Release Date: 15 January 2021
Label: DUX Recording Producers
Packaging Type: Mini-Disc Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 5902547016283
Genres: Classical Solo Instrumental
Description
According to a traditional adage, when a phenomenon, trend, or style becomes popular, 'it has hit thatched houses.' In the case of Fryderyk Chopin's Mazurkas, however, the opposite was true – it was the folk music that found its way to the salons from thatched houses.
The most famous Polish pianist experienced this kind of music during the holidays he would spend at his friends' country estates, participating in various rites, harvest festivals, or singing and dancing evenings in taverns. Sprightly mazurkas, sorrowful kujawiaks, and brisk obereks from the Mazovia and Kujawy regions became the inspiration for sophisticated stylizations created throughout Chopin's life and entered the canon of the world piano repertoire.
Less than a century later, Karol Szymanowski, the precursor of the Polish musical avant-garde, engaged in a dialogue with the folk tradition, as a result of which, in 1924–26, he composed his own mazurkas, so different from Chopin's. From thatched houses to salons, concert halls, and recording studios – we would like to introduce you to another link in the chain of Polish folk music interpretation.
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
Slava Guerchovitch
Nora von Marschall
Lea Suter
Aart Bergwerff
Ran Jia
Johannes Krahl
Elke Volker
Henry Fairs
