IDAGIO | Zarębski: Piano Quintet – Żeleński: Piano Quartet 00602458146691

Featuring

Jonathan Plowright
Grzegorz Kotów
Vladimir Mykytka
Marcin Sieniawski
Andrej Bielow
Szymanowski Quartet

Władysław Żeleński
Juliusz Zarębski

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Historical Context

Much Polish music from the second half of the 19th century is rarely performed because Poland no longer existed as a nation-state, having been partitioned by Russia, Prussia, and Austria.

Critical Reception

Juliusz Zareębski's Piano Quintet in G minor, Op 34, has been regarded as a masterpiece within Poland since its first publication in 1931.

Composer Biography

Władysław Źeleński (1837-1921), another composer on this album, was broadly educated, held a doctorate in philosophy from Prague University, and lived to see Poland reunited as an independent country in 1918.

Performer Biography

Jonathan Plowright, the British pianist on this recording, is a Gold Medallist at the Royal Academy of Music and was named 'Commonwealth Musician of the Year'.

Composer Biography

Juliusz Zareębski gained celebrity status at the 1878 Paris Exhibition for his performances on a double keyboard piano, an invention by the Mangeot brothers with an unusual bass-right, treble-left layout on the upper keyboard.

Performer Biography

The Szymanowski Quartet, founded in Warsaw in 1995, was awarded the Medal of Honour by the Polish government in 2007 for their service to Polish culture.