing artistic currents” of the times, “it was [Bacewicz’s] music which helped create that atmosphere.”