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Bacewicz: Piano Quintets, Quartet for 4 Violins, Quartet for 4 Cellos / Silesian Quartet
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Bacewicz: Piano Quintets, Quartet for 4 Violins, Quartet for 4 Cellos / Silesian Quartet

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Details

Composer
BACEWICZ, GRAZYNA
Artist
SILESIAN QUARTET
Format
CD
Label
Chandos
Released
Apr 06, 2018
Catalog #
CHAN 10976
UPC
095115197622

About

Also available from the Silesian Quartet on Chandos: Bacewicz: Complete String Quartets

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

Tracklist 12 tracks

  1. 1 I. Moderato molto espressivo - Allegro 07:04
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Moderato molto espressivo - Allegro
    Duration
    07:04
    Composer
    Grażyna Bacewicz
    Performer
    Wojciech Świtała
    Ensemble
    Silesian Quartet
  2. 2 II. Presto 04:11
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Presto
    Duration
    04:11
    Composer
    Grażyna Bacewicz
    Performer
    Wojciech Świtała
    Ensemble
    Silesian Quartet
  3. 3 III. Grave 06:32
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Grave
    Duration
    06:32
    Composer
    Grażyna Bacewicz
    Performer
    Wojciech Świtała
    Ensemble
    Silesian Quartet
  4. 4 IV. Con passione 05:01
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Con passione
    Duration
    05:01
    Composer
    Grażyna Bacewicz
    Performer
    Wojciech Świtała
    Ensemble
    Silesian Quartet
  5. 5 I. Moderato 06:35
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Moderato
    Duration
    06:35
    Composer
    Grażyna Bacewicz
    Performer
    Wojciech Świtała
    Ensemble
    Silesian Quartet
  6. 6 II. Larghetto 05:58
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Larghetto
    Duration
    05:58
    Composer
    Grażyna Bacewicz
    Performer
    Wojciech Świtała
    Ensemble
    Silesian Quartet
  7. 7 III. Allegro giocoso 04:55
    Track
    7
    Title
    III. Allegro giocoso
    Duration
    04:55
    Composer
    Grażyna Bacewicz
    Performer
    Wojciech Świtała
    Ensemble
    Silesian Quartet
  8. 8 I. Allegretto - Allegro giocoso - Poco meno - Poco meno - Tempo II 03:46
    Track
    8
    Title
    I. Allegretto - Allegro giocoso - Poco meno - Poco meno - Tempo II
    Duration
    03:46
    Composer
    Grażyna Bacewicz
    Performer
    Szymon Krzeszowiec, Krzysztof Lasoń, Małgorzata Wasiucionek, Arkadiusz Kubica
  9. 9 II. Andante tranquillo 03:43
    Track
    9
    Title
    II. Andante tranquillo
    Duration
    03:43
    Composer
    Grażyna Bacewicz
    Performer
    Szymon Krzeszowiec, Krzysztof Lasoń, Małgorzata Wasiucionek, Arkadiusz Kubica
  10. 10 III. Molto allegro 02:16
    Track
    10
    Title
    III. Molto allegro
    Duration
    02:16
    Composer
    Grażyna Bacewicz
    Performer
    Szymon Krzeszowiec, Krzysztof Lasoń, Małgorzata Wasiucionek, Arkadiusz Kubica
  11. 11 I. Narrazione. dotted quarter note = 42 - Poco più mosso - Poco meno mosso - Più mosso - Sostenuto - Più mosso 06:41
    Track
    11
    Title
    I. Narrazione. dotted quarter note = 42 - Poco più mosso - Poco meno mosso - Più mosso - Sostenuto - Più mosso
    Duration
    06:41
    Composer
    Grażyna Bacewicz
    Ensemble
    Polish Cello Quartet
  12. 12 II. Riflessioni. quarter note = 50 - Più mosso - Poco meno mosso - Più mosso 05:43
    Track
    12
    Title
    II. Riflessioni. quarter note = 50 - Più mosso - Poco meno mosso - Più mosso
    Duration
    05:43
    Composer
    Grażyna Bacewicz
    Ensemble
    Polish Cello Quartet