Warner Music Poland will release new album MAKSYMIUK | Sinfonia Varsovia on January 29, 2016.
The appearance of the unparalleled talent of Jerzy Maksymiuk on our musical landscape and the ensuing artistic phenomenon that bears the name of the Polish Chamber Orchestra was a sui generis earthquake for all of us – wrote Adam Rozlach in the CD booklet.
The double album showcases both historical recordings which have undergone careful remastering and new interpretations recorded in 2015. The CDs include compositions by Mozart, Bach, Rossini, Debussy, Bartók, Stravinsky, as well as works by Polish composers - Grażyna Bacewicz, Tadeusz Baird, Adam Jarzębski, and Maestro himself (Vers per archi).
The album is a sentimental journey back to the time when Jerzy Maksymiuk’s chamber players drenched audiences attending their first concerts with great technique and artistry. It is also a record documenting the present coolaboration of the famous conductor with his beloved orchestra.
Tracklist:
CD 1: Jerzy Maksymiuk & Sinfonia Varsovia
[1] CLAUDE DEBUSSY Afternoon of a Faun
[2-5] SERGEI PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 1 in D major, Op. 25 "Classical"
[6] TADEUSZ BAIRD Elegeia
[7-13] IGOR STRAVINSKY Suite No. 2 from "The Firebird" (1919)
[14] JERZY MAKSYMIUK Vers per archi
CD 2: Jerzy Maksymiuk & Polish Chamber Orchestra
[1] ADAM JARZĘBSKI Tamburetta
[2-4] GRAŻYNA BACEWICZ Concerto for String Orchestra
[5-7] JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 BWV 1048
[8-10] GIOACCHINO ROSSINI Sonata for Strings No. 3 in C major
[11-13] WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Divertimento in D major K. 136
[14-16] BÉLA BARTÓK Divertimento for String Orchestra Sz 113
CD1 | Recorded in the Witold Lutosławski Concert Studio of Polish Radio in Warsaw, March 17-19, 2015 | Sound engineering: Gabriela Blicharz &Lech Dudzik
CD2 | Recorded: 1977 – 1979 for EMI and Polskie Nagrania "Muza" | Mastering: Gabriela Blicharz
Co-financed by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland.