Release Date: 08 January 2015
Label: Naxos / Naxos Classics
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 747313280773
Genres: Classical
Composer/Series: Bacewicz
Description
Gra?yna Bacewicz is now emerging from the shadow of her Polish contemporaries, such as Panufnik and Lutos?awski, on the international stage. She constantly sought ways to develop her style and it is this continuous line of development that is perfectly exemplified in her series of string quartets. String Quartet No. 2 was premiered in 1943 in challenging circumstances but attests to her positive spirit. The prize-winning String Quartet No. 4 is one of her most performed works, perfectly balancing formal complexity, approachable themes and harmonic sophistication. The powerful and intense String Quartet No. 5 is a compositional tour de force.Volume 1 can be heard on Naxos 8.572806.Bacewicz had many talents: she was a fine pianist, a professional violinist - in which capacity she recorded a number of LPs - and a composer increasingly recognised. She wrote 7 quartets and each reflect elements of expressionism,neoclassicism, and serialism. Points to press are her emergence after many years of neglect since her death in 1969 - she was overshadowed by Polish contemporaries who lived longer, such as Lutos?awski - and inevitably as a female composer often working against the odds. She wrote in a variety of forms but her quartets offer a perfect summation of her musical credo.
Tracklisting
Dariia Lytvishko
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; Marin Alsop
Alice Di Piazza; Basel Sinfonietta; NDR Bigband; Titus Engel
Anna Alas i Jove; Miquel Villalba
David Childs; Black Dyke Band; Nicholas Childs
Various
Various
Lully
Lutoslawski Quartet
Lutoslawski Quartet
