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

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Label
Chandos
Release Date
April 6, 2018
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      BACEWICZ, GRAZYNA
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Silesian Quartet
    • PERFORMER
      SILESIAN QUARTET
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      April 06, 2018
    • UPC
      095115197622
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      CHAN 10976
    • LABEL
      Chandos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Moderato molto espressivo - Allegro

      Composer: Grażyna Bacewicz

      Ensemble: Silesian Quartet

      Performer: Wojciech Świtała

    2. II. Presto

      Composer: Grażyna Bacewicz

      Ensemble: Silesian Quartet

      Performer: Wojciech Świtała

    3. III. Grave

      Composer: Grażyna Bacewicz

      Ensemble: Silesian Quartet

      Performer: Wojciech Świtała

    4. IV. Con passione

      Composer: Grażyna Bacewicz

      Ensemble: Silesian Quartet

      Performer: Wojciech Świtała

    5. I. Moderato

      Composer: Grażyna Bacewicz

      Ensemble: Silesian Quartet

      Performer: Wojciech Świtała

    6. II. Larghetto

      Composer: Grażyna Bacewicz

      Ensemble: Silesian Quartet

      Performer: Wojciech Świtała

    7. III. Allegro giocoso

      Composer: Grażyna Bacewicz

      Ensemble: Silesian Quartet

      Performer: Wojciech Świtała

    8. I. Allegretto - Allegro giocoso - Poco meno - Poco meno - Tempo II

      Composer: Grażyna Bacewicz

      Performer: Szymon Krzeszowiec, Krzysztof Lasoń, Małgorzata Wasiucionek, Arkadiusz Kubica

    9. II. Andante tranquillo

      Composer: Grażyna Bacewicz

      Performer: Szymon Krzeszowiec, Krzysztof Lasoń, Małgorzata Wasiucionek, Arkadiusz Kubica

    10. III. Molto allegro

      Composer: Grażyna Bacewicz

      Performer: Szymon Krzeszowiec, Krzysztof Lasoń, Małgorzata Wasiucionek, Arkadiusz Kubica

    11. I. Narrazione. dotted quarter note = 42 - Poco più mosso - Poco meno mosso - Più mosso - Sostenuto - Più mosso

      Composer: Grażyna Bacewicz

      Ensemble: Polish Cello Quartet

    12. II. Riflessioni. quarter note = 50 - Più mosso - Poco meno mosso - Più mosso

      Composer: Grażyna Bacewicz

      Ensemble: Polish Cello Quartet


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