Peter Herresthal - Violin Concertos 1 & 2 - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Voytek SOKO SOKOLNICKI is an independent artist. Opera singer, soloist of many opera houses, philharmonics, and concert stages in Poland and abroad, e.g. in Italy, USA, Canada, Thailand, or Germany. He has education in music (the Ignacy Jan Paderewski Academy of Music in Poznan) and visual arts (the Wladyslaw Strzeminski Academy of Fine Arts in Lódz); he is keen on the synthesis of arts, i.e. he deve-lops concerts and performances combining sound, image, and movement. The artist has won a number of prestigious music awards such as the Jan Kiepura Theatrical Music Award in the category Best Operatic Debut awarded by the Mazowiecki Musical Theatre in Warsaw (2010) or the 1st prize in the 15th Grand Tenor Tournament at the Castle Opera in Szczecin (2013); he is also the winner of the Platinum Rose in the 3rd Battle of Tenors for Roses in Warsaw, organized by the Warsaw Chamber Opera (2016). He is one of the soloists of the Tre Voci crossover ensemble with whom they are very successful on international and Polish concert stages; the Onet Plejada web portal hailed them as the greatest opera discovery of 2017. In recent years, he has recorded three albums with vocal lyrics, i.e. songs by various composers entitled Neb-bie with great pianist Michal Francuz; the album Sokolniccy Duett with Agnieszka Sokolnicka, a soprano endowed with a mesmerizing voice, and the album With Love with the Tre Voci ensemble. He initiates a number of charity concerts. His work is characterized by an innovative approach to art and openness to the audience, and his main goal as an artist is to serve people through art. Album Tracks 1. Oceany 2. Jezioro SNÓW 3. Dom 4. Melanforia 5. Ave Maria 6. Mamo 7. Twoje Bzy 8. Sny 9. Ostatni Feniks 10. Czas 11. I Want Silence

Album Tracks 1. Concerto for Violin and Orchestra 2. Energico 3. Fluente 4. Lento Cantando / Energico 5. Tanze, Du Ungeheuer, Zu Meinhem Sanften Lied 6. Schwankendes Gleichgewicht 7. Schwebendes (Vor Dem Anstieg) 8. Harpia, Harpiana 9. Individualisierte Hohenmessung Der Lagen

Written fifty years apart, the two beautifully conceived and executed Violin Concertos Nos. 1 and 3 bear the hallmarks of the same, powerful artistic personality. Album Tracks 1. Largamente, Rubato - Allegro Molto 2. Vivacissimo 3. Andante Con Moto 4. Allegro Molto Vivace 5. I. Esmeralda Nicht Eilen, Tänzerisch Gemütvoll 6. II. Das Kind Echo Adagio - Tempo Giusto 7. III. Rudi S. Andante - Piã¹ Mosso 8. Elegie 9. Capriccio 10. Hirtenlied I (Shepherd's Song I) 11. Hirtenlied II (Shepherd's Song II) 12. Ode