Grazyna Bacewicz - Complete String Quartets, Vol. 1 [24-96]

Composer(s): Bacewicz, Grazyna
Ensemble(s): Lutoslawski Quartet
Label: Naxos
Genre: Chamber Music
Period: 20th Century
Catalogue No: 8.572806
Barcode: 747313280674
Physical Release: 07/2015

BACEWICZ, G.: String Quartets (Complete), Vol. 1 - Nos. 1, 3, 6, 7 (Lutosławski Quartet)
Musicologist Adrian Thomas considered Grażyna Bacewicz’s string quartets “unrivalled in 20th-century Polish music and… one of the century’s most significant contributions to the genre”. Her folk-music infused First Quartet dates from student days at the Paris Conservatoire, while exceptional polyphonic skill, intense emotion and playful, high spirits characterize the Third Quartet. Both the Sixth and Seventh Quartets unite tradition with a strikingly effective and highly personal exploration of progressive contemporary techniques. As Lutosławski observed, in the “rapidly changing artistic currents” of the times, “it was [Bacewicz’s] music which helped create that atmosphere”.

Bacewicz, Grazyna
String Quartet No. 6
1. I. Andante - Vivo 00:07:06
2. II. Vivace 00:03:42
3. III. Grave 00:03:46
4. IV. dotted quarter note = 114 00:03:05
String Quartet No. 1
5. I. Moderato - Piu mosso 00:06:12
6. II. Tema con variazioni 00:06:33
7. III. Vivo 00:04:12
String Quartet No. 3
8. I. Allegro ma non troppo 00:06:30
9. II. Andante 00:06:26
10. III. Vivo 00:05:55
String Quartet No. 7
11. I. Allegro 00:06:05
12. II. Grave 00:06:20
13. III. Con vivezza 00:05:12

Total Playing Time: 01:11:04