Joseph Payne - Keyboard Suites - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

In the work of Johann Sebastian Bach, two groups of sonatas composed for violin and harpsichord can be distinguished. The first group features the harpsichord performing only the role of basso continuo. The second group includes the harpsichord as an equal partner to the violin. This features six sonatas of the latter category. Aleksandra Bryla is a versatile violinist with rich artistic achievements. She performs as a soloist and chamber musician, cooperating with prominent figures of the international music scene. She is a laureate of several violin and chamber music competitions around the world. In 2007 she cofounded the Meccore String Quartet, with which she carries out dynamic international concert activity. As a soloist, she has achieved major success at the National Zdzislaw Jahnke Violin Competition in Poznan, the Michael Hill International Competition in New Zealand, the International Violin Competition Valsesia-Musica in Italy and the International Violin Competition in Avignon in France. Maria Banaszkiewicz-Bryla is a graduate of the Ignacy Jan Paderewski Academy of Music in Poznan, where she studied in the harpsichord class of Z. Brencz-Budny and E. Mielczarek-Poprawa and in the organ class of R. Sroczynski. She has taken numerous courses in the interpretation of early music, and is founder and director of the early music ensemble Brill'ante.

Caprice, being a virtuoso form, mainly for a solo instrument, dates back to the 19th century. In these times, instrumentalists were frequently also composers - they would create pieces adapted to their abilities and the caprice was the most virtuosic genre among them. It is also the main topic of this album. The caprices by Alfredo Piatti, recognized by Yehudi Menuhin as the cello's New Testament, are fraught with difficulties, but there are plenty of beautiful and varied melodies and counterpoints using almost all possibilities of the cello. To Anna Wróbel, Piatti is more than virtuosity of the caprices, it is also captivating chamber music of varied atmosphere, interpreted and arranged (Andrzej Wróbel), in a family ensemble, for two and three cellos. Anna Wróbel is a soloist, chamber musician, and teacher. She graduated in 2005 with honors from the Academy of Music Fr. Chopin in Warsaw in the class of professor Andrzej Wróbel. In 2012 she received her Doctor of Musical Arts from the same school. Album Tracks 1. Capriccio No. 1 Allegro Quasi Presto 2. Capriccio No. 2 Andante Religioso 3. Capriccio No. 3 Moderato 4. Capriccio No. 4 Allegretto 5. Capriccio No. 5 Allegro Comodo 6. Capriccio No. 6 Adagio Largamente 7. Capriccio No. 7 Maestoso 8. Capriccio No. 8 Moderato Ma Energico 9. Capriccio No. 9 Allegro 10. Capriccio No. 10 Allegro Deciso 11. Capriccio No. 11 Adagio - Allegro - Adagio 12. Capriccio No. 12 Allegretto Capriccioso 13. Capriccio Sopra Un Tema Della Niobe Di Pacini, Op. 22 14. Elegia Sulla Morte Di Antonio Rubinstein Per Due Violoncelli - Anna Wrobel/Andrzej Wrobel 15. Serenata Per Due Violoncelli E Pianoforte - Various Performers

Album Tracks 1. Les Idees Heureuses 2. La Diligente 3. Prelude No.5 (L'art de Toucher Le Clavecin) 4. La Logiviere-Allemande 5. Courante 6. Sarabande-La Dangereuse 7. Gigue 8. La Tendre Fanchon 9. Les Ondes 10. Le Moucheron 11. La Menetou 12. Les Amusemens 13. Les Bagatelles 14. Les Folies Francoises Ou Les Dominos 15. Le Carillon de Cythere 16. Le Dodo Ou L'amour Au Berceau 17. L'evaporee 18. Les Petits Moulins a Vent 19. La Reine Des Coeurs 20. La Couperin 21. La Petite Pince-Sans-Rire 22. Les Vieux Seigneurs 23. Les Jeunes Seigneurs