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Muczynski: Chamber Music
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Muczynski: Chamber Music

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Composer
MUCZYNSKI, ROBERT
Artist
ENSEMBLE ACCENDO
Format
CD
Label
Brilliant Classics
Released
Jun 23, 2017
Catalog #
BRI95433
UPC
5028421954332

About

Often cited as the most distinguished neoclassical composer of post-war America, Robert Muczynski (1929-2010) was born in Chicago to Polish parents. This album of chamber music surveys an output which is always restless and unpredictable thanks to the embrace of both Bartokian harmonies and structures as well as the more lyrical yet open-ended language of Samuel Barber. The Cello Sonata of 1968 is often considered to be Muczynski’s chamber music masterpiece, in which the problems of balance and register inherent to the genre are not only solved but transcended with a mastery especially evident in the central Scherzo. From a year later, the Fantasy Trio Op.26 is a welcome addition to the clarinet-cello-piano trio genre established by Beethoven. Energy and punchy rhythmic interplay are hallmarks of Muczynski’s music, as the earlier Flute Sonata engagingly demonstrates: in its whimsical, abrupt, headstrong progress through a compact four-movement form, it may even be considered the most important such work by an American composer. Muczynski took technical agility and devil-may-care confidence for granted in his interpreters; in this case, an international quartet of musicians based in the US. There is an extended booklet essay by the pianist Dmitry Samogray which places both composer and works in invaluable context. Any listeners curious to fill out their appreciation of American music beyond Copland and Bernstein will want to hear this release.

Tracklist 22 tracks

  1. 1 I. Allegro energico 02:53
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro energico
    Duration
    02:53
    Composer
    Robert Muczynski
    Performer
    Gleb Kanasevich, Dorotea Racz, Dmitry Samogray
  2. 2 II. Andante con espressione 03:02
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Andante con espressione
    Duration
    03:02
    Composer
    Robert Muczynski
    Performer
    Gleb Kanasevich, Dorotea Racz, Dmitry Samogray
  3. 3 III. Allegro deciso 01:53
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Allegro deciso
    Duration
    01:53
    Composer
    Robert Muczynski
    Performer
    Gleb Kanasevich, Dorotea Racz, Dmitry Samogray
  4. 4 IV. Introduction and Finale: Andante molto e sostenuto 03:52
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Introduction and Finale: Andante molto e sostenuto
    Duration
    03:52
    Composer
    Robert Muczynski
    Performer
    Gleb Kanasevich, Dorotea Racz, Dmitry Samogray
  5. 5 I. Theme and Variations: Andante sostenuto 08:27
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Theme and Variations: Andante sostenuto
    Duration
    08:27
    Composer
    Robert Muczynski
    Performer
    Dorotea Racz, Dmitry Samogray
  6. 6 II. Scherzo: Allegro grazioso 03:01
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Scherzo: Allegro grazioso
    Duration
    03:01
    Composer
    Robert Muczynski
    Performer
    Dorotea Racz, Dmitry Samogray
  7. 7 III. Andante sostenuto 04:59
    Track
    7
    Title
    III. Andante sostenuto
    Duration
    04:59
    Composer
    Robert Muczynski
    Performer
    Dorotea Racz, Dmitry Samogray
  8. 8 IV. Allegro con spirito 03:06
    Track
    8
    Title
    IV. Allegro con spirito
    Duration
    03:06
    Composer
    Robert Muczynski
    Performer
    Dorotea Racz, Dmitry Samogray
  9. 9 I. Andante sostenuto 01:15
    Track
    9
    Title
    I. Andante sostenuto
    Duration
    01:15
    Composer
    Robert Muczynski
    Performer
    Ginevra Petrucci, Gleb Kanasevich
  10. 10 II. Allegro risoluto 01:05
    Track
    10
    Title
    II. Allegro risoluto
    Duration
    01:05
    Composer
    Robert Muczynski
    Performer
    Ginevra Petrucci, Gleb Kanasevich
  11. 11 III. Moderato 01:44
    Track
    11
    Title
    III. Moderato
    Duration
    01:44
    Composer
    Robert Muczynski
    Performer
    Ginevra Petrucci, Gleb Kanasevich
  12. 12 IV. Allegro ma non troppo 00:57
    Track
    12
    Title
    IV. Allegro ma non troppo
    Duration
    00:57
    Composer
    Robert Muczynski
    Performer
    Ginevra Petrucci, Gleb Kanasevich
  13. 13 V. Allegro molto 02:04
    Track
    13
    Title
    V. Allegro molto
    Duration
    02:04
    Composer
    Robert Muczynski
    Performer
    Ginevra Petrucci, Gleb Kanasevich
  14. 14 VI. Allegro 01:23
    Track
    14
    Title
    VI. Allegro
    Duration
    01:23
    Composer
    Robert Muczynski
    Performer
    Ginevra Petrucci, Gleb Kanasevich
  15. 15 I. Allegro risoluto 02:36
    Track
    15
    Title
    I. Allegro risoluto
    Duration
    02:36
    Composer
    Robert Muczynski
    Performer
    Gleb Kanasevich, Dmitry Samogray
  16. 16 II. Andante espressivo 05:49
    Track
    16
    Title
    II. Andante espressivo
    Duration
    05:49
    Composer
    Robert Muczynski
    Performer
    Gleb Kanasevich, Dmitry Samogray
  17. 17 III. Allegro moderato 02:01
    Track
    17
    Title
    III. Allegro moderato
    Duration
    02:01
    Composer
    Robert Muczynski
    Performer
    Gleb Kanasevich, Dmitry Samogray
  18. 18 IV. Introduction: Andante molto - Allegro energico 05:04
    Track
    18
    Title
    IV. Introduction: Andante molto - Allegro energico
    Duration
    05:04
    Composer
    Robert Muczynski
    Performer
    Gleb Kanasevich, Dmitry Samogray
  19. 19 I. Allegro deciso 03:53
    Track
    19
    Title
    I. Allegro deciso
    Duration
    03:53
    Composer
    Robert Muczynski
    Performer
    Ginevra Petrucci, Dmitry Samogray
  20. 20 II. Scherzo: Vivace 01:55
    Track
    20
    Title
    II. Scherzo: Vivace
    Duration
    01:55
    Composer
    Robert Muczynski
    Performer
    Ginevra Petrucci, Dmitry Samogray
  21. 21 III. Andante 04:12
    Track
    21
    Title
    III. Andante
    Duration
    04:12
    Composer
    Robert Muczynski
    Performer
    Ginevra Petrucci, Dmitry Samogray
  22. 22 IV. Allegro con moto 03:56
    Track
    22
    Title
    IV. Allegro con moto
    Duration
    03:56
    Composer
    Robert Muczynski
    Performer
    Ginevra Petrucci, Dmitry Samogray