The recording took place in the ORLEN Main Hall of the National Forum of Music between August 4-6, 2025.
Performer Biography
Piotr Pawlak, the pianist on this recording, is a laureate of numerous piano competitions and is also an organist and a doctoral student in mathematics.
Interpretation
This album is recorded on period instruments, aiming for historical performance authenticity.
Compositional Technique
Wieniawski's compositions, such as the Fantaisie Orientale, show an evident inclination towards Jewish music, a scale of which would only reappear in Ernest Bloch's violin music.
Instruments
The violin used for this recording is a Raffaele & Antonio Gagliano, built in Naples around 1839, and remains in an almost completely original state.
Composer Biography
Henryk Wieniawski, a Polish violin virtuoso, was known for his highly emotional and unique playing style, often described as an 'ecstatic effect' of vibrato.
Instruments
The piano used is an early Blüthner model from Leipzig, built in 1853, and was tuned in the Neidhardt temperament at a¹ = 438 Hz.
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