Stanisław Moniuszko - The 2 String Quartets (reference recording: Warsaw String Quartet)

Описание: Stanisław Moniuszko (1819-1872) The 2 String Quartets
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00:00 String Quartet No. 1 in D minor, ISM 60 - I. Allegro agitato
05:02 String Quartet No. 1 in D minor, ISM 60 - II. Andantino
08:41 String Quartet No. 1 in D minor, ISM 60 - III. Scherzo. Allegro moderato
12:28 String Quartet No. 1 in D minor, ISM 60 - IV. Finale. 'Un ballo campestre'. Allegro assai

15:57 String Quartet No. 2 in F Major, IMS 61 - I. Allegro moderato
22:09 String Quartet No. 2 in F Major, IMS 61 - II. Andante
27:54 String Quartet No. 2 in F Major, IMS 61 - III. Scherzo. Allegretto
30:02 String Quartet No. 2 in F Major, IMS 61 - IV. Finale. Allegro

Warsaw String Quartet
Recorded in 1981, at Warsaw
New mastering in 2022 by AB for CMRR
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After Chopin, Stanislaw Moniuszko (1819-1872) was the most important Polish composer of the 19th century. He is remembered as the creator of the national opera. His music was always simple, immediately understandable, with beautiful melodic inventions, coupled with a no less exceptional sense of theater and dramatic talent. Moniuszko was the first to forge an original national style, a synthesis of what is essentially Polish with the great European traditions. Having received a solid professional training in Warsaw and Berlin at the Singakademie, he was soon able to attract attention to his works - but despite short stays in Paris, Weimar and St. Petersburg, he spent his entire life in Poland, where, between Vilnius and Warsaw, he carried out an intense activity as a composer, performer (conductor and organist) and teacher.

During the 18 years he spent in Vilnius - a Lithuanian city of inestimable importance for Polish culture - he composed mainly operettas (among them Night in the Apennines and The New Don Quixote, based on the comedies of Aleksander Fredro), a vast series of melodies as well as sacred music (masses and litanies). But his most important triumphs were in Warsaw, thanks to his lyrical works. The series began in 1858 with the premiere of Halka, which led to his appointment as principal conductor and director of the Warsaw Opera, and later as professor of harmony and counterpoint at the city's Musical Institute. After Halka came other stage works, including The Countess and especially The Haunted Mansion, which assured his immortality. Between 1861 and 1862 Moniuszko went to Paris for a second time to have his works performed there. There he met Rossini and Auber - unfortunately, despite their support and the warm welcome of the Opera management, their promises to perform Halka and The Countess were not fulfilled.

Apart from his operas, Moniuszko left more than 400 songs, 6 cantatas, 4 masses, including a Requiem, 3 ballets, several symphonic works, several piano pieces and the two string quartets. The latter date from his years of study in Berlin, between 1837 and 1839. The form is impeccable, and the original musical ideas are obviously inspired by Polish folk music. In the Finale of Quartet No. 1, entitled "Un ballo campestre e sue consequenze", for example, the motif of the Hajduk, a traditional Polish dance, appears, as well as a clear reminiscence of Chopin's Concerto in F minor. The quartet is dedicated to Jozef Elsner, Chopin's teacher. The two quartets were not published until 1909, more than thirty years after the death of their author.

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