Piotr Anderszewski: Bartok, Janacek, Szymanowski
£13.25
In stock - available for despatch within 1 working day
Despatch Information
This despatch estimate is based on information from both our own stock and the UK supplier's stock.
If ordering multiple items, we will aim to send everything together so the longest despatch estimate will apply to the complete order.
If you would rather receive certain items more quickly, please place them on a separate order.
If any unexpected delays occur, we will keep you informed of progress via email and not allow other items on the order to be held up.
If you would prefer to receive everything together regardless of any delay, please let us know via email.
Pre-orders will be despatched as close as possible to the release date.
Label: Warner
Cat No: 5419789127
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Instrumental
Release Date: 26th January 2024
Contents
Works
Bagatelles (14), op.6 Sz38 BB50On an Overgrown Path, JWVIII/17
Artists
Piotr Anderszewski (piano)Works
Bagatelles (14), op.6 Sz38 BB50On an Overgrown Path, JWVIII/17
Artists
Piotr Anderszewski (piano)About
“The works on this album are imbued with a sense of rebellion,” says Anderszewski, himself a native of Warsaw. “There is no place here for stylisation or decorum. These works plumb the very roots of music.”
The influence of folk music is crucial in the programme – the second book of Janáček’s On an Overgrown Path (a collection named after a traditional Moravian wedding song), six of Szymanowski’s 20 Mazurkas, and Bartók’s 14 Bagatelles. Szymanowski’s eclectic spirit is evident in the Mazurkas, composed during Poland’s halcyon inter-war period as an autonomous state. Often chromatically adventurous, sometimes elusive, they fuse the traditional mazurka and the influence of Chopin with elements of the Goral music of Poland’s southern highlands. Piotr Anderszewski speaks of the music’s “primitive incantations, simultaneously ecstatic and severe in their beauty”.
The Guardian gave Anderszewski’s Bach album a 5-star review: “Playing his own selection of pieces from Bach’s monumental work may be heresy, but Anderszewki’s intelligence, lucidity and joy is undeniable.”
BBC Music Magazine wrote: “For anyone who loves Bach (or the piano) ... this life-enhancing disc is required listening.”
Reviews
Error on this page? Let us know here
Need more information on this product? Click here