Grazyna Bacewicz recordings – a (very long) checklist

Grażyna Bacewicz died 40 years ago today. She would have been 60 years old in less than 3 weeks. Which means there’s an even bigger anniversary coming up, and I’ll try to write something about her life then. But right now, something entirely different.

The other day someone asked me a question about Bacewicz recordings, and that prompted me to put together the list which I am publishing below (I thought it would take much less time but I’m glad I did it anyway). The list is based on Malgorzata Gasiorowska’s monograph (Małgorzata Gąsiorowska Bacewicz Kraków: Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne 1999, p. 446-478). I have tried, to the best of my knowledge, to incorporate all the recordings that have appeared since, as well as the ones that Gąsiorowska missed. Still, I’m pretty certain that what I’m presenting here is not complete or 100% correct. In some cases, my information sources were a little vague. For instance, I’m not sure if all the recordings of Oberek no. 1 and no. 2 are where they should be on the list – sometimes the descriptions I found wouldn’t give the number at all, which left me guessing (probably no. 1, right?). If you’re aware of any recordings that haven’t been included, please post about it in the comments section below, and I’ll add your findings into the body of this post (and don’t hesitate to let me know about mistakes you spot either). I will also try to update this post as new recordings become available but, again, please feel free to use the comments section to let me know about anything I may miss.

The way information is arranged here is more or less self-explanatory. All the titles and names of ensembles etc. have been translated into English, which, come to think of it, may not have been a very good idea.

This list does not contain vinyl records which have been moved to the next post.

1932

Toccata for piano

Polskie Nagrania PNCD714, Eliza Wasiak

Quintet for wind instruments

(10′)

premiere: 1933, Paris (unknown French performers); awarded first prize at a competition organized by “Aide aux femmes de professions libres” (Paris 1933);

DUX 0241, Warsaw Wind Quintet: R. Nalewajka (fl), T. Wojnowicz (ob), M. Pokrzywiński (cl), Z. Płużek (fg), W. Grochowski (cor)

Acte Préalable AP0044, Cracow Philharmonic Wind Quintet: Krzysztof Kawula (fl), Mariusz Pędziałek (ob), Jan Cielecki (cl), Mirosław Płoski (cor), Zdzisław Bogacz (fg)

Witraż (Vitrail, Stained-Glass Window) for violin and piano

premiere: 1934, 10th May, Warsaw, Grażyna Bacewicz’s monographic concert, Grażyna Bacewicz (vn), Jerzy Lefeld (pfe)

Albany Records TROY754, Tyrone Greive (vn), Ellen Burmeister (pfte)

Hänssler HAEN93117, Piotr Pławner (vn), Ewa Kupiec (pfte)

1933

Children’s Suite for piano

(8′)

premiere: 1934, 10th May, Warsaw, Grażyna Bacewicz’s monographic concert, Grażyna Bacewicz

Acte Préalable AP0073, Anita Krochmalska

Hänssler HAEN93034, Ewa Kupiec

Polskie Radio Katowice PRKCD-025, 3rd movement (Waltz) only, Gabriela Szendzielorz

1934

Scherzo for piano

premiere: 1934, 10th May, Warsaw, Grażyna Bacewicz’s monographic concert

Acte Préalable AP0073, Anita Krochmalska

Hänssler HAEN93034, Ewa Kupiec

Theme with variations for violin and piano (on a Lithuanian folk song)

(ca 6′)

premiere: 1934, 10th May, Warsaw, Bacewicz’s monographic concert, Grażyna Bacewicz (vn), Jerzy Lefeld (pfte)

Hänssler HAEN93117, Piotr Pławner (vn), Ewa Kupiec (pfte)

1935

Three Grotesques/Drei Burlesken for piano

Acte Préalable AP0073, Anita Krochmalska

Hänssler HAEN93034, Ewa Kupiec

1936

Trio for oboe, violin and cello

Acte Préalable AP0043, Mariusz Pędziałek (ob), Barbara Stuhr (vn), Zając Agata (vc)

