Penderecki - Concerto Per Fisarmonica Ed Orchestra dopo il Concerto doppio per violin, viola (violoncello) ed orchestra; Concerto per flauto (sassofono) ed orchestra da Camera / Maciej Frackiewicz - accordion / DUX Recording Audio CD 2019 / DUX 1571

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The Double Concerto for Viola and Cello was written in 2012 to mark the bicentenary of the Musikverein in Vienna. It is a work with a clearly defined, neo-romantic architecture. Even though the composer employs profuse semi-tones as a form-shaping element, the music also abounds in consonances that soften the many tensions therein. The narrations starting point is determined by the opening cantabile for the two solo instruments, which is of a romantic character. As the music proceeds, the two architectural planes start to be mutually interwoven, with a free dialogue between them lasting until the end of the piece. It is worth drawing the listeners attention to the highly inventive solo cadenzas that are introduced by the composer in order to differentiate the mood of the works various sections. The version for accordion and orchestra which is featured in the present recording casts a fresh light on the composition. All the contrasts that are responsible for the structural fragmentation unexpectedly gain even sharper contours. Moreover, all the solo interludes, in view of the distinctly different character of the accordion, make the polemics between the neo-romantic and playful aesthetics even more exciting. Concerto per flauto ed orchestra da camera was written in 1992. Commissioned by LOrchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, it was dedicated to flautist Jean-Pierre Rampal. The work falls into two extensive movements: Andante and Allegro con brio. Lyrical fragments of a somewhat impressionistic provenance predominate in the first movement. In contrast to the Double Concerto for Viola and Cello, this work is notable for its highly autonomous solo part, which on the one hand constitutes an intriguing counterpoint with the orchestral interludes, while on the other being very much to the forefront. Brief but strongly chromaticised melodic motifs are an important element that shapes the architecture of the first movement.

Tracklist:

Concertos Vol. 8

Concerto Per Fisarmonica Ed Orchestra dopo il Concerto doppio per violin, viola (violoncello) ed orchestra (2012)   20:39 

(version for accordion arranged by Maciej Frackiewicz: 2018)

Concerto per flauto ed orchestra da Camera (rev. 1995)   23:24

(version for soprano saxophone Bartlomiej Dus: 2017)

• Accordion - Maciej Frackiewicz
• Soprano saxophone - Bartlomiej Dus
• Orchestra - Jerzy Semkow Polish Sinfonia Iuventus Orchestra
• Conductor - Krzysztof Penderecki, Maciej Tworek