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Grazyna Bacewicz - Violin Concertos, Overture

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Label: Chandos

Cat No: CHAN10533

Barcode: 0095115153321

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Orchestral

Release Date: 29th June 2009

Works

Bacewicz, Grazyna

Overture
Violin Concerto no.1
Violin Concerto no.3 'Highland'
Violin Concerto no.7

Artists

Joanna Kurkowicz (violin)
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra

Conductor

Lukasz Borowicz

Works

Bacewicz, Grazyna

Overture
Violin Concerto no.1
Violin Concerto no.3 'Highland'
Violin Concerto no.7

Artists

Joanna Kurkowicz (violin)
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra

Conductor

Lukasz Borowicz

About

The year 2009 marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Grażyna Bacewicz. She was regarded by Witold Lutosławski as ‘a distinguished Polish composer of the twentieth century and one of the foremost women composers of all time’. Bridging the gap between the neo-romanticism of Karol Szymanowski and the modernism of Witold Lutosławski, she certainly deserves much wider recognition than she has received to date outside of her native country of Poland.

The Polish-born violinist Joanna Kurkowicz has previously made a rare recording of Bacewicz’s works for violin and piano on Chandos, which was enthusiastically received. ‘This is music which demands disciplined virtuosity, such as Joanna Kurkowicz has in spades”, wrote Gramophone, while American Record Guide commented, ‘Lovers of fiddle music really can’t have too much of Grazyna Bacewicz’.

Joanna Kurkowicz writes on the current project: ‘For me personally, this recording project is a celebration of a supremely talented composer… My sincere hope is that generations of violinists, teachers and critics will be attracted to Grażyna Bacewicz’s œuvre – especially the violin concertos – and that the quality and originality of Bacewicz’s works will secure them the acclaim they so richly deserve, and their rightful place among the masterpieces of the repertoire.’ About the repertoire on this disc she says: ‘The idea of the present recording, of bringing together Violin Concertos Nos 1, 3 and 7, came to me after the simple realisation that these fabulous works for violin belong among the masterpieces of the violin repertoire… Written by a violinist who knew the technical challenges of the instrument, these works are indeed difficult. But at the same time they seem natural and convey musical ideas with absolute clarity… [Bacewicz’s] choices of sonorities, articulations, tempos – even fingerings – in the musical text suggest a deep understanding of the instrument, which draws me even closer to [the] music.’