Zygmunt Stojowski - Piano concertos

Catalogue No. | DUX 1773
Publisher | DUX
Date | 2021

Zygmunt Stojowski:
Piano Concerto No. 1 F Sharp Minor, Op. 3
Piano Concerto No. 2 A Flat Major, Op. 32 "Prologue scherzo et variations pour piano et orchestre"

Marek Szlezer - piano
Witold Wilczek - piano
Polska Orkiestra Sinfonia Iuventus im. Jerzego Semkowa
Marek Wroniszewski - conductor
Zofia Guz - conductor

Sound engineering: Małgorzata Polańska
Editing and mastering: Igor Szymański

The pieces were recorded in the Witold Lutosławski Concert Studio of the Polish Radio
in Warsaw, on 17-20 May 2021.

Description

This album was released by DUX and features two piano concertos by the outstanding Polish post-Romantic Zygmunt Stojowski, a student and friend of Ignacy Jan Paderewski. It is our great pleasure to be able to remind listeners once again of such a valuable repertoire. We are certain that this new album will bring them much joy and satisfaction!

The piano concertos included on the CD were composed over a fairly long time interval (1891 and 1913). These compositions cleverly demonstrate the evolution of the composer’s style, as well as his loyalty to the late-Romantic idiom. Delightful in their virtuosity, and thematic and conceptual originality, these works, which were so popular in their time, are interpreted by two highly respected and award-winning pianists, Marek Szlezer (op. 3) and Witold Wilczek (op. 32), under the direction of Marek Wroniszewski (with additional direction by Zofia Guz).

CD available: http://www.dux.pl/stojowski-koncerty-fortepianowe-szlezer-wilczek-sinfonia-iuventus-wroniszewski.html