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Penderecki: Chamber Music, Vol. 2 – Violoncello totale

12/14/2018, 15 Tracks, 1:08:38

Featuring

  • Jakob Spahn
  • Beata Urbanek-Kalinowska
  • Jan Kalinowski
  • Izabela Buchowska
  • Marta Kordykiewicz
  • Mikołaj Pałosz
  • Rafał Kwiatkowski
  • Tomasz Daroch
  • Krzysztof Penderecki

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Composer's Artistic Vision

Krzysztof Penderecki's compositions for cello demand perfect virtuosity and sophisticated technique from performers, and he often wrote with specific virtuoso cellists in mind.

Source: Booklet

Recording & Production

This album, "Chamber Music Vol. II: Violoncello Totale," was recorded at The Krzysztof Penderecki European Centre for Music in Lusławice between 2015 and 2016.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Krzysztof Penderecki, born in Dębica in 1933, studied composition at the State Higher School of Music in Kraków and with Franciszek Skołyszewski.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

The piece "Serenata for three cellos" is a personal work by Krzysztof Penderecki, written as a birthday gift for his wife, Elżbieta.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Krzysztof Penderecki has received numerous international awards, including multiple Grammy Awards (1998, 1999, 2001) and the Grawemeyer Music Award (1992).

Source: Booklet

Composition History

The piece "Agnus Dei for eight cellos" was created to honor Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński, who died in May 1981, and became part of the "Polish Requiem" commissioned by Solidarity.

Source: Booklet

Composer's Artistic Vision

Krzysztof Penderecki considers the cello one of his favorite instruments, dedicating two cello concertos to it and often creating his own transcriptions of earlier works for it.

Source: Booklet

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