Muczynski: Chamber Music

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Label
Brilliant Classics
Release Date
June 23, 2017
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      MUCZYNSKI, ROBERT
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Ensemble Accendo
    • PERFORMER
      ENSEMBLE ACCENDO
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      June 23, 2017
    • UPC
      5028421954332
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      BRI95433
    • LABEL
      Brilliant Classics
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Allegro energico

      Composer: Robert Muczynski

      Performer: Gleb Kanasevich, Dorotea Racz, Dmitry Samogray

    2. II. Andante con espressione

      Composer: Robert Muczynski

      Performer: Gleb Kanasevich, Dorotea Racz, Dmitry Samogray

    3. III. Allegro deciso

      Composer: Robert Muczynski

      Performer: Gleb Kanasevich, Dorotea Racz, Dmitry Samogray

    4. IV. Introduction and Finale: Andante molto e sostenuto

      Composer: Robert Muczynski

      Performer: Gleb Kanasevich, Dorotea Racz, Dmitry Samogray

    5. I. Theme and Variations: Andante sostenuto

      Composer: Robert Muczynski

      Performer: Dorotea Racz, Dmitry Samogray

    6. II. Scherzo: Allegro grazioso

      Composer: Robert Muczynski

      Performer: Dorotea Racz, Dmitry Samogray

    7. III. Andante sostenuto

      Composer: Robert Muczynski

      Performer: Dorotea Racz, Dmitry Samogray

    8. IV. Allegro con spirito

      Composer: Robert Muczynski

      Performer: Dorotea Racz, Dmitry Samogray

    9. I. Andante sostenuto

      Composer: Robert Muczynski

      Performer: Ginevra Petrucci, Gleb Kanasevich

    10. II. Allegro risoluto

      Composer: Robert Muczynski

      Performer: Ginevra Petrucci, Gleb Kanasevich

    11. III. Moderato

      Composer: Robert Muczynski

      Performer: Ginevra Petrucci, Gleb Kanasevich

    12. IV. Allegro ma non troppo

      Composer: Robert Muczynski

      Performer: Ginevra Petrucci, Gleb Kanasevich

    13. V. Allegro molto

      Composer: Robert Muczynski

      Performer: Ginevra Petrucci, Gleb Kanasevich

    14. VI. Allegro

      Composer: Robert Muczynski

      Performer: Ginevra Petrucci, Gleb Kanasevich

    15. I. Allegro risoluto

      Composer: Robert Muczynski

      Performer: Gleb Kanasevich, Dmitry Samogray

    16. II. Andante espressivo

      Composer: Robert Muczynski

      Performer: Gleb Kanasevich, Dmitry Samogray

    17. III. Allegro moderato

      Composer: Robert Muczynski

      Performer: Gleb Kanasevich, Dmitry Samogray

    18. IV. Introduction: Andante molto - Allegro energico

      Composer: Robert Muczynski

      Performer: Gleb Kanasevich, Dmitry Samogray

    19. I. Allegro deciso

      Composer: Robert Muczynski

      Performer: Ginevra Petrucci, Dmitry Samogray

    20. II. Scherzo: Vivace

      Composer: Robert Muczynski

      Performer: Ginevra Petrucci, Dmitry Samogray

    21. III. Andante

      Composer: Robert Muczynski

      Performer: Ginevra Petrucci, Dmitry Samogray

    22. IV. Allegro con moto

      Composer: Robert Muczynski

      Performer: Ginevra Petrucci, Dmitry Samogray


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.