Release Date: 18 September 2020
Label: Anaklasis
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 5907795208688
Genres: Classical Solo Instrumental
Description
“Having received my music education in Poland and
having later prepared for the Chopin Competition, how could I possibly not have soaked up Chopin?" So says Zygmunt Krauze of this recording.
"I tried to escape his influence, but it proved impossible. Today I even feel a kind of satisfaction when I discover in my own works some echoes of the typical Chopin melancholy and phrasing. It is not just because I write for the piano.
If you listen to Panufnik, Gorecki, or Kilar, Chopin left his mark on all of them as well.”
This is how Zygmunt Krauze, Poland’s most eminent pianist-composer since Karol Szymanowski (or perhaps even since Chopin) explains his Chopinesque inspirations.
Though Krauze prefers to see himself first and foremost as a composer, it is hard to judge which of the two sides of his artistic personality should be considered more important and more fascinating. You can decide for yourself with this recording.
Tracklisting
AUKSO Chamber Orchestra Of The City Of Tych
Agata Zubel; Andrej Bauer
Soloists; Warsaw Philharmonic Choir And Orchestra
Mleczko; Hammond; Sinfonia Iuventus Polish Orchestra
High Definition Quartet
Soloists; Poznan Opera/ Warsaw Phil Choir & Orchestras
Soloists; AUKSO Chamber Orchestra Of Tychy
Daniel Rotem; Kuba Stankiewicz
Slava Guerchovitch
Nora von Marschall
Lea Suter
Aart Bergwerff
Ran Jia
Johannes Krahl
Elke Volker
Henry Fairs
