Karol Kurpiński, another composer on this album, laid the foundations for a national style in Polish music and met Frédéric Chopin in 1828.
Composer Biography
Zygmunt Noskowski, one of the composers on this album, studied violin and composition with Stanisław Moniuszko, another composer featured here.
Composer Biography
Stanisław Moniuszko, a composer on this album, became acquainted with leading Russian composers like Mikhail Glinka and Alexander Dargomyzhsky while promoting his own works in St Petersburg.
Composer Biography
Zygmunt Noskowski was considered Poland's leading composer during the last decade of his life and mentored future generations of Polish composers.
Performer Biography
The Lutosławski Quartet, the ensemble on this recording, is named after the celebrated 20th-century composer Witold Lutosławski and focuses on performing 20th- and 21st-century music.
Album & Artwork
This album provides an overview of almost a century of Polish chamber music, reflecting the aspirations of Polish nationalism.
Composition History
Noskowski's Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Viotti uses a theme from the second movement of Giovanni Battista Viotti's Violin Sonata No. 2 in A major.
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