Acte Prealable announces a number of new recordings of the Polish music, including Dobrzyński, Żeleński, Maliszewski
http://www.acteprealable.com/coming_soon.html (http://www.acteprealable.com/coming_soon.html)
I like the look of the Zelenski disc in particular:
http://www.acteprealable.com/albums/soon_ap0277.html (http://www.acteprealable.com/albums/soon_ap0277.html)
Me too. And...argh, the poor overworked bank card....the two Dobrzynski discs. Everything I've heard by him I've found especially rewarding (for Dobrzynski agnostics try the Acte Prealable disc of his two String Quintets - gorgeous works).
Doubtless sheer prejudice on my part, but I'll give Boguslawski a miss. A whole CD worth of accordions doesn't seem too enticing.
I keep encountering the name of Maliszewski, but haven't heard any of his works. Anyone care to make me wiser?
And grateful thanks to Markniew for keeping us informed. In the UK releases of Acte Prealable discs aren't exactly proclaimed on sign billboards alongside motorways - one has to search them out.
Incidentally one slight 'mutter' about Acte Prealable. They have a steadily growing catalogue of - for me - interesting and attractive music unavailable on other labels. And although I am not suggesting one should appraise a disc by the sheer amount of music it is possible to squeeze into its 80 minutes or so, it is nonetheless a little disappointing that many Acte Prealable discs have a much shorter duration. Ungrateful person that I am, I keep thinking: wonderful disc, but there is easily space for an additional quartet or whatever.
Some music by Maliszewski used to be, maybe still is, available over in our downloads area, I think, including a symphony or two and a concerto.
QuoteI keep encountering the name of Maliszewski, but haven't heard any of his works. Anyone care to make me wiser?
If you go here (http://www.unsungcomposers.com/forum/index.php?action=search2;params=eJwtzEEOgzAMBMC_9MK1CIlf8IYocVYibcCRkxaB8njsqrfdWcs-fv1OiH3oz_7ojUsizeM0Wq0rH454KxkNxmpB7Hi29RNeoOZ4z6eSCUvTJMj4vf2Ti0mUIyqZwAut2hefU71w1He6AblmNK0.), Peter, you'll find links to our archived downloads of music by Maliszewski, including two symphonies and a piano concerto. The two very attractive symphonies on offer there are "school of Tchaikovsky" and each is well worth a listen. I missed out on the Piano Concerto, so I'll download it myself, now!
Oh, there's also this performance (http://imslp.org/wiki/String_Quartet_No.3,_Op.15_%28Maliszewski,_Witold%29) of his half-hour 3rd string quartet over on IMSLP, courtesy of Matesic.
The piano concerto sounds a little more "modern" than the earlier symphonies...I believe it dates from 1931.
Many thanks, Eric and Mark. Time for me to catch up, I think!
According to my information his pf cto op 27 dates from 1932. I thik that some year ago I uploaded also his Kuyavian Fantasy for piano and orchestra op. 25 of 1918.
Can't find the Kuyavian Fantasy among the downloads. Maybe I'm being stupid! Would LOVE to hear it, however.
Yes, me too please! Gareth beat me to the keypad. Markniew did upload the Festive Overture (http://www.unsungcomposers.com/forum/index.php/topic,4130.msg44012.html#msg44012) earlier this year as well.
And another me, too, please.....
Jerry
There was a recent Swedish Radio broadcast of the 3rd symphony - reminds me more of Myaskovsky than Tchaikovsky, though.
Maliszewski's Fantasia have been uploaded
Thanks so much.
some new CDs announced by Acte Prealable
http://www.acteprealable.com/albums/ap0292.html (http://www.acteprealable.com/albums/ap0292.html)
among them Grzegorz Fitelberg with Piano Trio and Antoni Rutkowski with his Piano Trio and Violin Sonata. All premier recordings
Thanks, Marek.
Rutkowski Violin Sonata's already available:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/19th-Century-Polis-Violin-Music/dp/B001L75JL6/ref=dm_cd_album_lnk (http://www.amazon.co.uk/19th-Century-Polis-Violin-Music/dp/B001L75JL6/ref=dm_cd_album_lnk)
hmm. I didn't know that his Sonata was ever recorded! Thank you Alan.
The Fitelberg CD gets a glowing review here:
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2013/Nov13/Fitelberg_lieder_AP0287.htm (http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2013/Nov13/Fitelberg_lieder_AP0287.htm)
Well the reviewer gets 10 out of 10 for enthusiasm for sure but the review doesn't seem musically that literate... songs that are "dark in form"?? But still beautiful despite the slow tempo and those "dark forms"... As though a slow tempo usually inhibits beauty? And "throughout the trio all three instruments play as one"? It's almost as though the reviewer has never come across a piano trio before now! This is not a review I'd use to recommend this cd to any of my musical friends.
Well, perhaps the langauge of the review is not convincing but myself I expect intersting music and intend to buy it soon.
There is however something else incorrect in the review/or CD notes. It is impossible that Grzegorz Fitelberg conducted Ludomir Różycki'is Ballade for piano and orchestra with Anton Rubinstein as soloist. Ballade was written in ca. 1904 and Anton Rubinstein died in 1894.
Also it is rather less possible that the soloist was Artur Rubinstein. I remember that in his memories (My young years) he recalled his first encounter with the very young Ludomir Różycki (Rubinstein visited Różyckis' apartment looking for lectures from Ludomir's father - well known music teacher) who was rather unpolite towards Rubinstein (also very young). Rubinstein remembered that fact and then declared that he never would play anything composed by insolent lad.
Perhaps it is only an anecdotic story.
What is really true is that Fitelberd used to be a great promoter of then new Polish music.
Oh yes, I think the cd sounds like a great buy no doubt!
Erm, no, it's not "less" possible that it was Artur than that it was Anton. For obvious reasons.
Quote from: Gauk on Saturday 08 June 2013, 18:24
There was a recent Swedish Radio broadcast of the 3rd symphony - reminds me more of Myaskovsky than Tchaikovsky, though.
Really? Any idea how we might be able to get access to it?!
Well, I think we have or had -a- broadcast of Maliszewski's 3rd symphony of (ca.?) 1907 (the work in q?) in our Uploads (sorry, Downloads) section? - a search should turn it up - Antoni Wit, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra.
The Fitelberg CD can be sampled here (try the last four tracks for the beautiful-sounding early Piano Trio):
http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Grzegorz-Fitelberg-Klaviertrio-f-moll-op-10/hnum/3797396 (http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Grzegorz-Fitelberg-Klaviertrio-f-moll-op-10/hnum/3797396)
Does anyone know of a download site for the Fitelberg Piano Trio CD??
Jerry