Marian Sawa's violin music spans a wide range of styles, from experimental avant-garde works with tone clusters in the 1960s to pieces with simple modal harmonies from the 2000s.
Recording & Production
This album is a world première recording of Marian Sawa's complete violin music, introducing recently discovered works by the prolific Warsaw composer.
Compositional Technique
Marian Sawa frequently employed musical effects and techniques such as scordatura (cross-tuning of strings) and aleatoricism in his violin compositions.
Interpretation
Jolanta Sosnowska's doctoral dissertation focused on Marian Sawa's violin works, aiming to make her a comprehensive and emotionally involved interpreter of his music.
Composer Biography
Marian Sawa, a Polish composer, organist, improviser, and pedagogue, never sought to publish or promote his compositions during his lifetime.
Performer Biography
Jolanta Sosnowska, the violinist on this recording, was personally acquainted with Marian Sawa and was the dedicatee of many of his works, leading her to premiere most of his violin compositions.
Performer Biography
Marietta Kruzel-Sosnowska, the organist, is known for her characteristic interpretations of contemporary music and has a long collaboration with Marian Sawa, premiering several of his works.
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