This album features the world premiere recording of a specific version of Eugène Ysaÿe's String Quintet in B minor, which received its Swiss premiere in May 2022.
Interpretation
The performers on this album undertook detective work to deduce the authentic harmonic and textural intentions for Ysaÿe's String Quintet, as the manuscript and separate parts did not always coincide.
Compositional Technique
Poldowski's Tango for violin and piano is noted for its 'fiendishly difficult' demands, which are considered greater than those found in her father Henryk Wieniawski's music.
Performer Biography
Kirill Troussov, one of the violinists on this album, plays the Antonio Stradivari 'Brodsky' of 1702, which was used for the world premiere of Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto in 1881.
Composer Biography
Irène Wieniawska, also known as Poldowski, was the daughter of the famous violinist Henryk Wieniawski, who died six weeks before her birth.
Composer's Artistic Vision
George Enescu, a composer and violinist featured on this album, prized melody above all, stating that a piece is only a musical composition if it has a 'line, a melody, or, even better, melodies superimposed on one another'.
Album & Artwork
The album title, 'Legends', reflects a 'mosaic' of family ties and teaching lineages, highlighting both iconic figures and unjustly neglected repertoire, especially by women composers.
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