Bacewicz & Tansman: Piano Quintets

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This is the second excellent recording of Bacewicz’s Piano Quintets to emerge in the past few years. The 1952 Quintet No. 1 is full of f lair, while the 1965 Quintet No. 2 finds the Polish composer... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2022, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 4th Mar 2022
Catalogue No: DUX1792
Label: Dux
Length: 60 minutes

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Bacewicz: Piano Quintet No. 1

Work length23:44

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Julia Kociuban (piano), Małgorzata Wasiucionek-Potera (violin), Oriana Masternak (violin), Maria Shetty (viola), Beata Urbanek-Kalinowska (cello)
Messages Quartet

I. Moderato molto espressivo

Track length7:34

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II. Presto

Track length4:18

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III. Grave

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IV. Con passione

Track length4:46

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Bacewicz: Piano Quintet No. 2

Work length17:52

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Julia Kociuban (piano), Małgorzata Wasiucionek-Potera (violin), Oriana Masternak (violin), Maria Shetty (viola), Beata Urbanek-Kalinowska (cello)
Messages Quartet

I. Moderato

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II. Larghetto

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III. Allegro giocoso

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Tansman: Musica a cinque

Work length18:45

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Julia Kociuban (piano), Małgorzata Wasiucionek-Potera (violin), Oriana Masternak (violin), Maria Shetty (viola), Beata Urbanek-Kalinowska (cello)
Messages Quartet

I. Praeludium

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II. Toccata

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III. Elegia

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IV. Divertimento

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V. Finale

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On the album we present you with the music of Grazyna Bacewicz and Alexandre Tansman in a chamber version these are piano quintets from the 1950s and 1960s.

Grazyna Bacewicz is one of the most famous composers of the last century. She was distinguished by a bold, experimental approach to music and, at the same time, an excellent compositional technique, characterized by precision and predilection for an orderly form. This made her belong to the Neoclassical trend, which is reflected by the Piano Quintet No. 1 (1952) featured on the album. The second piece of this genre, Piano Quintet No. 2, was written in 1965 and shows a new, sonoristic approach to the sound matter, but it is still kept in Bacewicz's elegant and at the same time temperamental compositional idiom. Alexandre Tansman created his piano quintet in 1955; critics also classified him as a Neoclassical composer. In his Musica a cinque, he drew inspiration from Baroque music both in terms of form and technique, combining polyphonic and homophonic textures. This piece has been almost forgotten and rarely performed so far, so we are all the happier to present it to the audience. The piano part is interpreted by Julia Kociuban, an extremely talented pianist, performing on many continents, also experienced as a teacher and organizer of musical life. She is accompanied by the Messages Quartet, an ensemble specializing in Polish chamber music performance, active since 2014.

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June 2022

This is the second excellent recording of Bacewicz’s Piano Quintets to emerge in the past few years. The 1952 Quintet No. 1 is full of f lair, while the 1965 Quintet No. 2 finds the Polish composer pushing far into dissonant territory. Vivid playing.

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