5902547018393

Szymon Laks: Quartets Nos. 3, 4 & 5

Amadeus Chamber Orchestra Of Polish Radio, Agnieszka Duczmal, Anna Duczmal-Mroz

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Format: CD

Cat No: DUX1839

Release Date:  15 April 2022

Label:  DUX Recording Producers

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  5902547018393

Genres:  Classical  Chamber Music  

  • Description

    Szymon Laks (number 49543 in Auschwitz-Birkenau), an outstanding composer, violinist, writer and passionate linguist and translator admitted that it was music that saved his life in the extermination camp, where he stayed from 1942 to 1944. The present album contains a recording of three string quartets arranged for string orchestra, which are one of the greatest showpieces of the compositional activity of Szymon Laks.

    "I spent [...] almost three years in Oswiecim, and what I saw and experienced there could not but weigh on my biography, not only psychological, but also musical. […] It was difficult to get back to normal life like to an interesting book that one interrupts right in the middle of it. A lot of time was still to pass before it all settled down and I rediscovered a sense of composing,' said Szymon Laks (1901–1983) in an interview with Tadeusz Kaczynski for Ruch Muzyczny (21/1964).

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. String Quartet No. 3 “Based On Polish Folklore Themes” I. Allegro Quasi Presto
      • 2. String Quartet No. 3 “Based On Polish Folklore Themes” II. Poco Lento, Sostenuto
      • 3. String Quartet No. 3 “Based On Polish Folklore Themes” III. Vivace Non Troppo
      • 4. String Quartet No. 3 “Based On Polish Folklore Themes” IV. Allegro Moderato, Giusto
      • 5. String Quartet No. 4 I. Allegro Non Troppo
      • 6. String Quartet No. 4 II. Andante Sostenuto
      • 7. String Quartet No. 4 III. Quasi Presto, Con Fuoco
      • 8. String Quartet No. 5 I. Allegro Moderato
      • 9. String Quartet No. 5 - Adagio Molto
      • 10. String Quartet No. 5 III. Scherzo, Quasi Presto
      • 11. String Quartet No. 5 IV. Allegro Giocoso