In Katarzyna Brochocka's String Quintet, the tempo accelerates proportionately, with each successive movement increasing by exactly 42 beats per minute.
Recording & Production
All the works on this album are world premiere studio recordings.
Performer Biography
Karol Kowal, the double bassist, is a soloist with the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra and has won multiple international competitions, including twice at the ISB Double Bass Performance Competition in the US.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Katarzyna Brochocka, the composer, often uses 'lectio divina'—a method of enhanced reading of the Holy Scripture—in her work, which informs the interpretation of her music through a biblical understanding of the heart.
Performer Biography
Tomasz Raff, the bass vocalist on this album, was the first to perform Katarzyna Brochocka's Psalms for low voice and double bass.
Performer Biography
Judit Rajk, the contralto, is renowned for her deep, lustrous voice and a repertoire spanning early Gregorian chant to contemporary works, and György Kurtág dedicated a work to her in 2019.
Composition History
The album's title, "Unquiet Heart," comes from a phrase in the final song of Katarzyna Brochocka's "Chamber Music" cycle, which is based on poems by James Joyce.
