Sulamita Slubowska; Michal Francuz
Release Date: 25 November 2022
Label: DUX Recording Producers
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 5902547017532
Genres: Classical Chamber Music
Description
This album presents music for violin and piano by Bacewicz, Prokofiev and Part; a musical ensemble which has a long-standing tradition built over the centuries. On the album, we find music from the heart of the 20th century, composed by artists associated with Cen¬tral and Eastern Europe.
The first Sonata for violin and piano by Grazyna Bacewicz was written in 1949, shortly after the war. The war's shadow can still be observed in the composition, kept in the neoclassical style. Despite a perfect discipline, typical of Bacewicz, there are also sections brim¬ming with emotions, neatly blended into an impeccable form.
A similar impression of even greater emotionality and tragedy is evoked by the Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 80 by Sergei Prokofiev, written in 1936–1946, a work full of contrasts, with fragments of a heroic nature, yet perfectly balanced in terms of form.
The last of the pieces presented on the album is Fratres for violin and piano by Arvo Part from 1977. The composer has created many versions of this piece, yet the 'classic' combination of violin and keys seems to be particularly interesting here in com¬parison with its transparent structure and the tone colours used.
Sulamita Slubowska is a graduate of the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice in the class of Prof. Szymon Krze¬szowiec, in which she has been working as an assistant professor since 2020. Graduate of the NOSPR Academy. She has trained her skills under the guidance of outstanding artists, such as Pierre Amoyal, Gidon Kremer, Pinchas Zukerman, Roland Baldini, Bartlomiej Niziol and Maria Szwajger-Kulakowska. As a soloist she has performed with several signif¬icant orchestras such as Polish National Radio Sym¬phony Orchestra (NOSPR) in Katowice, Aukso – Chamber Orchestra of the City of Tychy, Sudeten Philharmonic, Podkarpacka Philharmonic, Silesian Philharmonic, Lower Silesian Philharmonic, and Staatstheater Sym¬phony Orchestra in Cottbus.
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
Karolos
The Counterpoints
Narratio Quartet
Danbi Um; Juho Pohjonen
Engegard Quartet, NyNorsk Messingkvintett
Flute Alors
Louise Bessette
Jonas Batstrand, Jorn Fossheim
