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Nov 2016

Geza Zichy

Complete Piano Transcriptions

ACTE PRÉALABLE AP0372 [57'16]

 

 

Dec 2016

Geza Zichy

Complete Piano Works

ACTE PRÉALABLE AP0371 [55'20]

 

 

Jan 2017

Dream with Me

Katarzyna Dondalska

ACTE PRÉALABLE AP0370 [77'19]

 

 

 

O M Zukowski

Christmas Carols

ACTE PRÉALABLE AP0369 [49'57]

 

 

 

O M Zukowski

Christmas Carols

ACTE PRÉALABLE AP0368 [55'07]

 

 

 

Joanna Bruzdowicz

Lelia (oratorio)

ACTE PRÉALABLE AP0367 [51'00]

 

 

May 2017

Emile Pierre Ratez

Works for flute, viola and piano

ACTE PRÉALABLE AP0366 [62'24]

 

 

Oct 2016

Aleksander Michalowski (1851 - 1938)

Piano Works Vol 1q

ACTE PRÉALABLE AP0365 [56'30]

 

 

Oct 2016

Gabriel Kaczmarek

Miza 1050

ACTE PRÉALABLE AP0364 [50'33]

 

 

May 2017

Wladyslaw Zelenski (1837-1921)
Secular Choral Works

AP0363 , DDD - TT: 68'32"

 

Dec 2016

Rene de Boisdeffre

works for violin and piano

ACTE PRÉALABLE AP0362 [65'53]

 

 

Dec 2016

Henryk Pachulski

Works for two pianos

ACTE PRÉALABLE AP0361 [77'10]

 

 

August Fryderyk Duranowski

concerto de violon et orchestre

ACTE PRÉALABLE AP0360 [77'20]

 

 

Review

Karol Tausig (1841 - 1871)

Piano works
Artur Cimirro (piano)

ACTE PRÉALABLE AP0359 [67'51]

 

 

May 2017

Émile Pierre Ratez (1851 - 1934)

Exhibition

ACTE PRÉALABLE AP0358 [61'59]

 

 

Juliusz Luciuk

Piano works

ACTE PRÉALABLE AP0357 [41'42]

 

 

Jozef Michal Poniatowski

Mass in F

ACTE PRÉALABLE AP0356 [48'51]

 

 

Zygmunt Noskowski (1846-1909)
Piano Works 2

Craoviennes op. 2
Polnisches Wiegenlied op. 11
Les sentiments op. 14
Aquarelles op. 20
En pastel op. 30

Mikolon Anna, piano

AP0355 , DDD - TT: 81'08"

 

March 2017

Otton Mieczyslaw Zukowski (1867-1942)
Opera Omnia Religiosa 4

Ave Maria op. 30
W majowe Zorze (The Dawns of May)
Blogoslaw Matko (Bless, Mother) op. 31
Ave Maria
Czwarta msza polska (Polish Mass no. 4) op. 41
Witaj Królowo! (Hail Queen!)
Hymn do N. P. Marji (Hymn to the B.V. Mary)
Zdrowas Maryjo (Hail Mary)
Ojcze nasz (Our Father) op. 47

AP0354 , DDD - TT: 52'48"

 

Elgar - Shostakovich - Penderecki

Edward Elgar - Serenade for String Orchestra op. 20
Dmitri Shostakovich - Concerto no. 1 in C minor for piano, trumpet and orchestra op. 35
Krzysztof Penderecki - Sinfonietta per archi no. 1

Glapiak Dominika, pian
Hulisz Pawel, trumpet
.Orkiestra Kameralna Progress,
Morus Szymon, conductor

AP0353 , DDD - TT: 48'38"

 

March 2016

Shakespeare songs
Quilter, Korngold, Finzi

Krysztof Bobrzecki (baritone)
Ann Mikolon piano

ACTE PRÉALABLE AP0352 [53.22]

 

 

Feb 2016

Beethoven
Notturno for Viola and piano
Chopin
Nocturnes 2, 13, 18
Kalliwoda
Six Nocturnes for viola and piano
Marcin Murawski - viola Anna Starzec-Makandasis - piano
ACTE PRÉALABLE AP0351 [70:21]


 

 

Joanna Bruzdowicz (1943)
16 tableaux d'une Exposition Salvador Dali

16 Tableaux d'une Exposition Salvador Dali for piano
Spring in America - sonata for violin and piano
The Song of Hope and Love - sonata for cello and piano

Jocz Tomasz, piano
Piatkowska-Nowicka Karolina, violin
Pawlowski Krzysztof, cello

AP0350 , DDD - TT: 49'57"

 

Mar 2017

Michael Kimber (1945)
Music for Violas 6

AP0349 , DDD - TT: 50'56"

 

Mar 2017

 

Love
Heaven on Earth
Charles Gounod (1818-1893) - Je veux vivre from "Roméo et Juliette"
Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) - O mio babbino caro from "Gianni Schicchi"
Luigi Arditi (1822-1903) - Parla-Waltz
Enrico Toselli (1883-1926) - Serenade
Luigi Arditi - Il bacio
Franz Lehár (1870-1948) - Liebe du Himmel from "Paganini"
Franz Lehár - Meine Lippen, sie küssen so heiß from "Giuditta"
Wojciech Kilar (1932-2013) - Vocalise from "The Ninth Gate"
Johann Strauss, jr. (1825-1899) - Mein Herr Marquis from "Die Fledermaus"
Franz Grothe (1908-1982) - Musikanten sind da from "Die blonde Carmen"
Franz Grothe - Immer wenn ich glücklich bin from "Immer wenn ich glücklich bin"
Franz Grothe - Wenn ein junger Mann kommt from "Frauen sind doch bessere Diplomaten"
Krzesimir Debski (*1953) - Piesn Heleny from "Ogniem i mieczem"
Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880) - Les oiseaux dans la charmille from "Les Contes d'Hoffmann"
Gerhard Winkler (1906-1977) - Komm, Casanova
Frederic Loewe (1901-1988) - I could have danced all night from "My Fair Lady"


