La Belle Epoque - Moniuszko Piano Works - Frederick Chopin Institute: NIFCCD107 - CD or download

Release Date: 17th Feb 2023
Catalogue No: NIFCCD107
Label: Frederick Chopin Institute
Length: 67 minutes

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Moniuszko: Waltz in E-Flat Minor

Work length3:29

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Tobias Koch

Moniuszko: Polonaise in E-Flat Minor

Work length5:19

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Tobias Koch

Moniuszko: Bagatelle in B-Flat Major

Work length1:28

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Moniuszko: Polonaise in E-Flat Major

Work length1:46

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Tobias Koch

Moniuszko: Bagatelle No.9 in G Minor

Work length1:48

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Moniuszko: Bagatelle No.1 in G Major

Work length1:53

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Tobias Koch

Moniuszko: Aria with Carillon

Work length2:55

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Tobias Koch

Moniuszko: Elegy in E-Flat Major

Work length3:55

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Moniuszko: Polonaise No.1 in F-Sharp Major

Work length3:25

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Moniuszko: "Souvenir" from the Album of Miss Maria Peszke in G-Flat Major

Work length1:34

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Moniuszko: Waltz in E-Flat Major

Work length1:54

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Tobias Koch

Moniuszko: Polonaise No.6 in G Major

Work length4:35

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Tobias Koch

Moniuszko: Lullaby "Days of Joy" in D Major

Work length2:15

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Tobias Koch

Moniuszko: Polonaise No.2 in E-Flat Major

Work length3:24

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Tobias Koch

Moniuszko: Polonaise No.3 in E-Flat Major

Work length6:38

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Moniuszko: Waltz in A major

Work length2:42

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Moniuszko: Bagatelle No.8 in C Major

Work length0:46

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Tobias Koch

Moniuszko: Bagatelle No.10 in G Major

Work length0:27

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Tobias Koch

Moniuszko: Polonaise No.1 in D-Flat Major

Work length3:51

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Tobias Koch

Moniuszko: Polonaise No.2 in B-Flat Major

Work length3:03

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Moniuszko: Polonaise No.3 in E-Flat Major

Work length2:56

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Moniuszko: Polonaise No.6 in G Major

Work length2:58

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Tobias Koch

Moniuszko: "Citizen" Polonaise for Four Hands

Work length4:33

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Tobias Koch

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Stanislaw Moniuszko (1819-1872) is known to be the most outstanding Polish opera composer of the nineteenth century and the composer of around 300 songs. Less familiar is his instrumental output, although in quantitative terms his piano works occupy second place in his uvre, behind only the songs. This disc contains twenty-three of Moniuszko's works for solo piano, including polonaises, bagatelles, waltzes, an elegy, a lullaby, an album 'souvenir' and an aria with carillon.

Moniuszko left around 180 works for piano, for two and four hands. They are stylistically quite homogeneous, rather short, with symmetrical design, simple harmonies and unsophisticated textures, ideal for performing in the home or the salon. They are characterised by their smooth, lively flow, their elegance and the individual musical language that typifies the whole of Moniuszko's output. These compositions display artistic, as well as technical, qualities.

They can be divided into two groups: works based on dance rhythms; lyrical miniatures. The former, clearly in the majority, are dominated by polonaises and mazurkas, followed by waltzes and polkas. The lyrical miniatures, meanwhile, include bagatelles, works with programmatic titles, villanelles, and songs without words. They are dominated by transcriptions of excerpts from the operas Halka, The Haunted Manor, The Raftsman and The Countess. Moniuszko also arranged works by other composers, including the fantasy Zamek na Czorsztynie [The castle at Czorsztyn], based on themes from Karol Kurpiski's opera, and the same composer's song 'Olszynka' [The alder].

On this disc, Moniuszko's works gain a new lease of life beneath the fingers of Tobias Koch, playing on a period instrument that the composer himself once used to play on.

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