Tomasik Morawski - All Violin & Piano Works - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Violinist Dominika Przech and pianist Adam Mikolaj Gozdziewski present a repertoire of Polish music created throughout the 20th century, extremely ambitious in terms of performance and interpretation. All works presented on the CD refer to the output of Karol Szymanowski, whose early Sonata in D minor, op. 9 opens the album. Original references to Szymanowski's music in the works of Pawel Klecki and Zbigniew Bargielski are perceptible on the purely musical level, especially when one is aware of the artistic development path and inspiration of both artists. The thread connecting Bargielski with Szymanowski goes back to his teenage years and his studies under the supervision of the following composers Piotr Perkowski, Tadeusz Szeligowski, Boleslaw Szabelski and Nadia Boulanger, two of whom were Szymanowski's students, one was his friend and Nadia Boulanger was the person to whom Szymanowski directed his students for further education. Testimony of his [Szymanowski's] students, who were my teachers, embellished my ideas and intuitionsInch - the composer himself admits.

Works for Violin & Piano - Works for Violin & Piano [COMPACT DISCS] date 04/01/2014

Although Alexandre Tansman was considered a genius in his lifetime, these recordings demonstrate thatmuch of his chamber music remains to be rediscovered after years of neglect. Tansman’s early successes included the prize-winning Romance and late-Romantic Sonate No. 2, ensuring his move from Poland into Parisian cultural life. The exploratory character and exquisite poetry of the Sonate quasi una fantasiacontrasts with the concise First Sonatine with it's playful Fox-Trot. Despite it's wartime origins the SecondSonatine is bright and buoyant, while the Fantaisie is an expressively lyrical product of Tansman’s final period.