Chamber, Quartets, Bacewicz (composer)
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The Silesian lend vibrant warmth to [the First Quartet]…[and] handle [the later quartets] with precision and élan: a tremendous achievement —
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2016, Disc of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Winner - Chamber
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Grażyna Bacewicz: Two Piano Quintets, Quartet for four Violins & Quartet for four Cellos
Szymon Krzeszowiec, Krzysztof Lasoń, Małgorzata Wasiucionek, Arkadiusz Kubica, Wojciech Świtała (piano)
Silesian Quartet, Polish Cello Quartet
For those invigorated by the Silesian Quartet’s complete quartet set, here’s an exciting new addition: two piano quintets. They are works of real substance and originality. The First (1952)... —
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2018, Chamber Choice
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Presto Editor's Choice, April 2018
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2019, Finalist - Chamber
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Diapason d’Or, June 2018, Nouveauté
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Joachim Mendelson & Grażyna Bacewicz: Chamber Works
Silesian String Quartet, Karolina Stalmachowska (oboe), Piotr Salajczyk (piano)
the Quintet of 1939 for violin, viola, cello, oboe and piano is more striking [than the String Quartet] – and the highlight of this recording. The oboe and piano add piquancy, and Mendelson... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, July 2023
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Chamber Music
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Bacewicz's seven string quartets stand tall in the repertoire of 20th-century chamber music, worthy of comparison with works by more famous composers…Bacewicz wrote for strings with complete... —
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2016, Chamber Finalist
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The warm, expressionist opening to the fourth quartet is instantly winning, inviting us into a sound world that is at once distinctive yet flecked with echoes of Ravel, Debussy and Shostakovich.... —
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BBC Music Magazine, Chamber Choice
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The Dudoks deliver a rhythmically dynamic and wonderfully nuanced account of the Bacewicz. Their Shostakovich is also impressive, projecting tremendous power, ferocity and forward momentum in... —
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The turbulent, destabilising and demoralising impact of the Second World War hovers uneasily over the three quartets in this enterprising and thought-provoking release...The performers steer... —
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2025, Chamber Choice
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Naxos November 2014 New Release Sampler
Michael Bloss (organ), Saulo Javan (bass), Carla Huhtanen (soprano), Krisztina Szabo (mezzo-soprano), Graham Thomson (tenor), Alexander Dobson (baritone), Geoffrey Sirett (baritone), Jennifer Taverner (soprano), Taylor Strande (soprano), Leigh-Anne Martin (mezzo-soprano), Loralie Kirkpatrick (mezzo-soprano),...
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