Discography

Born in Lódz (Poland) Grazyna Bacewicz is the most eminent inheritor of the 19th century violinist-composers in the lineage of her compatriot and predecessor Henryk Wieniawski. She was one of the most important composers of the mid-20th century, a remarkable concert artiste who left a catalogue of over 200 works, including five Sonatas and a Partita for violin and piano as well as two solo violin sonatas that feature in this boxset commemorating the 50th anniversary of her death.

Her style is close to the French neoclassicism of the interwar period, though she increases its vitality and clarity while infusing it with a blend of delicacy and highly individual rigor. All her works reveal rhythmic sophistication and a characteristic approach to metre, a juxtaposition of exuberance and lyricism. In short, music that is vivacious, sensitive and mischievous; the composer excelled in her treatment of a stringed instrument while in parallel drawing out the lines of a piano part bristling with life.

The French violinist Annabelle Berthomé-Reynolds loves rare, powerful scores. She has imbued herself with this music and with her piano partner the Bulgarian pianist Ivan Donchev, they both fill this music with vitality and poetry to make this boxset a real discovery and already a classic interpretation.

Artists

Annabelle Berthome-Reynolds, violin
Ivan Donchev, piano

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Double Album, 2 CDs

Track Listing

CD1

Bacewicz: Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 5 # 1951
[1] I. Moderato – Allegro
[2] II. Nokturn: Andante dolcissimo
[3] III. Finale: Allegro inquietamente

Bacewicz: Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 3 # 1948
[4] I. Allegro moderato
[5] II. Adagio
[6] III. Scherzo: Vivo
[7] IV. Finale: Andante

Bacewicz: Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1 # 1945
« Sonata da Camera »
[8] I. Largo
[9] II. Allegro
[10] III. Tempo di minuetto
[11] IV. Andante sostenuto
[12] V. Gigue: Molto allegro

Bacewicz: Sonata for Solo Violin No. 2 # 1958
[13] I. Adagio – Allegro
[14] II. Adagio
[15] III. Presto

 Total Time CD1: 54’04

CD2

Bacewicz: Partita for Violin and Piano # 1955
[1] I. Preludiem – Grave
[2] II. Toccata: Vivace
[3] III. Intermezzo: Andante melancolico
[4] IV. Rondo: Presto

Bacewicz: Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 2 # 1946
[5] I. Allegro
[6] II. Andante
[7] III. Scherzo: Vivace
[8] IV. Finale: Allegro molto

Bacewicz: Sonata for Solo Violin No. 1 # 1941
[9] I. Allegro
[10] II. Adagio
[11] III. […]
[12] IV. Variazioni

Bacewicz: Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 4 # 1949
[13] I. Moderato – Allegro non troppo
[14] II. Andante ma non troppo
[15] III. Scherzo: Molto vivo
[16] IV. Finale: Con passione

 Total Time CD2: 71’15