Szymanowski Bakowski Gorecka - Works for Violin Piano (11 tracks) +Album Reviews

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Szymanowski, Bakowski, Gorecka
Works for Violin & Piano
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (11) - Disc #1
1. Violin Sonata, for piano & violin in D minor, Op. 9, M9: Allegro moderato
2. Violin Sonata, for piano & violin in D minor, Op. 9, M9: Andantino tranquillo e dolce
3. Violin Sonata, for piano & violin in D minor, Op. 9, M9: Finale. Allegro molto, quasi presto
4. Lullaby ('La berceuse d'A?tacho Enia'), for violin & piano, Op. 52, M58
5. Nocturne & Tarantella for violin & piano, Op. 28, M30: Nocturne
6. Roxana's Song, for violin & piano (from opera 'King Roger')
7. Harnasie (The Highland Robbers), ballet pantomime for tenor, chorus & orchestra, Op. 55, M68: Taniec Harnasiow (Dance of the Harnasie
8. Nocturne & Tarantella for violin & piano, Op. 28, M30: Tarantella
9. Myths, poems (3) for violin & piano, Op. 30, M29: Zr?dlo Aretuzy (Arethusa's Fountain)
10. Myths, poems (3) for violin & piano, Op. 30, M29: Narcyz (Narcissus)
11. Myths, poems (3) for violin & piano, Op. 30, M29: Driady i Pan (Pan and the Dryads)

CD Details

All Artists: Szymanowski, Bakowski, Gorecka
Title: Works for Violin & Piano
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: CD Accord
Original Release Date: 1/1/2005
Re-Release Date: 8/30/2005
Genre: Classical
Styles: Ballets & Dances, Ballets, Chamber Music, Historical Periods, Classical (c.1770-1830), Modern, 20th, & 21st Century, Instruments, Strings
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 521765007726, 5902176500771

CD Reviews

Szymanowski's violin and piano works

Amy | 10/04/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"If you are not familiar with Szymanowski's violin sonata you are in for a treat if you like turbulently romantic music. Waves of emotion crash and surge through this achingly volcanic piece. If you enjoy the cello sonatas of Rachmaninov or the violin sonatas of Dale, Medtner and Miaskovsky then you must hear this disc and this recording which is direct, subtle and brimming with unruly emotional force. The piece Harnasie is fully mature Szymanowski and radiates poetic isolation and a volatile tendency to ecstatic expression. The Nocturne is the first of two movements from Op. 28. Lastly come the Three Myths which are symphonic poems for violin and piano. These are wonderfully played by the duo who masterfully catch the steady yet mystical communion inherent in these pieces. The illusion of the performance being swayed by the spontaneity of the moment is fully intact. This Bakowski version I feel is the best version available of the complete Szymanowski music for violin and piano. Szymanowski is often overlooked and is sadly not as well known as other composers of his time. This is a wonderful cd with some of the most most beautiful and emotional music I've heard.

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