Bacewicz & Prokofiev - Violin Sonatas; Part - Fratres | Dux DUX1753

Bacewicz & Prokofiev - Violin Sonatas; Part - Fratres

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Label: Dux

Cat No: DUX1753

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Chamber

Release Date: 25th November 2022

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This album presents music for violin and piano by Bacewicz, Prokofiev and Pärt; a musical ensemble which has a long-standing tradition built over the centuries.

On the album, we find music from the heart of the 20th century, composed by artists associated with Central and Eastern Europe. The Fourth Sonata for violin and piano by Grażyna Bacewicz was written in 1949, shortly after the war. The war's shadow can still be observed in the composition, kept in the neoclassical style. Despite a perfect discipline, typical of Bacewicz, there are also sections brimming with emotions, neatly blended into an impeccable form.

A similar impression of even greater emotionality and tragedy is evoked by the Sonata no.1 in F minor, op.80, by Sergei Prokofiev, written in 1936–1946, a work full of contrasts, with fragments of a heroic nature, yet perfectly balanced in terms of form.

The last of the pieces presented on the album is Fratres for violin and piano by Arvo Pärt from 1977. The composer has created many versions of this piece, yet the 'classic' combination of violin and keys seems to be particularly interesting here in comparison with its transparent structure and the tone colours used.

Sulamita Ślubowska is a graduate of the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice in the class of Prof. Szymon Krzeszowiec, in which she has been working as an assistant professor since 2020. Graduate of the NOSPR Academy. She has trained her skills under the guidance of outstanding artists, such as Pierre Amoyal, Gidon Kremer, Pinchas Zukerman, Roland Baldini, Bartłomiej Nizioł and Maria Szwajger-Kułakowska. As a soloist she has performed with several significant orchestras such as Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (NOSPR) in Katowice, Aukso – Chamber Orchestra of the City of Tychy, Sudeten Philharmonic, Podkarpacka Philharmonic, Silesian Philharmonic, Lower Silesian Philharmonic, and Staatstheater Symphony Orchestra in Cottbus.

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