Kinga Pr da Sagvik - Afternoon in Pan's Labyrinth - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

There are a number of works in the well-known piano repertoire which, due to the colossal degree of piano difficulties, have become a permanent feature of the canon of the most demanding compositions. There is also a group of works which, to a greater extent, require from the pianist, above all, a great musical imagination, maximum concentration on every textural and formal detail as well as the ability to construct an extensive, multi-threaded narrative. Undoubtedly, this group includes the extensive Sonata in B-flat Major D. 960 by Franz Schubert, recorded by a Polish pianist - Katarzyna Kling. The work, which is the core of the repertoire of this album, prompts both the performer and the listener to many philosophical and musical reflections. The pianist, appreciated both in the field of performance and teaching, completes the solo album with the Impromptu in E-flat Major, Op. 90 No. 2, D. 899, which in combination with the last Sonata allows the listener to get to know Schubert from two separate perspectives.

High Roller Records, reissue 2022, splicase, poster, mastered by Patrick W. Engel/ Temple of Disharmony, live bonus tracks

Grazyna Bacewicz (1909-1969) was a prolific Polish composer and accomplished violinist in the inter-war, WWII, and postwar eras of the twentieth century. Often labeled neo-classical, her compositional style continued changing throughout her work, from early influences of Karol Szymanowski to her own distinctive atonalism. Polish-American Kinga Augustyn is a versatile New York City-based virtuoso concert violinist and recording artist. InchStylish and vibrantInch (The Strad Magazine), and Inchbeyond amazing, one hell of a violinist!Inch (The Fanfare Magazine), Ms. Augustyn has performed as a soloist with orchestras in the United States, Europe and Asia, and they include the Deutsches Kammerorchester Berlin, Magdeburg Philharmonic Orchestra, the Chamber Orchestra Leopoldinum, the Wroclaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Queens Symphony and the Riverside Symphonia.