Dondalska Katarzyna, coloratura soprano
AP0348 , DDD - TT: 60;36'

 

Mar 2017

Otton Mieczyslaw Zukowski (1867-1942)
Opera Omnia Religiosa 3

Duchu swiety (Holy Spirit)
Królowo Polski módl sie za nami (Queen of Poland, pray for us)
Blogoslaw Panie (Bless, Oh Lord)
Niebiosów dobra Ty Pani (The Good Lady of the Heavens)
Twych Panie lask (With Your Graces, Oh Lord)
Trzecia msza polska (Missa Polonica no. 3) op. 50
Z gwiazd migotem (With the light of the stars)
O Matko Bolejaca (Oh Sorrowful Mother)
Badz milosciw (Be merciful)
Badz pochwalona, Swieta Pani (Hail, Holy Lady)

AP0347 , DDD - TT: 51'14"

 

April 2017

Michael Kimber (1945)
Music for Violas 5

Murawski Marcin, viola
Gusciora Alicja, viola
Kowzan Martyna, viola
Dabrowski Eugeniusz, viola
Michalowski Pawel, viola
Rys Pavel, marimba

AP0346 , DDD - TT: 56'14"

 

 

Kassern - Majerski
Piano Works

Tyszecka Elzbieta, piano

AP0345 , DDD - TT: 73'31"

 

 

Slawomir Stanislaw CZARNECKI (b.1949)
Choral music (see end of review for track list)
Schola Cantorum Thorunensis/Pawel Glowinski
rec. 5-8 September, 18 October, 15-16 November 2014, Church of St. Nicholas, Chelmza, Poland


ACTE PRÉALABLE AP0344 [51:19]


 

Mar 2017

Otton Mieczyslaw Zukowski (1867-1942)
Opera Omnia Religiosa 2

Dondalska Katarzyna, soprano
Wolak Ewa, alto
Pecuszok Pawel, tenor
Kaczorowski Robert, baritone
Rytel Ewa, organ

AP0343 , DDD - TT: 60'14"


 

Review

Pertti JALAVA (b.1960)
The Eagle-Owl (2009) [30:48]
Six Miniatures for guitar (1998) [4:40]
String Quartet No.1 Pictures of Spring Stream (2006-07) [10:17]
While You Were Sleeping I Opened The Door and Walked Out Into a Warm Night (2010) [15:44]
Kimmo Rahunen (guitar); Akademos Quartet; Lorien Trio
rec. March 2014, Katowice

ACTE PRÉALABLE AP0342 [61:37]


 

 

Wagner - Strauss
Songs

Richard Wagner - Fünf Gedichte von Mathilde Wesendonk für eine Frauenstimme und Klavier
Richard Strauss - 8 Gedichte aus Letzte Blätter op. 10
Richard Strauss - All mein Gedanken... op. 21 no. 1
Richard Strauss - Du meines Herzens Krönelein op. 21 no. 2
Richard Strauss - Ach Lieb, ich muss nun scheiden! op. 21 no. 3
Richard Strauss - Ruhe, meine Seele op. 27 no. 1
Richard Strauss - Morgen op. 27 no. 4

Harasimowicz Bozena, soprano
Glapiak Dominika, piano

AP0340 , DDD - TT: 50'03"


 

Review

Apolinary SZELUTO (1884-1966)
Songs
Aleksandra Kaminska (mezzo)
Laura Sobolewska (piano)
rec. Paderewski Academy of Music, Poznan, Aug-Sept 2014, DDD

ACTE PRÉALABLE AP0338 [42:27]


 

 

Songs
Chopin - Karlowicz - Szymanowski - Palester - Lutoslawski - Panufnik
Sonnleitner Bernadeta, mezzo-soprano
Tchorzewski Jakub, piano

AP0337 , DDD - TT: 73'25"

 

Mar 2017

Michael Kimber (1945)
Music for Violas 4

Murawski Marcin, viola
.Sestry Boczniewicz (Ramona & Natalia Boczniewicz),
.Orkiestra Kameralna Concertino,
Siwka Marek, conductor

AP0335 , DDD - TT: 73'25"

 

Review
Recording of the Month

Krzysztof PENDERECKI (b.1933)
Leaves of an Unwritten Diary (version for string quintet) [18:30]
Antonín DVORÁK (1841-1904)
String Quintet No. 2 in G, Op. 77 [35:22]
Silesian Quintet (Kwintet ?l?skich Kameralistów)
rec. 7-11 July, 2014, Silesian Philharmonic Hall, Katowice, Poland

ACTE PRÉALABLE AP0334 [53:52]


 

Review

Henryk MELCER (1859-1928)
Trio for piano, violin and cello in G minor, Op. 2 [41:39]
Sonata for piano and violin in G major [29:06]
Dumka for violin and piano [3:47]
Natalya Zubko (piano); Joanna Oko? (violin); Anna Wróbel (cello)
rec. 30 May, 23-24 June 2014, Concert Hall of Music School nr 1, Warsaw, Poland

ACTE PRÉALABLE AP0333 [74:36]

 

 

Kimber Music for violas

ACTE PREALABLE AP 0332 [63'10]

 

Review

Józef WIENIAWSKI (1837-1912)
Overture, Guillaume le Taciturne, Op. 43 [15:20]
Symphony in D major, Op. 49 [35:05]
Podkarpacka Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra/Piotr Wajrak
rec. 12-14 March 2014, Filharmonia Podkarpacka, Rzeszów, Poland


ACTE PRÉALABLE AP 0331 [50:25]

 

Review

Oskar KOLBERG (1814-1890)
Six Polonaises, Op 1 [32:01]
Grande Sonate pour piano in E flat major, Op 3 [26:57]
Six Kujawiaks, Op 12 [10:23]
Joanna Lawrynowicz (piano)
rec. 22 November (op. 12) 2013, 19 May (Sonate), 20 June 2014 (Op. 1), Polskie Radio Studio S2, Poland
ACTE PRÉALABLE AP0330 [69:28]


