Stojowski VC

[Alan Howe]

...is to be broadcast on BBC Radio 3 next Tuesday (22/3) in Afternoon on 3 performed by what looks suspiciously like a Hyperion line-up, i.e. the BBC Scottish SO under Lukasz Borowicz, with soloist Bartlomiej (Bartek) Niziol...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartek_Niziol
Other pieces included in the programme could constitute couplings for a CD: Stojowski's Romance, Op.20 and Wieniawski's Fantaisie brillante on themes from Gounod's Faust.

Although we have a recording of Stojowski's VC (on Acte Préalable), it is a pretty woeful student effort. This would make handsome amends for that poor recording.

[JeremyMHolmes]

Yes, it would appear so:
http://www.lukaszborowicz.com/2,news
I'm guessing it will be (at least) July this year before it appears on Hyperion, given that their June releases are already known.

[Alan Howe]

Thanks. Here's the salient entry:

June 2015
GLASGOW - recording sessions for Hyperion Records. Works by Zygmunt Stojowski and Henryk Wieniawski were performed by: Bartek Nizioł - Violin, BBCSSO, Łukasz Borowicz - Conductor.

[Mark Thomas]

If this is going to be issued in their RVC series, it might be a straw in the wind that they have decided to go down the successful path of the RPC series and give us more unusual repertoire, which would be a very welcome development.

[Gareth Vaughan]

I enthusiastically second that.

[Alan Howe]

Let's hope that the Lassen VC features somewhere in their plans, then.

[britishcomposer]

Did any of you listen to the BBC broadcast? A funny mishap occurred to the poor radio host. She announced the violin concerto by "Stokowski" and declared that he was known to her primarily as an arranger of other men's music. Someone must have told her during the broadcast because she apologised afterwards.

[Alan Howe]

I completely forgot about it. Any opinions on the performance?

[Gareth Vaughan]

The ignorance of BBC RADIO 3 announcers these days is limitless.

[Rob H]

www.clicmusique.com/stojowski-wieniawski-oeuvres-pour-violon-orchestre-niziol-borowicz-p-97156.html?osCsid=5e935d33baa0623d2dd6fdb9a25bd73e

Saw this on clicmusique - August release.

[Alan Howe]

Yes, Hyperion's website confirms this:

The Romantic Violin Concerto also welcomes another addition to its ranks—volume 20—with a thrilling, all-Polish album of the Stojowski Violin Concerto & Wieniawski Fantaisie brillante. Both are brilliant (sic!) despatched by Hyperion newcomer Bartłomiej Nizioł; the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra accompanies with Łukasz Borowicz making a welcome return as conductor.
http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/ym.asp?ym=2016_08

[FBerwald]

The sound-clip is very promising. Unlike the Arte-Nova recording where the initial violin entry nearly killed all my interest; this clip enthralls. A must buy that will give justice to the Stojovski Violin concerto... although at 54 minutes the CD is on the short side. Wasn't there a meatier unsung work that could have been coupled as the Wieniawski Fantaisie brillante has had pretty decent outings before [orchestral and piano versions]?

[Alan Howe]

Arte Nova? Or Acte Préalable?

[Mark Thomas]

The only previously available recording (Wajrak, Acte Préalable) was a disappointingly stodgy affair - I do hope that this interpretation infuses the work with some life. It should be a good piece.

[FBerwald]

My mistake.... it's Acte Préalable. I think both his piano concertos are absolutely exquisite [especially the 1st concerto] and I was eagerly looking forward to the violin concerto only to be disappointed when the Wajrak version came out; I sincerely hope this recording does this piece justice!