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CD, Bacewicz (composer)
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The Silesian lend vibrant warmth to [the First Quartet]…[and] handle [the later quartets] with precision and élan: a tremendous achievement —
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2016, Disc of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Winner - Chamber
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Special offer. Bacewicz: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2
RecommendedSymphony No. 2 - Piano Concerto - Concerto For Large Symphony Orchestra
Peter Donohoe (piano), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo
Grażyna Bacewicz is a composer with purpose and drive...That's the impression left, as so often with her works, by the music on this latest album, performed with equal sense of mission by the... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 11th July 2025
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2025, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
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Ventris brings absolute technical assurance and a vivid sense of line...Among the many excellent more contemporary works, Amanda Feery’s Boreal s especially powerful...In all, beautifully performed... —
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2023, Instrumental Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2023, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2024, Shortlisted - Premiere
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Bacewicz’s music is always absorbing, with great rhythmic drive and underlying tension. The works on this beautifully performed disc add playfulness and sonic adventure to that drama. —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Symphonic Music
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Symphony No. 1, written during World War Two. Conceived in classic four-movement structure, it gets off to a moody start before picking up rhythmic drive. The whole work sounds arresting thanks... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Symphonic Music
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Special offer. Grazyna Bacewicz: Orchestral Works Vol. 1
RecommendedBBC Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo
These are two symphonies that show off the Polish composer at the height of her orchestral powers: in the early 1950s, when her writing was resolutely abstract, sombre at heart, serious in purpose... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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Special offer. Grażyna Bacewicz: Two Piano Quintets, Quartet for four Violins & Quartet for four Cellos
Szymon Krzeszowiec, Krzysztof Lasoń, Małgorzata Wasiucionek, Arkadiusz Kubica, Wojciech Świtała (piano)
Silesian Quartet, Polish Cello Quartet
For those invigorated by the Silesian Quartet’s complete quartet set, here’s an exciting new addition: two piano quintets. They are works of real substance and originality. The First (1952)... —
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2018, Chamber Choice
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Presto Editor's Choice, April 2018
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2019, Finalist - Chamber
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Diapason d’Or, June 2018, Nouveauté
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Altstaedt's musical partnership with Maxim Emelyanychev is as impressive in Britten's Cello Sonata as it is in the Bacewicz concerto...Strongly recommended, especially for the Britten. —
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Bacewicz: Concertos for 1 & 2 Pianos, Overture & Music for Strings, Trumpets & Percussion
Peter Jablonski and Elisabeth Brauß (piano), Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Nicholas Collon
The Piano Concerto (1949) might well appeal to those who enjoy Prokofiev and Bartók, though its sweep, energy and internal logic are entirely Bacewicz’s own. Peter Jablonski, whose recording... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2023, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2023, Concerto Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Assorted Programs
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Gramophone Awards, 2024 Shortlist, Finalist - Concerto
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Special offer. Joachim Mendelson & Grażyna Bacewicz: Chamber Works
Silesian String Quartet, Karolina Stalmachowska (oboe), Piotr Salajczyk (piano)
the Quintet of 1939 for violin, viola, cello, oboe and piano is more striking [than the String Quartet] – and the highlight of this recording. The oboe and piano add piquancy, and Mendelson... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, July 2023
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Chamber Music
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