 

Review

Beethoven Piano sonata no 8 Pathetique
Chopin Etudes op10, berceuse, Scherzo
Debussy Bruyeres, Estampes

Katarzyna Pietron´ piano

ACTE PREALABLE AP 0328 [49:34]

 

Review

Tansman, Alexander

Piano Music

Elzbieta Tyszecha

ACTE PREALABLE AP 0326 [48.36]

 

 

Folk songs for Jazz ensemble

ACTE PREALABLE AP 0324 [44:13]

 

Review

Felix Fourdrain
Songs

Liliana Gorska (mezzo) Piotr Ejsmont (piano)

ACTE PREALABLE AP 0323 [47' 13]

 

 

Naji Hakim
Violin works
Capriccio for violin and organ
Salve Regina for violin and organ
Fantasia on violin solo
Sonata for violin and piano
Concerto for violin and string orchestra

Agnieska Marucha violin

ACTE PREALABLE AP 0322 [68.55]

 

Mar 2014

Michael Kimber
Music for Viola Vol 2
Emerald Isle
6 caprices
Echoes of Greece
Rustic Dances
Concertino pour alto et orchastre a cordes
Fantasia Hispana
Tweleve-tone

Marcin Murawski (viola) Orkiestra Kameraina Concertino, Merk Siwka (conductor)

ACTE PREALABLE AP 0321 [59:46]

 

 

Joseph Christoph Kessler
Preludes op31
Etudes op20 vol 1

Magdalena Brzozowska Piano

ACTE PREALABLE AP 0319 [61.26]

 

Review

Antoni Rutkowski (1859-1884)
Piano Trio op. op. 13
Violin Sonata op. 5

ACTE PREALABLE AP 0292 [54:04]

 

Review

Jozef Wieniawski
Piano works 2

ACTE PREALABLE AP 0291 [75:36]

 

Review

The Nightingale
Dondalska Katarzyna, coloratura soprano
Mikolon Anna, piano
Dondalski Natan, violin
Czerwinska-Gosz Katarzyna, flute

ACTE PREALABLE AP 0290 [68:39]

 

Review

WA Mozart
Piano works Vol 2
Sonata in A minor KV310
Sonata in D Major KV311
Sonata in C major KV330
Sonata in F major KV332
Sonata in C major KV545

Gabriele Tomasello (piano)
ACTE PREALABLE AP 0289

 

 

Otton Mieczyslaw Zukowski (1867 - 1939(?)
Opera omnia religiosa Volume 1
including Missa Polonica
Katarzyna Dondalska (soprano)
Ewa Marciniec (alto)
Piotr Kusiewicz (tenor)
Robert Kaczorowski (baritone)


ACTE PREALABLE AP 0288

 

Review

Grzegorz Fitelberg (1879-1953)
5 Lieder op. 21 (words: Richard Diehmel)
6 Lieder op. 22 (words by German poets)
Trio for violin, cello and piano in F minor op. 10

Biegas Ewa, soprano
Makowska Katarzyna, piano
Mokrus Adam, violin
Kurzac Natalia, cello
booklet: (Polish, English)

ACTE PREALABLE AP 0287 [70,07]

 

Review

Lili & Nadia Boulanger
Songs
Lili Boulanger - Clairieres dans le ciel
Nadia Boulanger - Mélodies

Fabrello Anna, soprano
Lewandowski Rafal, piano

ACTE PREALABLE AP 0286 [45'57]

 

 

Maliszewski, Witold

Sonata for Violin and piano op1
Quatre morceaux for violi and piano

ACTE PREALABLE AP 0285 [59.18]

 

Review

Michael KIMBER (b.1945)
Music for Viola
Three Armenian Impressions (2002) [10:55]
Six Caprices (from: Twelve Caprices (1996)) [13:14]
Murovisation (2013) [5:42]
Viola Fight Song (2004) [1:52]
*La Folia (1995) [5:47]
*Christmas Medley (2005) [5:24]
*Jingle Bells (2004) [2:02]
*Two Pieces in Spanish Style (2008) [3:32]
*Dancing Viola (2011) [5:35]
*I Really Love to Play Viola (2005) [4:00]
*I Am Lost without my Beautiful Viola (2005) [3:34]
Caprice in A flat (from: Twelve Caprices (1996)) [3:15]
Marcin Murawski (viola)
*Edyta Hedzielska, Justyna Kowalczyk, Aleksandra Bazan (violas II, III, IV)
rec. Paderewski Academy of Music, Poznan, Poland, 27 March and 17 April 2013.

ACTE PREALABLE AP 0284 [65:02]

 

Review

Maria SZYMANOWSKA (1789-1831)
Complete Piano Works
Slawomir P. Dobrzanski (piano)
with Janka Krajciova, Eduardo Orozco, Thomas Alberici, Barry Chi Zhang and Virginia Houser (piano)
Cheung Chau (cello)
Blanka Bednarz (violin)
rec. 2011-2012, All Faiths Chapel, Kansas State University, Manhattan and Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania (works with violin and cello)
ACTE PRÉALABLE [APO281-83 3 CDs: 75:32 + 80:01 + 78:06]

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Review

 

Ignacy Feliks DOBRZYNSKI (1807-1867)
Chamber Works with Piano - 2
Fantaisie, for violin and piano, op.32 [17:19]
Introduction and Variations, for violin and piano, op.9 [20:12]
Les Larmes, for violin and piano, op.41 (1843) [6:57]
Souvenir de Dresde, for violin, cello and piano, op.47 (1846) [8:20]
Introduction and Variations, for flute and piano, op.18 (1831) [15:14]
Andante e Rondo alla Polacca, for flute and piano, op.42 [11:55]
Les Explorateurs (Joanna Lawrynowicz (piano); Anna Orlik (violin); Lukasz Tudzierz (cello); Jagoda Sokolowska-O'Donovan (flute))
rec. Polish Radio, Warsaw, 13-14 October 2012 (opp. 41, 47), 23-24 February 2013 (opp. 32, 9), 27-28 April 2013 (opp. 18, 42).
ACTE PREALABLE AP0279 [79:59]

