The recording of this album was sponsored by the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage.
This album was recorded at the Grzegorz Fitelberg Concert Hall in Katowice, Poland, in May 2000.
The title of Penderecki's second violin concerto, 'Metamorphosen', suggests that musical ideas constantly evolve and transform throughout the works.
Penderecki's violin concertos, though single-movement works, use frequent changes of mood and tempo in place of traditional movements.
The cover art for this album is a pastel painting titled 'Trójkąt (A Triangle)' from 1996 by Stasys Eidrigevičius, a Polish artist born in 1949.
Krzysztof Penderecki, the composer, believed that old forms must be revived to create new music.
