Bacewicz: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1 BBC Symphony Orchestra & Sakari Oramo

• Grażyna Bacewicz (1909 - 1969): Symphony No. 3:
• 1 Bacewicz: Symphony No. 3: I. Drammatico – Molto allegro energico 08:23
• 2 Bacewicz: Symphony No. 3: II. Andante – Un poco più mosso – Tempo I 07:26
• 3 Bacewicz: Symphony No. 3: III. Vivace 03:53
• 4 Bacewicz: Symphony No. 3: IV. Finale 08:53
• Symphony No. 4:
• 5 Bacewicz: Symphony No. 4: I. Appassionato – Allegro inquieto 07:27
• 6 Bacewicz: Symphony No. 4: II. Adagio – Poco più mosso – Tempo I 06:31
• 7 Bacewicz: Symphony No. 4: III. Scherzo. Vivace 04:01
• 8 Bacewicz: Symphony No. 4: IV. Adagio mesto – Allegro furioso 07:30
• Overture:
• 9 Bacewicz: Overture 05:42
• Total Runtime 59:46

Info for Bacewicz: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1

The three works on this album were all composed between 1943 and 1953. Despite the extreme experiences and difficulties she faced during this undoubtedly most tragic time in Poland’s history, Grażyna Bacewicz managed to compose outstanding works which constitute splendid testimony to the vibrant creative potency for which she was renowned. Until 1939 her career as a virtuoso violinist and an emerging composer evolved naturally. Trained by the best Polish pedagogues at the Warsaw Conservatory, she went on to acquire an international education thanks to an Ignacy Paderewski Scholarship, which allowed her to pursue her studies in Paris: composition with Nadia Boulanger, violin with André Touret (1932 – 33) and Carl Flesch (1934 – 35). In spite of her soloistic successes she decided to join the Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra as its leader, in order that an improved knowledge and understanding of an orchestra should inform her composition. Poland then suffered terribly at the hands of Hitler and Stalin, before coming under the control of the Soviet Union. This album was recorded and released in collaboration with the Adam Mickiewicz Institute, a state cultural institution promoting Polish culture around the world and actively participating in international cultural exchange.

BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo, conductor

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