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Laks: String Quartets Nos. 3-5
DUX

Laks: String Quartets Nos. 3-5

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Details

Composer
LAKS, SZYMON
Artist
MESSAGES QUARTET
Format
CD
Label
DUX
Released
Jul 21, 2017
Catalog #
DUX1286
UPC
5902547012865

About

Szymon Laks - the number 49543 in the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, was an outstanding composer, violinist, writer, a passionate linguist and translator, admitted that it was music that saved his life: in the extermination camp where he was from 1942 to 1944, he was a kapellmeister, musician, and copyist of the male orchestra. It was also there that he arranged and performed together with instrumentalists-prisoners Three Warsaw Polonaises by an unknown author from the 18th century for a chamber orchestra. They were found by accident and published by the Polish Music Publishing House already in 1950 and became the first published camp music literature. The Messages Quartet, established in 2014, focuses on 20th and 21st century Polish music, particularly promoting the works that are still being discovered and are rarely performed. The name of the ensemble refers to the famous String Quartet No. 2 "Messages" by Andrzej Panufnik. The Messages Quartet was created in the year of the 100th anniversary of Panufnik's birthday- 2014. The musicians of the Quartet are graduates of the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw and the Academy of Music in Krakow. They also graduated from the solo studies and from masterclasses at European universities. Apart from the concert activity, they also dedicate themselves to teaching at the Academy of Music in Katowice and Krakow.

Tracklist 11 tracks

  1. 1 I. Allegro quasi presto 05:08
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro quasi presto
    Duration
    05:08
    Composer
    Szymon Laks
    Ensemble
    Messages Quartet
  2. 2 II. Poco lento sostenuto 06:05
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Poco lento sostenuto
    Duration
    06:05
    Composer
    Szymon Laks
    Ensemble
    Messages Quartet
  3. 3 III. Vivace non troppo 03:16
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Vivace non troppo
    Duration
    03:16
    Composer
    Szymon Laks
    Ensemble
    Messages Quartet
  4. 4 IV. Allegro moderato giusto 05:20
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Allegro moderato giusto
    Duration
    05:20
    Composer
    Szymon Laks
    Ensemble
    Messages Quartet
  5. 5 I. Allegro non troppo 04:03
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Allegro non troppo
    Duration
    04:03
    Composer
    Szymon Laks
    Ensemble
    Messages Quartet
  6. 6 II. Andante sostenuto 05:20
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Andante sostenuto
    Duration
    05:20
    Composer
    Szymon Laks
    Ensemble
    Messages Quartet
  7. 7 III. Quasi presto, con fuoco 04:30
    Track
    7
    Title
    III. Quasi presto, con fuoco
    Duration
    04:30
    Composer
    Szymon Laks
    Ensemble
    Messages Quartet
  8. 8 I. Allegro moderato 07:08
    Track
    8
    Title
    I. Allegro moderato
    Duration
    07:08
    Composer
    Szymon Laks
    Ensemble
    Messages Quartet
  9. 9 II. Adagio molto 04:28
    Track
    9
    Title
    II. Adagio molto
    Duration
    04:28
    Composer
    Szymon Laks
    Ensemble
    Messages Quartet
  10. 10 III. Scherzo, quasi presto 03:14
    Track
    10
    Title
    III. Scherzo, quasi presto
    Duration
    03:14
    Composer
    Szymon Laks
    Ensemble
    Messages Quartet
  11. 11 IV. Allegro giocoso 05:22
    Track
    11
    Title
    IV. Allegro giocoso
    Duration
    05:22
    Composer
    Szymon Laks
    Ensemble
    Messages Quartet