Grazyna Bacewicz: Cello Concertos

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Label
DUX
Release Date
February 26, 2013
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      BACEWICZ, GRAZYNA
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Polish Sinfonia Iuventus Orchestra
    • PERFORMER
      Krzeszowiec, Koziak, Tchitchinadze, Wolinska
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      February 26, 2013
    • UPC
      5902547005911
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      DUX591
    • LABEL
      DUX
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. Overture

      Composer: Grażyna Bacewicz

      Ensemble: Polish Sinfonia Iuventus Orchestra

      Conductor: George Tchitchinadze

    2. I. Allegro non troppo

      Composer: Grażyna Bacewicz

      Ensemble: Polish Sinfonia Iuventus Orchestra

      Performer: Adam Krzeszowiec

      Conductor: George Tchitchinadze

    3. II. Andante tranquillo

      Composer: Grażyna Bacewicz

      Ensemble: Polish Sinfonia Iuventus Orchestra

      Performer: Adam Krzeszowiec

      Conductor: George Tchitchinadze

    4. III. Finale: Allegro giocoso

      Composer: Grażyna Bacewicz

      Ensemble: Polish Sinfonia Iuventus Orchestra

      Performer: Adam Krzeszowiec

      Conductor: George Tchitchinadze

    5. I. Allegro (fantastico)

      Composer: Grażyna Bacewicz

      Ensemble: Polish Sinfonia Iuventus Orchestra

      Performer: Bartosz Koziak

      Conductor: Monika Wolinska

    6. II. Adagio

      Composer: Grażyna Bacewicz

      Ensemble: Polish Sinfonia Iuventus Orchestra

      Performer: Bartosz Koziak

      Conductor: Monika Wolinska

    7. III. Allegro

      Composer: Grażyna Bacewicz

      Ensemble: Polish Sinfonia Iuventus Orchestra

      Performer: Bartosz Koziak

      Conductor: Monika Wolinska


Gra?yna Bacewicz is a Polish twentieth-century composer of the first magnitude, but she escaped lasting fame. Her String Quartets and Violin Concertos are the go-to works; the Cello Concertos are “Bacewicz 201.” The lyrical themes and melodies, rhythmic propulsion and memorable phrases of the neo-romantic 1951 concerto give the Shostakovich concertos a run for their money. The second work (1961) is starker, sparser, with pointillist touches of orchestral color to the cello part, driven by an unrelenting inner pulse. It’s a kind of orchestral cello sonata, discordant and angular, but winning, given time and willingness. The 1943 Overture, with fading hints of Parisian neoclassicism, makes a perfect curtain-raiser.

– Jens F. Laurson, Listen