Tadeusz Majerski: Concerto-Poem and Other Works
The Polish pianist-composer Tadeusz Majerski (1888–1963), who spent his life in Lwów (now Lviv in Ukraine), has been entirely lost from sight. But he wrote some of the most interesting Polish music of his day, bringing together late-Romantic sensitivity and the modern outlook of the new age. This first album dedicated to his work presents one of his major scores, the rhapsodic Concerto-Poem for piano and orchestra, as well as two powerful chamber works and a number of representative piano miniatures.
Michał Drewnowski, piano
Royal Scottish National Orchestra (Track 1)
Emil Tabakov, conductor (Track 1)
New Art Chamber Soloists (Tracks 2–11)
Arkadiusz Dobrowolski, cello (Tracks 12-13)
Listen To This Recording:
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Concerto-Poem for piano and orchestra (1946, rev. 1956; scoring rev. and ed. Emilian Madey, 2008–9)
- Concerto-Poem for piano and orchestra
- Andante – Tema: Andante semplice Audio Player
- Var. I L’istesso tempo Audio Player
- Var. II Allegro feroce, ma non troppo Audio Player
- Var. III Allegretto Audio Player
- Var. IV Allegro deciso Audio Player
- Var. V Allegro, ma non troppo Audio Player
- Var. VI Allegretto con moto Audio Player
- Var. VII Andante con magna espressione Audio Player
- Var. VIII Allegretto con moto Audio Player
- Var. IX Allegro – Andante
- I Largo ma in tempo rubato Audio Player
- II Allegro con brio
- No. 1, Misterioso. Lento non troppo Audio Player
- No. 2, Allegro appassionato Audio Player
- No. 3, Andante molto espressivo Audio Player
- No. 4, Presto ma non troppo
- No. 1 Sorrow Audio Player
- No. 2 In the Dark Audio Player
- No. 3 At the Crossroad
- No. 1 Etude Audio Player
- No. 2 Unsentimental Waltz Audio Player
- No. 3 Prelude
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Piano Quintet in the Form of Variations:
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Sonata for Cello and Piano:
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Four Piano Preludes:
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La Musique Oubliee: Three Musical Pictures
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Three Pieces for Piano:
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First Recordings
MusicWeb International :
‘Another fresh and refreshing revival from Toccata selected from an unfashionable and untilled corner of the Polish field.’
—Rob Barnett, MusicWeb International
Jonathan Woolf :
‘The documentation is, as ever with Toccata, first class. And the well-recorded performances project the music with sensitive awareness of style and colour.’
—Jonathan Woolf, MusicWeb International
Fanfare Magazine :
‘Drewnowski’s playing throughout the album is never less than exemplary, as are the contributions of cellist Arkadiusz Dobrowolski and the New Art Chamber Soloists. For the first commercial recording devoted entirely to his music, this fascinating, unjustly forgotten composer couldn’t be in better hands.’
—Jim Svejda, Fanfare Magazine