IDAGIO | Reflections - Solo Piano Works of Andrzej and Roxanna Panufnik 7318599920030

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Clare Hammond
Andrzej Panufnik
Roxanna Panufnik

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Composition History

After World War II, Andrzej Panufnik's manuscripts were destroyed by a woman who had moved into his flat, believing them to be rubbish.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Andrzej Panufnik's piece "Reflections" is based on constant reflections of a single triad, used both vertically and horizontally, demonstrating his lifelong fascination with mirror forms and geometric patterns.

Compositional Technique

Andrzej Panufnik's "Twelve Miniature Studies" are all based on the same melodic line, with each study contrasting in tempo and dynamic, moving through a circle of fifths.

Composer Biography

Andrzej Panufnik, born in Warsaw in 1914, was the son of a string instrument maker and a talented violinist, pianist, and composer of English descent.

Album & Artwork

This album, titled "Reflections," features the solo piano works of two composers, Andrzej Panufnik and his daughter Roxanna Panufnik.

Historical Context

Under the Communist government in Poland, Andrzej Panufnik's works were sometimes condemned as 'formalist' and 'alien to the great socialist era,' leading him to escape to England in 1954.

Historical Context

During the Nazi occupation of Poland, Andrzej Panufnik and his friend Lutosławski gave underground concerts to raise funds for resistance workers and Jewish artists.