Bacewicz: Concertos for 1 & 2 Pianos / Overture / Music for Strings, Trumpets & Percussion
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GRAZYNA BACEWICZ
Bacewicz: Concertos for 1 & 2 Pianos / Overture / Music for Strings, Trumpets & Percussion
Peter Jablonski and Elisabeth Brauß (piano) / Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Nicholas Collon
[ Ondine / CD ]
Release Date: Friday 5 May 2023
The music of Grazyna Bacewicz (1909-1969) has been enjoying a revival during the past two decades. Bacewicz was an outstanding figure in 20th-century music, a major Polish composer and a versatile musician. This album by the award-winning pianist Peter Jablonski, pianist Elisabeth Brauß, the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra and conductor Nicholas Collon includes some rarely recorded gems: the composer's Piano Concerto together with the late Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra in its first digital recording. Also included is the composer's homage to Bartok, Music for Strings, Trumpets and Percussion, as well as the composer's early exuberant Overture written during the German occupation of Poland.
"The Piano Concerto (1949) might well appeal to those who enjoy Prokofiev and Bartók, though its sweep, energy and internal logic are entirely Bacewicz's own. Peter Jablonski, whose recording of the composer's solo piano works was shortlisted for a BBC Music Magazine Award, is the excellent soloist." BBC Music Five Stars BBC July 2023 Concerto Choice
"Bacewicz's music certainly thrives on its high metabolic rate, its impatience, even, for which this brilliantly executed new album makes no apology." Gramophone Award Finalist 2024 - Concerto
"The performances are committed and well executed; pianist Peter Jablonski is very familiar with the composer, having already recorded all of her solo piano works. Recorded sound is an important component with Bacewicz-one needs to hear the detail without losing the overall color." Fanfare
Tracks:
Overture
Concerto for Piano
Concerto for 2 Pianos and Orchestra
Music for strings, trumpets and percussion
