Release Date: 14 May 2021
Label: DUX Recording Producers
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 5902547016733
Genres: Classical Solo Instrumental
Description
The youthful compositions of Karol Szymanowski, performed here by Joanna Domanska, were created from 1899–1905. Works on the album include 9 Preludes, Op.1, Variations in B Flat minor, Op.3, 4 Etudes, Op.4 and Fantasy in C major, Op.14.
The majority of these pieces were composed in Tymoshivka, Ukraine, and during Szymanowski's studies in Warsaw. Harmony lessons with Marek Zawirski and counterpoint and composition ones with Zygmunt Noskowski complemented the knowledge that the young composer was drawing from his in-depth analyses of works of great masters. According to a popular belief, works of Fryderyk Chopin and Alexander Scriabin served as a model for the form and texture of the Preludes, op. 1 and Etudes, op. 4; the virtuoso pianism of Variations, op. 3 and Fantasy, op. 14 referred to compositions of Johannes Brahms and Franz Liszt, whereas Szymanowski's harmonic language in the first period of his work was shaped by the music of Richard Strauss and Richard Wagner. The influence of other composers on Szymanowski's early works has been widely considered in all possible analyses and dissertations, which wrongly suggests lack of originality of their author. Meanwhile, Szymanowski's early piano opuses are works full of noble, poetic inspiration and spontaneous expression, which ensured them a permanent place in the piano repertoire.
Tracklisting
Collegium Cantorum Choir, Janusz Siadlak
Jacek Szponarski, Szymon Mechlinski, Jolanta Pszczolkowsla-Pawlik
Jan Milosz Zarzycki, Witold Lutoslowski Lomza Chamber Philharmonic
Pawel Przytocki, Arthur Rubinstein Philharmonic Orchestra, Wojciech Niedziolka
Tomasz Ritter, Tansman Trio
Messages Quartet, Piotr Lato
Malgorzata Wasiucionek-Potera, Andrzej Karalow
Maciej Tworek, Jerzy Semkow Polish Sinfonia luventus Orchestra
Roman Widaszek, Tadeusz Tomaszewski, Joanna Domanska, Silesina Trio, AUKSO Chamber Orchestra of Tychy & Marek Mos
