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At the turn of the 20th century, apart from the explosion of new artistic phenomena and aesthetic attitudes in art associated with the modernist movement, the trend of continuing Romantic ideas was still an exploited tendency in music as a way of composing expression. The output of Polish composer, pianist, educator, conductor and music critic Juliusz Wertheim (1880-1928) is kept in the neo-romantic convention. The album by Pawel Pawlik and Szymon Telecki is an excellent opportunity both to study the somewhat forgotten page of the Polish history of music and to confront Wertheim's works with the music of the most outstanding Polish composers of his time. Album Tracks 1. Quatre Préludes, Op. 2~No. 1 in E minor Moderato, ma con moto 2. Quatre Préludes, Op. 2~No. 2 in C sharp minor Largo 3. Quatre Préludes, Op. 2~No. 3 in F minor Molto agitato 4. Quatre Préludes, Op. 2~No. 4 in G flat major Senza rigore, ma molto sostenuto 5. Deux Préludes, Op. 5~No. 1 in C minor Grave 6. Deux Préludes, Op. 5~No. 2 in C major Non troppo animato 7. Drei Weisen im polnischen Volkston, Op. 13~Moderato. Tempo di Mazurka 8. Drei Weisen im polnischen Volkston, Op. 13~Allegretto semplice 9. Drei Weisen im polnischen Volkston, Op. 13~Allegretto tranquillo 10. Impromptu in F major, Op. 6 No. 1 11. Variations sur un thème original, Op. 4~Theme Andante maestoso 12. Variations sur un thème original, Op. 4~Variation I Un poco animato 13. Variations sur un thème original, Op. 4~Variation II Allegro con brio 14. Variations sur un thème original, Op. 4~Variation III Molto meno mosso 15. Variations sur un thème original, Op. 4~Variation IV Andantino semplice 16. Variations sur un thème original, Op. 4~Variation V Allegro con fuoco 17. Variations sur un thème original, Op. 4~Variation VI Andante molto tranquillo 18. Variations sur un thème original, Op.