Stanislaw Moniuszko: Piesni (songs) Volume 2

Release Date: 13th May 2022
Catalogue No: NIFCCD116
Label: Frederick Chopin Institute
Length: 75 minutes

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Moniuszko: Wędrowna ptaszyna I

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Mariusz Godlewski, Radosław Kurek

Moniuszko: Piosnka "Pod górą na górze"

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Mariusz Godlewski, Radosław Kurek

Moniuszko: Żwawy chłopczyk

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Mariusz Godlewski, Radosław Kurek

Moniuszko: Chłopiec i dziewczyna

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Mariusz Godlewski, Radosław Kurek

Moniuszko: Nigdy serca Krakowiaka

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Mariusz Godlewski, Radosław Kurek

Moniuszko: Znasz-li ten kraj

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Mariusz Godlewski, Radosław Kurek

Moniuszko: Pieszczotka

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Mariusz Godlewski, Radosław Kurek

Moniuszko: Rozmowa I

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Mariusz Godlewski, Radosław Kurek

Moniuszko: Czary

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Mariusz Godlewski, Radosław Kurek

Moniuszko: Urzeczony

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Mariusz Godlewski, Radosław Kurek

Moniuszko: Do Basi

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Mariusz Godlewski, Radosław Kurek

Moniuszko: Niepogoda

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Mariusz Godlewski, Radosław Kurek

Moniuszko: Sołtys

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Mariusz Godlewski, Radosław Kurek

Moniuszko: Pieśń o królu Ćwieczku

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Mariusz Godlewski, Radosław Kurek

Moniuszko: Wrozba znachora

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Mariusz Godlewski, Radosław Kurek

Moniuszko: Moje bogactwa

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Mariusz Godlewski, Radosław Kurek

Moniuszko: Za czym wzdychasz?

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Mariusz Godlewski, Radosław Kurek

Moniuszko: Nad Nidą

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Mariusz Godlewski, Radosław Kurek

Moniuszko: Tren III

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Mariusz Godlewski, Radosław Kurek

Moniuszko: Matko! już nie ma Cię!

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Mariusz Godlewski, Radosław Kurek

Moniuszko: Pieśń do słońca

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Mariusz Godlewski, Radosław Kurek

Moniuszko: Wyjazd

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Mariusz Godlewski, Radosław Kurek

Moniuszko: Szczęście

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Mariusz Godlewski, Radosław Kurek

Moniuszko: Piosnka Sabaudczyka

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Mariusz Godlewski, Radosław Kurek

Moniuszko: Lirnik wioskowy IV

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Mariusz Godlewski, Radosław Kurek

Moniuszko: Wieczny pokój lirnikowi

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Mariusz Godlewski, Radosław Kurek

Moniuszko: Pieśń wojenna

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Mariusz Godlewski, Radosław Kurek

Moniuszko: Korale

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Mariusz Godlewski, Radosław Kurek

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Songs represent a crucial strand to the output of Stanislaw Moniuszko (18191872). The PWM Music Encyclopaedia gives a detailed list of more than three hundred works. On closer inspection, however, we see that Moniuszko himself, in the very titles, defined a large bundle of them as piesni and a somewhat smaller group as piosnki (the term piosnki sielskie, translating as 'idyllic' or 'rustic songs' was common at that time).

We can find analogies here with the German terms gesang and lied, and the French mlodie and chanson.

Yet the distinction that automatically arises is misleading: not all of Moniuszko's piesni are serious works, and not all of his piosnki are lighter and humorous. In private, he called his songs piosenki, and he also used the widespread term spiewy.

In selecting the songs for their second Moniuszko disc (after NIFCCD112), baritone Mariusz Godlewski and pianist Radoslaw Kurek sought works which, even if representing smaller vocal forms, were closer to the category of piesni in terms of their semantic weight and their musical and literary qualities.

The authorship of Adam Mickiewicz constitutes an indisputable value in that respect.

The large collection of piesni on this disc is very varied; the collection includes also four vocal miniatures penned for the theatre. He left a wealth of songs and ditties to posterity. A gifted pianist himself, Moniuszko sometimes accompanied singers performing his works.

Today we can imagine how that sounded, as the pianist Radoslaw Kurek accompanies Mariusz Godlewski on this disc on an historical Erard instrument from Moniuszko's times.

Stanislaw Moniuszko: Piesni (songs) Volume 2

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