Joanna Kurkowicz, Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Łukasz Borowicz - Grazyna Bacewicz: Violin Concertos Nos 2, 4 and 5 (2011)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 80:51 | 391 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Chandos Records | Catalog: CHAN 10673
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 80:51 | 391 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Chandos Records | Catalog: CHAN 10673
This album marks the second release by Polish-born violinist Joanna Kurkowicz to be devoted to the concertos of Grazyna Bacewicz, a violinist/composer who survived World War II and Stalinism with her artistic vision intact. Not only that, she adapted the violin concerto, not a form in great favor in the 20th century, to waves of successive influences. As Eastern Europe emerges as the crucible where musicians tried to build a durable culture out of the 20th century's various musical and political "isms," Bacewicz's music is well worth keeping an eye on.