Review

 

Ignacy Feliks Dobrzynski (1807-1867)
Chamber works with piano Vol 1
trio for piano, violin and cello op17
Souvenir de Dresde for oboe cello and piano Op47
Les Larmes for cello and piano opo41
Introduction et Variations for violin and piano op.18

ACTE PRÉALABLE APO278

 

 

Ignacy Feliks Dobrzynski (1807-1867)
Chamber works with piano Vol 2
Introduction et variations for violin and piano op. 9
Fantaisia for violin and piano op. 32
Les Larmes for cello and piano op. 41
Souvenir de Dresde for violin, cello and piano op. 47
Introduction et variations for flute and piano op. 18
Andante e Rondo alla Polacca for flute and piano op. 42
ACTE PRÉALABLE APO279

 

Review

Wladyslaw Zelenski 91837-1921)
Chamber music with piano
Piano trio op22
Romance Op40 for cello and piano
Lyrischer Waltzer op 15 for cello and piano
Berceuse op 32 for cello and piano

ACTE PRÉALABLE APO277

 

Review

Roman MACIEJEWSKI (1910-1998)
Works for violin and piano
Sonata (1938) [20:46]
Notturno (1950) [8:58]
Caprice no.24 (after Paganini op.1) [5:39]
Caprice no.16 (after Paganini op.1) [1:41]
Caprice no.5 (after Paganini op.1) [2:50]
Caprice no.9 (after Paganini op.1) [2:58]
Caprice no.13 (after Paganini op.1) [2:43]
Caprice no.14 (after Paganini op.1) [1:22]
Caprice no.17 (after Paganini op.1) [3:43]

Maciej Labecki (violin)
Elzbieta Tyszecka (piano)
rec. Filharmonia Lódzka, Lódz, Poland, March & June 2012.

ACTE PREALABLE AP0275 [50:44]

 

Review

Baird - Krauze - Bruzdowicz - Luciuk
Polish contemporary chamber music with mezzo-soprano
Tadeusz Baird - Piesni truwerów
Zygmunt Krauze - Pantuny malajskie
Joanna Bruzdowicz- Rysunki z przystani
Juliusz Luciuk - Portrety liryczne
Górska Liliana, mezzo-soprano

ACTE PRÉALABLE AP0274 [42'51]

 

Review

MECYJE
Kwintet Slaskich Kameralistów
trad. - Tschiribim, Tschiribom
David Zehavi - Eli, Eli
Wojtek Mrozek - Smiech Samuela
trad. - Esa Einai (Psaume 121)
trad. - Hava Nagila
Mordehai Zeira - Hayu Leylot
trad. - Kingdom
Mordehai Yacovson - Hine Ma Tov (Psaume 133)
Naomi Shemer - Hoy Artzi Moladti
Mordehai Zeira - Layla, Layla
John Williams - Schindler's List (main theme)
Jeremy Bock - If I Were a Richman
Samuel Cohen - Hatikvah (The National Anthem of Israel)
trad. - Ajde Jano
Yair Dalal - Through the Mist of Your Eyes

ACTE PRÉALABLE AP0273 [51'52]

 

Review

Mozart
Piano Works Volume 1`
Sonata in G major KV 283
Sonata in C major KV 309
Sonata in D major KV 311
Fantasia in D minor KV 397
Sonata in B flat major KV 570
Tomasello Gabriele, piano
ACTE PRÉALABLE AP0272 [72'29]

 

Review

Franciszek Brzezinski (1867-1944) -
Sonata for violin and piano in D major op. 6
Józef Zygmunt Szulc (1875-1956) -
Sonata for violin and piano in A minor op. 61

Pakura Barbara, piano
Kalinowska-Grohs Irena, violin

ACTE PRÉALABLE AP0271 [62'07]

 

Review

Aleksander Tansman
Children at play
Recreations
Piano in progress
Easy pieces
Tyszecka Elzbieta, piano
ACTE PRÉALABLE AP0270 [72'29]

 

 


Sergei RACHMANINOV (1873-1943)
Piano Sonata no.2 in B flat minor, op.36 (1913/1931) [16:44]
Felix MENDELSSOHN (1809-1847), arr. Franz LISZT (1811-1886), arr. Vladimir Horowitz
Wedding March and Variations [6:36]
Fryderyk CHOPIN (1810-1849)
Andante Spianato - Grande Polonaise Brillante, op.22 [12:35]
Scherzo no.4, op.54 [10:12]
Modest MUSSORGSKY (1839-1881)
Pictures at an Exhibition [31:02]
Krystian Tkaczewski (piano)
rec. Studio S1, Polish Radio, Warsaw, 25-26 July 2012.
ACTE PREALABLE AP0269 [77:20]

 

Review

Maciej Malecki
The Dream of Frédéric
String Quartets nos. 1-3

ACTE PRÉALABLE
AP0268 [51'53" ]

 

Review

Franciszek Brzezinski (1867-1944)
Complete Piano works
Triptique - suite de préludes et fugues op. 5
Suite polonaise op. 4
Toccata (Allegro vivace) op. 7
Waltz
Tema con variazioni op. 3
Pakura Barbara, piano

ACTE PRÉALABLE AP0267 [64'29]

 

Review

Hans Huber
Works for Violin and Piano
Sonata no. 2 in B flat major op. 42
Sonata no. 7 in G major op. 119 "Graziosa"
Poetic Pieces op. 99 (selection)
Marucha Agnieszka, violin
Pawlowski Tomasz, piano
ACTE PRÉALABLE AP0266 [71'50]

 

