Artist: Lydia Mordkovitch, Ian Fountain Title: Grazyna Bacewicz - George Enescu Year Of Release: 2007 Label: Chandos Genre: Classical Quality: flac lossless 24bits - 96.0kHz + scans Total Time: 01:14:50 Total Size: 1.1 gb

Tracklist

1. Violin Sonata No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 6: I. Assez mouvemente
2. Violin Sonata No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 6: II. Tranquillement
3. Violin Sonata No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 6: III. Vif
4. Violin Sonata No. 1, "da camera": I. Largo
5. Violin Sonata No. 1, "da camera": II. Allegro
6. Violin Sonata No. 1, "da camera": III. Tempo di minuetto
7. Violin Sonata No. 1, "da camera": IV. Andante sostenuto
8. Violin Sonata No. 1, "da camera": V. Gigue: Molto allegro
9. Violin Sonata No. 3: I. Allegro moderato
10. Violin Sonata No. 3: II. Adagio
11. Violin Sonata No. 3: III. Scherzo: Vivo
12. Violin Sonata No. 3: IV. Finale: Andante
13. Partita: I. Preludium: Grave
14. Partita: II. Toccata: Vivace
15. Partita: III. Intermezzo: Andantino melancolio
16. Partita: IV. Rondo: Presto

Bacewicz was the most prominent Polish female composer of the twentieth century and a renowned violinist who, by contemporary accounts, was surpassed only by Ginette Neveu and David Oistrakh. She left a legacy of over 200 compositions, many of which have never been heard in the West. The Partita was written after a long hospitalisation – the result of a serious automobile accident. Although Bacewicz’s body was immobilised, her musical mind must have been very active. She provided two versions of the work, one for orchestra and the second for violin and piano which we hear on this recording. Bacewicz’s Third Violin Sonata is one of her lesser-known pieces. Bacewicz is frequently labelled a neoclassicist, but she is much more robust and muscular in her approach than many of her contemporaries.

George Enescu was a prodigy as both performer and composer and was not yet eighteen when he completed the Second Violin Sonata. His world here is not Romanian, but rather influenced by Brahms, Franck and Fauré; however, the work still exudes a healthy respect for the tradition which he inherited.

Both Bacewicz and Enescu studied in Paris, and were professional violinists and pianists who imbued their music with a profound knowledge of their instruments, clearly demonstrated in this new recording