Composer: Krzysztof Penderecki
Performer: Maciej Kułakowski, Maria Sławek, Marcin Mączyński, Michał Balas
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Dux
Catalogue: DUX1880
Release: 2023
Size: 1.08 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Capriccio for Cello “Per Siegfried Palm”
02. Per Slava
03. Tanz (Transcr. for Cello by K. Penderecki)
04. Violoncello Totale for Cello Solo
Suite
05. I. Preludio
06. II. Serenade. Allegretto
07. III. Sarabande
08. IV. Tempo di valse
09. V. Allegro con bravura
10. VI. Aria
11. VII. Scherzo. Vivace
12. VIII. Notturno. Larghetto
13. Duo concertante (Arr. for Violin and Cello by M. Kułakowski)
14. Serenata for 3 Cellos
This release presents a continuation of DUX Recording Producers’ series which explores the chamber music of Krzysztof Penderecki. The album includes compositions for solo cello performed by artists from all over the world. A number of recordings featured were also made during the Warsaw Witold Lutoslawski Cello Competition, which Maciej Kulakowski won in 2011.
Kulakowski’s career as a soloist and chamber musician confirms his extraordinary lyrical talent and virtuosity, reflected in the interpretations of Penderecki’s works. These, in turn, set the highest standards for cellists. The album begins with the most avant-garde piece in terms of performing techniques and sonoristic effects. However, in the following works, the listener will discover the lyrical element and folk motifs, for which the composer would frequently reach. Admirers of Pendereki’s work will notice quotations of his own melodies, for example in the Violoncello totale written for the Tchaikovsky Competition one can hear phrases from the Concerto grosso and the String Quartet No. 3.
The album also features lesser-known compositions ? the Duo concertante for violin and cello, and a wonderful love confession; Serenata for 3 cellos dedicated to the composer’s wife.