Release Date: 10 November 2023
Label: DUX Recording Producers
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 5902547019048
Genres: Classical Twentieth Century
Description
Ludus Tonalis were created during Paul Hindemith's stay in Yale (USA), when his avant-garde period was already over; back then, he was leaning towards Neo-Baroque aesthetics. The piece directly refers to Johann Sebastian Bach's Das Wohltemperierte Klavier, while the tradition of Baroque polyphony is combined with the 20th-century style and the composer's individual musical language. In turn, the cycles share the strict approach to the form of fugue, while the way of shaping the preludes/interludes (which take various forms) is free - in Hindemith's case, apart from preludes, toccatas and fantasies, there are also such forms as siciliana, foxtrot, march or waltz. The piece is unique in terms of piano music, intriguing and inspiring performers since its inception.
It also inspired Agnieszka Panasiuk, a graduate of the London Royal Academy of Music, finalist of the Delius Prize competition.
In her interpretation, one can clearly hear Bach inspirations, and the album is complemented by a bonus - the Sarabande from the French Suite, as a reference point.
"This is an admirable account. […] There is wit, virtuosity and light-hearted play as well as contrapuntal devices and ingenuity. [Panasiuk is] generous with the sustaining pedal, which brings out the harmonies more clearly. […] Much of the work is quiet and meditative and in these movements she offers a gentle eloquence which is very attractive." – MusicWeb International
Tracklisting
Aukso - Chamber Orchestra Of The City Of Tychy, Camerata Silesia Katowice City Singers' Ensemble, Marek Mos
Rafal Janiak, Soloists, Choir and Orchestra of the Lodz Grand Theatre
Milosz Maczynski
Kacper Nowa, Lukasz Krupinski
Joanna Morska-Osinska
Ewa Gawronska, Various Artists
Altberg Ensemble, Jorg-Andreas Botticher
Camerata Silesia, Anna Szostak
Klaudiusz Baran, Miros?aw Feldgebel, Anna Iberszer, Roby Lakatos, Magdalena Navarrete, Agnieszka Panasiuk, Grzegorz Piotrowski, The New Art Ensemble, Anna Wandtke Wypych, Sebstian Wypych
