Polish Violin Concertos / Plawner, Bruns, Kammersymphonie Berlin

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Naxos
Release Date
July 8, 2016
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      BACEWICZ TANSMAN SPISAK
    • PERFORMER
      Plawner, Kammersymphonie Berlin, Bruns
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      July 08, 2016
    • UPC
      747313349678
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8573496
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Concertos
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Allegro

      Composer: Grażyna Bacewicz

      Ensemble: Kammersymphonie Berlin

      Performer: Piotr Pławner

      Conductor: Jürgen Bruns

    2. II. Andante (molto espressivo)

      Composer: Grażyna Bacewicz

      Ensemble: Kammersymphonie Berlin

      Performer: Piotr Pławner

      Conductor: Jürgen Bruns

    3. III. Vivace

      Composer: Grażyna Bacewicz

      Ensemble: Kammersymphonie Berlin

      Performer: Piotr Pławner

      Conductor: Jürgen Bruns

    4. No. 1. Toccata

      Composer: Alexandre Tansman

      Ensemble: Kammersymphonie Berlin

      Performer: Piotr Pławner

      Conductor: Jürgen Bruns

    5. No. 2. Chanson et Boite à Musique

      Composer: Alexandre Tansman

      Ensemble: Kammersymphonie Berlin

      Performer: Piotr Pławner

      Conductor: Jürgen Bruns

    6. No. 3. Mouvement perpétuel

      Composer: Alexandre Tansman

      Ensemble: Kammersymphonie Berlin

      Performer: Piotr Pławner

      Conductor: Jürgen Bruns

    7. No. 4. Aria

      Composer: Alexandre Tansman

      Ensemble: Kammersymphonie Berlin

      Performer: Piotr Pławner

      Conductor: Jürgen Bruns

    8. No. 5. Basso ostinato

      Composer: Alexandre Tansman

      Ensemble: Kammersymphonie Berlin

      Performer: Piotr Pławner

      Conductor: Jürgen Bruns

    9. Andante

      Composer: Michał Spisak

      Ensemble: Kammersymphonie Berlin

      Performer: Piotr Pławner

      Conductor: Jürgen Bruns

    10. Allegro

      Composer: Michał Spisak

      Ensemble: Kammersymphonie Berlin

      Performer: Piotr Pławner

      Conductor: Jürgen Bruns

    11. I. Rubato

      Composer: Andrzej Panufnik

      Ensemble: Kammersymphonie Berlin

      Performer: Piotr Pławner

      Conductor: Jürgen Bruns

    12. II. Adagio

      Composer: Andrzej Panufnik

      Ensemble: Kammersymphonie Berlin

      Performer: Piotr Pławner

      Conductor: Jürgen Bruns

    13. III. Vivace

      Composer: Andrzej Panufnik

      Ensemble: Kammersymphonie Berlin

      Performer: Piotr Pławner

      Conductor: Jürgen Bruns


Listen to the Naxos Podcast to learn more about this release

The works on this recording were written by four roughly contemporary Polish composers who settled and pursued their careers in different parts of the world. Grayna Bacewicz's first Violin Concerto displays her own glittering virtuosity as a performer, while Alexandre Tansman wrote his Baroque-infused Five Pieces for the great Josef Szigeti. Michal Spisak considered his neo-classical Andante and Allegro to be "a little story for violin and orchestra", while Andrzej Panufnik's wide-ranging Violin Concerto became a "pilgrimage into my past" and is richly suffused with Polish atmosphere.

Review:

There are four rewarding works to be discovered on this disc, although only two of them are technically concertos. Andrzej Panufnik's Violin Concerto, written in 1971 and recorded in concert in 2014 by ?ód?-born violinist Piotr P?awner, the Kammersymphonie Berlin and conductor Jürgen Bruns. The second movement, with its seemingly endless lines of melody, reminds us that the concerto was written for Yehudi Menuhin and his famous nonstop vibrato. P?awner does those long lines justice here, before wrapping up the piece in a spiky, frenetic Polish dance.

– Guardian