Review

Jan Baptysta Kleczynski (1756-1828)
3 String trios Op 4 Nos 3-5
Trio Alegrija

ACTE PRÉALABLE AP0265 [44'21]

 

Review

Jan Baptysta Kleczynski (1756-1828)
3 String trios Op 4 Nos 1,2,6
Trio Alegrija

ACTE PRÉALABLE AP0264 [44'47]

 

Review

Ludomir Rózycki
Piano works Vol 1
Gra fal op. 4
4 Impromptus op. 6
3 Morceaux op. 15
Balladyna op. 25
4 Intermezzi op. 42
5 Fantasiestücke op. 46
Rossignol op. 55
Seferinova Valentina, piano
ACTE PRÉALABLE AP0263 [71'50]

 

Review

Julian FONTANA (1810-1869)
Complete Piano Works Volume 3
Souvenir de Weber; Pot-pourri sur les motifs d’Oberon de Weber Op.5 (1843) [8:11]
L’Inquiétude Op.1 No.2 from Deux Caprices [3:22]
Rhapsodie à la Polka Op.19 [3:05]
Douze Morceaux caractéristiques en forme d’Études Op.9 Book 1 [15:11]
Lolita; Grande Valse Brillante Op.11 (1846) [6:24]
Deuxième Fantaisie Brillante sur les Motifs de Somnambule de Bellini Op.16 [7:05]
Philippe Devaux (piano)
rec. July 2010, April 2011, Polish Radio Studio S1
Includes Appendix CD [5:00] with a performance of Nocturne Op.20 performed by Joanna Lawrynowicz (piano) and the Acte Préalable 2012 catalogue and MP3 samples readable on all computers
ACTE PRÉALABLE AP0262 [43:22]

 

 

Henryk Melcer (1869-1928)
Piano Works
Trois morceaux caracteristiques op. 5
Morceau fantastique (Phantasiestück)
Etude in D major op. 8
Nocturne in A major
Prelude in C major
Fugue in C sharp minor
Variations sur un theme populaire polonais
Quasi mazurka sur le theme W.M.S.
Valse a la Chopin
La Fileuse de l'opera "Maria"

Asikainen Matti, piano
ACTE PRÉALABLE AP0261 [70'19 ]

Review [SA]

Review [JW]

Maria SZYMANOWSKA (1789-1831)
Ballads and Romances
Elizabeth Zapolska (mezzo), Bart van Oort (piano – Broadwood, 1825)
rec. The Dutch Reformed Church of Rhoon, Netherlands, 20-22 June 2011
List of songs at end of review
ACTE PREALABLE AP0260 [71:54]

 



 

Review

Julian FONTANA (1810-1869)
Deux Romances, op.18 (1855) [8:05]
Feuilles d'Album - Deux Mazureks, op.15 [5:54]
12 Morceaux Caractéristiques en Forme d'Etudes, op.9, nos.7-12 (Livre II) (1905) [14:51]
Deuxième Grande Valse Brillante, op.13 [5:10]
Fantaisie Brillante sur les Motifs du 'Freyschütz', op.6 (1843) [8:32]
Philippe Devaux (piano)
rec. Polish Radio Studio S1, Warsaw, July 2010, April 2011. DDD
ACTE PREALABLE AP0259 [42:32]

 

Review


Adolf MIŠEK (1875-1955)
Double Bass Sonatas and Miniatures 2
Double Bass Sonata No.3 in F major Op.7 (pub. 1955) [32:04]
Fantasy on opera themes by Bedrich Smetana [14:45]
Legende Op.3 [6:49]
Szymon Marciniak (double bass)
Joanna Lawrynowicz (piano)
rec. August and December 2011, Polskie Radio, Warsaw, Studio S1
ACTE PRÉALABLE AP0258 [53:42]
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Review


Adolf MIŠEK (1875-1955)
Double Bass Sonatas and Miniatures 1
Double Bass Sonata No.1 in A major Op.5 (1905) [23:50]
Double Bass Sonata No.2 in E minor Op.6 (1911) [27:03]
Concert-Polonaise (1903) [6:25]
Szymon Marciniak (double bass)
Joanna Lawrynowicz (piano)
rec. August and December 2011, Polskie Radio, Warsaw, Studio S1
ACTE PRÉALABLE AP0257 [57:22]
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Review

Fryderyk CHOPIN (1810-1849)
Nostalgy: Chopin for Flute and Marimba
Prelude in A major op.28 no.7 [0:55]
Waltz in A minor op. posth. [2:54]
Nocturne in B flat minor op.9 no.1 [5:34]
Waltz in B minor op.69 no.2 [4:08]
Nocturne in C sharp minor op. posth. [4:24]
Mazurka in B flat major op.7 no.1 [2:11]
Prelude in E minor op.28 no.4 [2:26]
Waltz in D flat major op.64 no.1 [2:05]
Waltz in A minor op.34 no.2 [4:33]
Prelude in D flat major op.28 no.15 [5:06]
Prelude in C minor op.28 no.20 [1:56]
Nocturne in E flat major op.9 no.2 [2:39]
Variations on Non più mesta from Rossini's La Cenerentola [5:28]
Prelude in A major op.28 no.7 [0:52]
Krzysztof Kaczka (flute)
Nicholas Reed (marimba, vibraphone)
rec. Hochschule für Musik, Freiburg, 28 July 2011. DDD
ACTE PREALABLE AP0256 [45:17]

 

Review [SA]

Review [JW]


Aleksander TANSMAN (1897-1986)
Pour les enfants pour piano de difficulté progressive [54:11]*
1er Recueil, très facile [11:16]; 2e Recueil, facile [12:13]; 3e Recueil, assez facile [12:47]; 4e Recueil, moyenne difficulté [17:55]
Piano miniatures (1945)[6:56]*
Elzbieta Tyszecka (piano)
rec. Kameralna Hall named after Henryk Czyza, Lódz Philarmonia, Lódz, Poland, July and October 2011. *World première recordings.
ACTE PREALABLE AP0255 [61:32]

