Composer: Józef Antoni Franciszek Elsner, Karol Kazimierz Kurpiński, Franciszek Lessel
Performer: Tomasz Lupa
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Dux
Catalogue: DUX1784
Release: 2022
Size: 257 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Lessel: Polonaise nouvelle for Piano in D Major
02. Kurpiński: Polonaise for Piano in A Minor
Kurpiński: Variations in C major
03. Introduzione. Maestoso – Tema angloise
04. Var. 1
05. Var. 2
06. Var. 3
07. Var. 4
08. Var. 5, Minore un poco più lento
09. Var. 6, Alla polacca – Episode – Tempo primo
Lessel: Variations in A Minor, Op. 15 No. 1
10. Thema. Andantino
11. Var. 1
12. Var. 2
13. Var. 3
14. Var. 4
15. Var. 5
16. Var. 6
17. Var. 7
18. Var. 8, Presto assai – Andante
Lessel: Variations in A Minor, Op. 15 No. 2
19. Thema. Andante con moto
20. Var. 1
21. Var. 2
22. Var. 3
23. Var. 4
24. Var. 5
25. Var. 6
Elsner: Violin Sonata No. 2 in D Major, Op. 10 No. 2
26.I . Allegro
27. II. Andantino – III. Allegro
28. Kurpiński: Grand Fugue on the Song “Poland Has Not Perished Yet”
29. Elsner: Polonaise in F Minor (Arr. for Piano)
30. Elsner: Rondo á la mazurek for Piano in G Minor
Kurpiński: Potpourri or Variations on National Theme (Arr. for Piano)
31. I. Poco adagio
32. II. Dumka. Andante
33. III. Alla polacca
34. IV. Alla polacca
35. V. Krakowiak
36. VI. Mazur
Pianist Tomasz Lupa, born in Podkarpacie, presents an extremely extensive album with works of three Polish composers, whose activity dates back to the first years of the 19th century. All three, Józef Elsner, Franciszek Lessel and Karol Kurpinski, were associated with Warsaw for a large part of their lives, which at that time was the most important center of Polish culture. This album presents forms typical of the music of that time: variation, sonata, rondo and fugue, and the way they were shaped does not differ from the top achievements of the then European compositional thought. The repertoire of the album is connected by the national features contained in all compositions, which, combined with the Classical form, create music with specific sonic and emotional qualities. It is worth referring to the above achievements of Polish music from the beginning of the 19th century, which, although overshadowed by the genius of Fryderyk Chopin, are of great historical and, above all, artistic value.