Composer: Zygmunt Denis Antoni Stojowski
Performer: Marek Szlezer, Witold Wilczek
Orchestra: Sinfonia Iuventus
Conductor: Marek Wroniszewski, Zofia Guz
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Dux
Catalogue: DUX1773
Release: 2022
Size: 1.12 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Piano Concerto No. 1 in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 3
01. I. Andante poco mosso
02. II. Romanza. Andante sostenuto e molto cantabile
03. III. Allegro con fuoco
Piano Concerto No. 2 in A-Flat Major, Op. 32
04. I. Prologue. Andante con moto
05. II. Scherzo. Presto
06. IIIa. Tema. Maestoso e moderato molto
07. IIIb. Var. 1, Molto sostenuto
08. IIIc. Var. 2, Con espressione, poco rubato
09. IIId. Var. 4, Più mosso
10. IIIe. Var. 5, Allegretto moderato
11. IIIf. Var. 5, Molto vivace
12. IIIg. Var. 6, Con fuoco, agitato
13. IIIh. Var. 7, Con moto, energico
14. IIIi. Var. 9, Andante sostenuto
15. IIIj. Var. 9, Andantino ben moderato
16. IIIk. Var. 10, Allegro molto
This album features two piano concertos by the outstanding Polish post-Romantic Zygmunt Stojowski, a student and friend of Ignacy Jan Paderewski. It is a great pleasure for all performers from this album to be able to remind listeners once again of such a valuable repertoire. This new album will bring them much joy and satisfaction! However, this is not the first encounter with Stojowki’s music for the Polish Sinfonia Iuventus Orchestra. In 2017, alongside pianist Jonathan Plowright and under the direction of Lukasz Borowicz, it recorded the impressive Symphonic Rhapsody for piano and orchestra (Warner Classics). The piano concertos included on the album were composed over a fairly long time interval (1891 and 1913). These compositions cleverly demonstrate the evolution of the composer’s style, as well as his loyalty to the late-Romantic idiom.