PRIMUZ Chamber Orchestra; Lukasz Blaszczyk
Format Details:
Release Date: 28 April 2023
Label: DUX Recording Producers
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 5902547017938
Genres: Classical Orchestral
Description
This new CD from DUX presents an exploration of the development in the compositional output of Polish composer Grazyna Bacewicz throughout her career. The Sinfonietta for string orchestra was written in 1935, and the Divertimento in 1965, a few years before Bacewicz's death.
Shortly after the war, Grazyna Bacewicz composed two more very important works in her output: Symphony (1946) and Concerto (1948), both for string ensemble. They culminate the neoclassical and neobaroque period of Bacewicz's work.
All Bacewicz's compositions are distinguished by their disciplined style, clarity of form and richness of textural ideas, which affect their original sonic qualities.
The pieces presented on the album are performed by the PRIMUZ Chamber Orchestra. This project crowns a decade of their creative work. The artists are associated with the Academy of Music in Lódz, bearing the name of Grazyna Bacewicz. Lukasz Blaszczyk is the orchestra's conductor and artistic supervisor.
"The Concerto for String Orchestra showcases Bacewicz's rhythmic vigour; the Symphony for Strings dripfeeds out the tension. Surprises are everywhere: Poland's Primuz Chamber Orchestra is alive to all of them." – BBC Music Magazine (4 STARS)
"[The Primuz Chamber Orchestra] play with verve and imagination and seem thoroughly at home in her world. The recording is excellent and the sleevenotes, in Polish and English, are helpful. […] I think this one would be hard to beat. Bacewicz is well worth hearing." - MusicWeb International
Tracklisting
Collegium Cantorum Choir, Janusz Siadlak
Jacek Szponarski, Szymon Mechlinski, Jolanta Pszczolkowsla-Pawlik
Jan Milosz Zarzycki, Witold Lutoslowski Lomza Chamber Philharmonic
Pawel Przytocki, Lódz 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
Eric Guo, Oh! Orchestra, Vaclav Luks
Hyuk Lee (piano), Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrzej Boreyko
Anna Gourari, Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana & Markus Poschner
Vladimir Delman; Milan RAI Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Schippers; Orchestra Sinfonica di Torino della Rai; New York Philharmonic Orchestra; Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Liepaja Symphony Orchestra
Johanna Domotor; Meesun Hong Coleman; Stuttgarter Kammerorchester
Josef Krips; Various Orchestras
