SACD, Bacewicz (composer)
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New. Bacewicz: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2
RecommendedSymphony No. 2 - Piano Concerto - Concerto For Large Symphony Orchestra
Peter Donohoe (piano), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo
Combined with the symphony and the Piano Concerto it makes for a remarkable album that fully demonstrates the stylistic variety and command of the orchestra present throughout Bacewicz's music. — More…
Awards:
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Presto Recording of the Week, 11th July 2025
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These are two symphonies that show off the Polish composer at the height of her orchestral powers: in the early 1950s, when her writing was resolutely abstract, sombre at heart, serious in purpose... — More…
Awards:
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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New. Breaking Waves
Grace Williams - Grażyna Bacewicz - Johanna Müller-Hermann
Malin Broman, Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra
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Dalene and Hadland make an excellent duo – equal partners who bounce ideas off one another with oodles of vitality. — More…
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At its centre [the Bacewicz] is a searing slow movement, rich and haunting, but the rest of the work crackles with energy, and the Sinfonia of London (at times divided into 17 parts) under John... — More…
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a vibrant and wonderfully focused performance… The embraces at the end suggested that for the performers, too, it had been equally special. — More…
