20th Century Polish Chamber Music Huberman Duo & Huberman Piano Trio

• Karol Szymanowski (1882 - 1937): Violin Sonata in D Minor, Op. 9, M. 9:
• 1 Violin Sonata in D Minor, Op. 9, M. 9: I. Allegro moderato, patetico 09:12
• 2 Violin Sonata in D Minor, Op. 9, M. 9: II. Andantino tranquillo e dolce 06:30
• 3 Violin Sonata in D Minor, Op. 9, M. 9: III. Finale. Allegro molto, quasi presto 05:31
• Andrzej Panufnik (1914 - 1991): Piano Trio, Op. 1:
• 4 Piano Trio, Op. 1: I. Poco adagio 07:05
• 5 Piano Trio, Op. 1: II. Largo 03:42
• 6 Piano Trio, Op. 1: III. Presto 04:08
• Grażyna Bacewicz (1909 - 1969): Violin Sonata No. 4:
• 7 Violin Sonata No. 4: I. Moderato 05:45
• 8 Violin Sonata No. 4: II. Andante ma non troppo 04:25
• 9 Violin Sonata No. 4: III. Scherzo. Molto vivo 03:24
• 10 Violin Sonata No. 4: IV. Finale. Con passione 05:09
• Total Runtime 54:51

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Three works by Polish composers of great stature: the music of Karol Szymanowski is now very well known; he was responsible for the first real flowering of Polish music after Chopin, developing from the Romantic to expressionism to modernism. His Op. 9 violin sonata is his earliest chamber composition, written when he was 22 and found immediate success with audiences, if not all of the critics at the time. The Piano Trio of Andrzej Panufnik, who later became a British citizen, is also an early work and as his Op. 1 (he did not give opus numbers to any other composition) symbolises the beginning of his great career. Elements of modernism, Romanticism and jazz inspire this superb piece. It is heard here in the composers revised version from 1977. For Grayna Bacewicz, chamber music played a very important role alongside concert works; she summed up the 200 year era from Chopin to Rachmaninoff as a great virtuoso composer and performer on both violin and piano. The fourth piano sonata is generally considered her greatest described by one critic as contemporary Brahms.

Magadalena Ziarkowska-Koacka, violin
Sergei Rysanov, cello
Barbara Karakiewicz, piano

The Huberman Duo
is a partnership between Barbara Karaśkiewicz and Magdalena Ziarkowska-Kołacka, two artists who, in the performance and recording of their chamber music, pay special tribute to Bronisław Huberman. Their collaboration began in the city of Częstochowa, the very birthplace of Bronisław Huberman – the brilliant Polish violinist of Jewish origin who during the first half of the 20th century was considered an absolute master of the violin. Huberman’s legacy as not only a virtuoso talent but also a great humanist, social worker and philanthropist is fostered today by the worldwide Foundation bearing his name, as well as by the Częstochowa Philharmonic, who chose him as its patron.

The duo is actively engaged in popularizing Huberman’s character and achievements through performances at the bi-annual Violin Festival in his home town, and presentations of the works he had developed and performed, amongst which are the transcriptions of miniatures by Fryderyk Chopin.

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