 

Review

Ludomir Rózycki
Chamber works with piano
Piano Quintet, Piano Trio, Cello Sonata
Jerzy Godziszewski (piano) Wilanow String Quartet
ACTE PRÉALABLE AP0253 [72.43]

 

Review

Ireneusz LUKASZEWSKI (b. 1938)
Choral Works

Polski Chor Kameralny/Jan Lukaszewski, conductor
rec. May 2011, Augsburg Evangelical Church, Sopot
Texts included, no translations from Polish
ACTE PRÉALABLE AP0252 [57:04]

 

Review

Wilhelm Friedmann BACH (1710-1784) Six Duos for two flutes
Gudrún Birgisdóttir and Martial Nardeau (flutes)
rec. August 2011, The Evangelic Church, Mikolów
ACTE PRÉALABLE AP0251 [68:48]

 

Review

Jaroslaw ADAMUS (b.1960)
Logos et Sentiment
Au commencement était la parole op. 6 (2005) [5:30]
Clair - obscur op. 3 (2004) [12:37]
Musique provisoire op. 14 no 1 (2011) [9:01]
Sixieme vanité pour violon in scordatura op. 1 no 6 (2002-03) [12:25]
Omne trinum perfectum op. 2 (2004) [8:32]
Eau. Pain. Amitié. Philosophie op. 13 (2007) [12:21]
Esquisses dune musique définitive op. 14 no 2 (2007) [2:15]
Joyful Song op. 5 no 2 (2011) [6:31]
Ensemble Cello Fan; Ensemble Chromatica; Zespólim G.P. Telemanna
Delphine Georges (voice); Jaroslaw Adamus (violin); Hanna Holeska (piano)
rec. April 2011, Katowice, July 2011, Callian and Marseille
ACTE PRÉALABLE AP0247 [69:16]

 

Review

Aleksander TANSMAN (1897-1986)
Happy Time, on s’amuse au piano [44:13]*
Book I (Primary) [11:36]; Book II (Elementary) [16:29]; Book III (Intermediate) [16:08]
Ten Diversions for the Young Pianist [14:04]*
Elzbieta Tyszecka (piano)
rec. Kameralna Hall named after Henryk Czyza, Lódz Philarmonia, Lódz, Poland, March and July 2011. *World première recordings.
ACTE PREALABLE AP0246 [58:42]

 

Review

Andrzej KOSZEWSKI (b.1922) Trio for violin, cello and piano (1950)* [28:49]
Tadeusz SZELOGOWSKI (1899-1963) Trio for piano, violin and cello* [22:57]
Andrzej PANUFNIK (1914-1991) Piano Trio [16:46]
Poznan Piano Trio (Laura Sobolewska (piano), Anna Ziólkowska (violin), Dagny Czarnecka (cello))
rec. Studio S1 Polish Radio, Warsaw, Poland, 25-28 October 2009
*World Première recordings
ACTE PRÉALABLE AP0243 [68:35]

 

Review

In the Circle of Nadia Boulanger
Antoni SZALOWSKI
(1907-1973)
Sonatine for oboe and piano (1946) [5:45]
Grazyna BACEWICZ (1909-1969)
Sonata for oboe and piano (1937) [12:13]
Sonatina for oboe and piano (1955) [10:33]
Sonata da camera, for violin and piano (1945) [11:54]
Jerzy BAUER (b.1936)
Dualistyl, for oboe and piano (2004) [5:52]
Mieczyslaw Pawlak (oboe)
Barbara Trojanowska (violin)
Elzbieta Tyszecka (piano)
rec. January 2004 (Sonata da camera), Radio Lódz, April-June 2007, Filharmonia Lódz, Sala Kameralna im. Henryka Czyza
ACTE PRÉALABLE AP0242 [46:24]

Review

Julian FONTANA (1810-1869)
Deux Romances, op.18 (1855) [8:05]
Feuilles d'Album - Deux Mazureks, op.15 [5:54]
12 Morceaux Caractéristiques en Forme d'Etudes, op.9, nos.7-12 (Livre II) (1905) [14:51]
Deuxième Grande Valse Brillante, op.13 [5:10]
Fantaisie Brillante sur les Motifs du 'Freyschütz', op.6 (1843) [8:32]
Philippe Devaux (piano)
rec. Polish Radio Studio S1, Warsaw, July 2010, April 2011. DDD
ACTE PREALABLE AP0259 [42:32]

 



 

Review

Wladyslaw ZELENSKI (1837-1921)
Piano Quartet in C minor, Op.61 [38:53]
Variations on an original theme in G minor, Op.21 [15:17]
Joanna Lawrynowicz (piano): Four Strings Quartet
rec. September 2010 (Variations) and May 2011 (Piano Quartet), Szymanowski School of Music, Katowice (Piano Quartet), The Palace and Park Complex in Mloszowa (Variations)
ACTE PRÉALABLE AP0237 [54:11]

 



 

Review

Zygmunt NOSKOWSKI (1846-1909)
String Quartet No. 3 in E minor, Fantasy Quartet [33:59]
Variations and Fugue on a theme by Viotti [9:34]
Humorous Quartet, As You Like It [4:20]
Vis-à-vis, tram duet for violin and cello [1:19]
Four Strings Quartet
rec. 5-6 October 2012, Evangelic Church, Mikolow, Poland (quartet), 15 December 2012, Panstwowa Music School concert hall, Chorzów, Poland (shorter works)
ACTE PRÉALABLE AP0235 [49:12]

 



 

Review

J H Hummel (1778-1837)
Sonata No 5 Viola and piano
Arioso Viola and piano
Potpourri Op94 Viola and Orchestra
Sonata Op104 No. 3 Cello and piano
Valse Viola and piano

Marcin Murawski viola
Urszula Szyrynska piano
Hummelproject orchestra - Ryszard Handke conductor


ACTE PRÉALABLE AP0226 [67'26]

 



 

 


Józef Wieniawski (1837-1912)

