Ariadne Daskalakis, the violinist on this album, plays a violin by Giovanni Baptista Guadagnini from 1769.
Composer Biography
Karol Szymanowski, a Polish composer, founded the Young Polish Composer's Publishing Company in 1905 to foster communication with the European music world.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Witold Lutosławski, a Polish composer, developed a technique called 'controlled aleatoric' after being inspired by John Cage, which introduces an improvisatory element with defined parameters.
Composer Biography
Witold Lutosławski, a Polish composer, lost his father and uncle in 1918, both shot in Moscow by Bolsheviks.
Compositional Technique
Karol Szymanowski's Myths uses glissandi, harmonics, and pizzicato to create a wide range of colors and special effects.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Leoš Janáček, a Czech composer, developed his concept of 'speech melody' by imitating the natural intonation and timbre of the spoken Czech language in his music to depict emotions.
Historical Context
The three Eastern European composers on this album — Lutosławski, Szymanowski, and Janáček — lived during a period of dramatic historical change, political turmoil, and radical developments in Western music.
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