Miłosz Mączyński - Élégiaque: Dowland, Sor, Schubert (2024) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

“Élegiaque” includes a collection of compositions written with guitar and lute in mind. It features pieces whose leitmotif is melancholy, sadness and reverie. The album begins with a few fancies by English lutenist John Dowland; in his compositions, he would combine elaborate Renaissance polyphonies with melodies whose vocal features were clearly inspired by Italian influences. Fernando Sor’s Fantasia, written after the death of his student, is a monumental work. Although it was created in the Romantic era, it contains a number of references to the rhetoric of the Renaissance and Baroque. In turn, it is thematically connected with the last link of the album, a collection of several songs by Franz Schubert, including “Death and the Maiden” – these are free arrangements drawing more from Liszt’s transcription than from the original. Milosz Maczynski is a virtuoso performing in many European countries, a prizewinner of international competitions and a member of the Cracow Guitar Quartet. He tells the musical story of melancholy while maintaining vocal continuity of the phrase even in polyphonic fragments and, above all, masterfully using time.

Tracklist:
01. Lachrimae Pavan, P 15
02. Forlorn Hope Fancy, P 2
03. A Fancy, P 6
04. Farewell on ‘In Nomine’, P 4 (transcription by Olaf Van Gonnissen and Tilman Hoppstock)
05. Fantaisie Elégiaque à la mort de Madame Beslay, Op. 59: Introduction. Andante largo
06. Fantaisie Elégiaque à la mort de Madame Beslay, Op. 59: Introduction. Andante largo: Marche funèbre. Andante moderato
07. Der Tod und das Mädchen, D. 531 (arrangement by Ferdinand Rebay)
08. From ‘Schwanengesang’, D. 957: Liebesbotschaft (arrangement by Johann Kaspar Mertz)
09. From ‘Schwanengesang’, D. 957: Ständchen (arrangement by Johann Kaspar Mertz)
10. From ‘Schwanengesang’, D. 957: Aufenthalt (arrangement by Johann Kaspar Mertz)
11. Lob der Tränen, D. 711 (arrangement by Johann Kaspar Mertz)


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