Piano works Volume 1


ACTE PRÉALABLE AP0184 [68'56]

 





Juliusz Luciuk (1927)
Gesang am Brunnen - oratorio
Harasimowicz-Haas Bozena, soprano
Laszczkowski Jacek, tenor
Borowski Janusz, baritone
Florencio José Maria, conductor

booklet: Grzegorz Majka (Polish, English)
ACTE PREALABLE AP0240 [54:51]

Review



Ivan KRIZHANOVSKY (1867-1924)
Cello Sonata in G minor, op.2 (1903) [24:11]
Nikolai POTOLOVSKY (1878-1927)
Two Pieces for cello and piano, op.3 [6:02]
Cello Sonata in D minor, op.2 (1905) [29:46]
Jaroslaw Domzal (cello)
Lubow Nawrocka (piano)
rec. Polish Radio Studio S1, Warsaw, August 2009. DDD
ACTE PREALABLE AP0220 [60:02]

review

La Musique de la Chasse Royale: Muzyka Królewskich Lowów
Jean Joseph MOURET (1682-1738) Iere Suite de Symphonies - Gavotte (part 4) [3:23]
Luigi CHERUBINI (1760-1842) Iere Sonate [2:05]
Henry PURCELL (1659-1695) Trumpet Tune [2:42]
Jean Joseph MOURET Iere Suite de Symphonies - Menuet (part 6) [2:29]; Iere Suite de Symphonies - Allegro (part 2) [2:37]
Carl Maria von WEBER (1786-1826) Der Freischütz: Huntsmen’s Chorus [1:50]
George Frideric HANDEL (1685-1759) Water Music – Overture [1:58]; Water Music - Alla Hornpipe [3:30]
? Carillon [3:02]
Georg Philipp TELEMANN (1681-1767) Horn Concerto in D [5:33]
Joseph HAYDN (1732-1809) Horn concerto in D major – first movement (?)* [5:55]
Jacek Smoczynski (hunting horn)
Quartetto da caccia (Anna Kaczmarek, Helena Matuszewska (violins), Julia Hanasz (viola), Cecylia Stanecka (cello); Jan Bokszczanin (organ)*
rec. Church of St Rosalie, near Szelków, Poland, October/November 2010 and Church of St Anna, Warsaw, Poland, 2004*. DDD.
Booklet in Polish, English, French and German
ACTE PRÉALABLE AP0218 [35:11]

Review

Ludomir ROZYCKI (1883-1953)
Ballade for piano and orchestra op. 18 (1904) [10:01]
Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor op. 43 (1918) [32:08]
Krystyna Makowska-Lawrynowicz
Polish Radio and TV SO in Cracow/Szymon Kawalla; Andrzej Straszynski
rec. Filarmonia Krakowska, Polish Radio, 1984, 1990. DDD
ACTE PREALABLE AP0217 [42:11]

review

Yoshinao NAKADA (1923-2000)
Songs

Waleria Przelaskowska-Rokita (mezzo)
Witold Woloszynski (piano)
rec. Concert Hall, State Music School no.1, Warsaw, 8-12 February 2010. DDD
ACTE PREALABLE AP0214 [62:08]

Review

Dariusz MAZUROWSKI (b.1966)
Electronic music
Pseudaria (2011) [30:59]
Divertimento (2010) [31:58]
Music composed, performed and engineered by Mazurowski
rec. Oct 2010-Feb 2011, De e M Studio.
World Premiere Recordings
ACTE PREALABLE AP0241 [63:02]

Review

Mieczyslaw WEINBERG (Moishei VAINBERG) (1919-1996)
Violin Sonata No. 3 Op.37 (1947) [24:56]
Violin Sonata No. 4 Op.39 (1947) [19:20]
Barbara Trojanowska (violin)
Elzbieta Tyszecka (piano)
rec. June 2008 (No. 3) and March 2010 (No.4), Filharmonia Lódzka, Sala Kamerlan im. Henryka Czyza
ACTE PRÉALABLE AP0209 [44:19]

review

François DEVIENNE (1759-1803)
Six Duos Concertants for Flute and Viola Op. 5: No. 1 [11:51]; No. 2 [14:25]; No. 3 [10:43]; No. 4 [11:02]; No. 5 [10:35]; No. 6 [13:47]
Ewa Murawska (flute), Marcin Murawski (viola)
rec. 21-22 November 2008, Chamber Hall, POSM II st. im. M Karlowicza in Poznán, Poland, DDD
ACTE PREALABLE APO222 [69:04]

Zygmunt NOSKOWSKI (1846-1909)
Chamber Works – vol. 3

Trois pièces pour violon et piano Op.24 (c.1890) [12:59]
Chansonnette d’Ukraine Op.26 No.2a (1890) [1:01]
Berceuse Op.11 (1880) [3:10]
Violin Sonata in A minor (before 1875) [39:47]
Jolanta Sosnowska (violin)
Donát Deáky (piano)
rec. July 2009 and February 2010, Vienna
ACTE PRÉALABLE AP0248 [57:01]

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Polish Songs
Fryderyk CHOPIN (1810 – 1849)
Stanislaw MONIUSZKO (1819 – 1872)
Mieczyslaw KARLOWICZ (1876 – 1909)
Ignacy Jan PADEREWSKI (1860 – 1941)
Olga Maroszek (alto); Elzbieta Tyszecka (piano)
rec. Sala Kameralna im Henryka Czyza at Filharmonia Lodzka, October 2009
Sung texts in Polish printed in the booklet with English translations of the songs by Chopin and Paderewski
ACTE PRÉALABLE AP0201 [41:54]

Review

Wladislaw ZELENSKI (1837-1921)
String Quartet in F major, Op.28 (before 1885) [36:15]
String Quartet in A major, Op.42 [35:13]
Four Strings Quartet
rec. August-September 2010, The Palace and Park Complex, Mloszowa
ACTE PRÉALABLE AP0236 [71:33]

