Complete String Quartets, Vol. 1
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GRAZYNA BACEWICZ
Complete String Quartets, Vol. 1
Lutosławski Quartet
[ Naxos / CD ]
Release Date: Wednesday 10 February 2016
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Musicologist Adrian Thomas considered Grażyna Bacewicz's string quartets "unrivalled in 20th-century Polish music and… one of the century's most significant contributions to the genre". Her folk-music infused First Quartet dates from student days at the Paris Conservatoire, while exceptional polyphonic skill, intense emotion and playful, high spirits characterize the Third Quartet. Both the Sixth and Seventh Quartets unite tradition with a strikingly effective and highly personal exploration of progressive contemporary techniques. As Lutosławski observed, in the "rapidly changing artistic currents" of the times, "it was [Bacewicz's] music which helped create that atmosphere".
BBC Music Magazine Awards 2016 Finalist - Chamber
'Grażyna Bacewicz is the great unsung heroine of post-war Polish music, a brilliant, individual composer who kept the art of the string quartet vividly alive during the bleakest years of Communist rule. The brilliant young Lutosławskis are captivating in the dancing wistfulness of her first, folk-inflected quartet, the questing, inventive grace of the 1960s works and the irresistible vivacity of No. 3.' (BBC Music)
"Especially in the earlier works here, the First and Third Quartets, she uses folk music and dance rhythms, inevitably bringing Bartók to mind...The Lutosławski Quartet give wholehearted, stylish performances. This is the first of their two CDs covering Bacewicz's seven quartets. Bring on the next …" (The Guardian)
Tracks:
String Quartet No. 1
String Quartet No. 3
String Quartet No. 6
String Quartet No. 7