Review

Grzegorz FITELBERG (1879-1953)
Complete works for violin and piano

Violin Sonata No.1 in A minor Op.2 (1894) [19:50]
Violin Sonata No.2 in F major Op.12 (1901) [19:28]
Romances for violin and piano Op.11; No.1 in D major (1892) [3:29]: No.2 in A major (1900) [3:36]
Chanson triste for piano solo [3:48]
Recitative for clarinet and piano (1918) arr. for violin by Andrzej Gebski [4:09]
Berceuse for violin and piano [3:45]
Mazurka for violin and piano [4:19]
Andrzej Gebski (violin)
Soyeon Lim (piano)
rec. March and May 2010, Polish Radio Studio S2, Warsaw
ACTE PRÉALABLE AP0207 [62:28]

Review

Out of Print

Michael GARRETT (b.1944)
Piano Works
Aux pas I – 12 Preludes Op.15, ‘From The Highlands’ Nos. 1, 2 and 11 (1981-82) [11:33]
Aux pas II – 12 Preludes Op.21, Nos, 1-5, 7, 10 and 13 (1983) [22:51]
Aux pas IV – 24 Preludes Op.118, Nos. 1-4 and 10 (1997) [6:41]
Two Preludes in Triple Measure Op.187 (2007) [2:03]
The Book of Circe Op.10 – excerpts (1968-76) [22:06]
Barbara Karaskiewicz (piano)
rec. August 2009, Studio S1, Warsaw
ACTE PRÉALABLE AP0232 [65:26]

Review

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Zygmunt Noskowski (1846-1909)
Chamber works 1
String Quartet No 1 in D minor Op. 9
String Quartet No 2 in E major
Four Strings Quartet,
Fiedukiewicz Lucyna, Ist violin
Witek Grzegorz, IInd violin
Raszewska Beata, viola
Tudzierz Lukasz, cello
AP0234

Chamber works Vol 2
String Quartet No 3 etc
Four Strings Quartet

AP0235



Romuald TWARDOWSKI (b. 1930)
Exegi monumentum
(2009) [25.49] (1)
Three Frescoes for Orchestra (1986) [14.40] (2)
Ioannes Rex (1983) [20.32] (3)
Anna Mikoljczyk-Niewiedzial (soprano) (1); Jarosslaw Brek (bass) (1); Andrzeu Hiolski (baritone) (3); International University Choir, International Symphony Orchestra/Marcin Nalecz-Niesiolowski (1); Festival Symphony Orchestra, Odessa/Boris Rosenfeld (2); Zielona Gora Philharmonic Orchestra/Szymon Kawalla
rec. Poznan, 20 June 2009 (1); Odessa, 18 May 2001 (2); Zielona Gora, 25-26 June 1982 (3)

ACTE PREALABLE AP0231 [61.05]

Review

Romuald TWARDOWSKI (b. 1930)
Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom (2007) [69.14]
ACTE PREALABLE AP0193 [69.14]

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Zygmunt STOJOWSKI (1870-1946)
Sonata for violin and piano No. 2 in E major
Romance for violin and orchestra
Concerto for violin and orchestra in G major
Agnieszka Marucha (violin);
ACTE PREALABLE AP0221 [64'28"]

Review

Henryk PACHULSKI (1859-1921)
Piano Works Vol 1
Variations sur un thème original Op.1 [9:51]
Deux pièces pour le piano Op.2 [6:43]
Polonaise Op.5 [5:06]
Valse-Caprice Op.6 [4:45]
Deux Etudes de Concert Op.7 [10:32]
Six Preludes Op.8 [8:27]
Sonata in F major Op.27 (1910) [20:56]
Lubow Nawrocka (piano)
rec. May 2008, Polish Radio Studio S1
ACTE PRÉALABLE APO 187

Ludomir Rózycki

Violin concerto Op. 70
Deux Mélodies pour violon et piano Op. 5
Deux Nocturnes pour violon et piano Op. 30
Transcriptions for violin and piano form ballet "Pan Twardowski" Op. 45

ACTE PREALABLE AP0219 [49'31"]

Review

AP0188
Zygmunt NOSKOWSKI (1846-1909)
Piano Works 1
Impressions Op.29
3 Pièces Op.35
Moments mélodiques Op.36
Contes Op.37
Feuille de trèfle
Valentina Seferinova (piano)
rec. May 2008, Review

Roman STATKOWSKI (1859-1925)
Piano Works – vol. 2
Two Idylls Op.18 [6:43]
Three Obereks Op.22 [7:00]
Three Mazureks Op.24 [10:32]
Three Piècettes polonaises Op.9 [8:27]
Three Krakowiaks Op.23 [8:08]
Six Pièces Op.16 [20:56]
Barbara Karaskiewicz (piano)
rec. December 2007, Polish Radio Studio S1
ACTE PRÉALABLE APO176 [61:56]

Review

 

Chopin
Transcriptions
Jolanta Stopka

ACTE PRÉALABLE AP0208

Review

Review

AP0174
Agata Szymczewska (violin)
Cwojdzinski, Bacewicz, Penderecki, Rozbicki

Review

APO178
Franciszek LESSEL (1780-1838)

Three Grand Duetts for two German Flutes
Elżbieta Gajawska, Hanna Turonek (flutes)

Review

AP 0182
Karol SZYMANOWSKI
(1882-1937)
Piano Music: Nine Preludes Op. 1 Variations in B flat minor Op. 3 ; Etude in B flat minor Op. 4 no. 3 ; Métopes Op. 29 ; Mazurkas Op. 50 nos. 1-4
Eri Iwamoto (piano)

review

AP0156
Michelle Mascitti
String Sonatas
Vol 1

Review

deleted

AP0157
Michelle Mascitti
String Sonatas
Vol 2

Review

deleted
AP0163
Henryk Melcer
Piano Concertos
Joanna Lawrynowicz
AP0048
Ignacy Feliks Dobrzynski (1807-1867)
String Quintets