1937

Sonata for oboe and piano

dedicated to Seweryn Śnieckowski

premiere: 1937, March, Warsaw, Seweryn Śnieckowski (ob), I. Rosenbaum (pfte)

Acte Préalable AP0043, Mariusz Pędziałek (ob), Piotr Grodecki (pfte)

Violin Concerto No. 1

(ca 15′)

premiere: 1938, March, Warsaw, Grażyna Bacewicz (vn), Polish Radio Orchestra/Grzegorz Fitelberg

Polish Radio PRCD 126, Krzysztof Bąkowski (vn), Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra/Jacek Rogala

Chandos CHAN10533, Joanna Kurkowicz (vn), Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra/Lukasz Borowicz

1938

AP 0019-21, original covers

String Quartet No. 1

(16′)

premiere: 1939, 26th April, Paris, Grażyna Bacewicz’s monographic concert, Le Quatuor Figueroa: J. Figueroa (vn), P. de la Motte-Rouge (vn), G. Figueroa (vl), J. Remlard (vc)

Acte Préalable AP0021, Amar Corde String Quartet: Barbara Stuhr (vn), Bogusława Ziegelheim (vn), Beata Płoska (vl), Agata Zając (vc)

Three Arabic Songs

Centaur CRC 2966, Daniel Weeks (tenor), Naomi Oliphant (pf)

1943

Overture

(6′)

Chandos CHAN10533, Joanna Kurkowicz (vn), Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra/Lukasz Borowicz

String Quartet No. 2

(15′)

premiere: 1943, 21st May, Warsaw, Bolesław Woytowicz’s café, Umińska’s Quartet: Eugenia Umińska (vn), Tadeusz Ochlewski (vn), Henryk Trzonek (vl), Kazimierz Wiłkomirski (vc)

Acte Préalable AP0020, Amar Corde String Quartet: Barbara Stuhr (vn), Bogusława Ziegelheim (vn), Beata Płoska (vl), Agata Zając (vc)

1945

Easy Duets on folk themes (a.k.a. Folk Songs) for violin duo

Black Box BBM1042, Amir (vn), Marat Bisengaliev (vn)

Concertino for violin and piano

(6′)

premiere: 1945, Łódź, Grażyna Bacewicz (vn), Kiejstut Bacewicz (pfte)

DUX/PWM 0486, Paweł Mazurkiewicz (pfte), Bartłomiej Nizioł (vn)

DUX0168, Jan Stanienda (vn), Ella Susmanek (pfte)

Hänssler HAEN93117, Piotr Pławner (vn), Ewa Kupiec (pfte)

Sonata da camera (Sonata no. 1) for violin and piano

(11′); premiere: 1945, Łódź, Grażyna Bacewicz (vn), Kiejstut Bacewicz (pfte)

DUX/PWM 0486, Paweł Mazurkiewicz (pfte), Bartłomiej Nizioł (vn)

Chandos CHAN 10476, Lydia Mordkovitch (vn), Ian Fountain (pfte)

Hänssler HAEN93117, Piotr Pławner (vn), Ewa Kupiec (pfte)

1946

Sonata No. 2 for violin and piano

premiere: 1946, 6th October, Łódź, Grażyna Bacewicz (vn), Kiejstut Bacewicz (pfte)

Hänssler HAEN93117, Piotr Pławner (vn), Ewa Kupiec (pfte)

Melody for violin and piano

DUX/PWM 0486, Paweł Mazurkiewicz (pfte), Bartłomiej Nizioł (vn)

Hänssler HAEN93117, Piotr Pławner (vn), Ewa Kupiec (pfte)

Capriccio for violin and piano

(2′)

dedicated to Irena Dubiska

premiere: 1946, 6th October, Warsaw: Grażyna Bacewicz (vn), Kiejstut Bacewicz (pfte)

DUX/PWM 0486, Paweł Mazurkiewicz (pfte), Bartłomiej Nizioł (vn)

Hänssler HAEN93117, Piotr Pławner (vn), Ewa Kupiec (pfte)

Chandos CHAN10250, Joanna Kurkowicz (vn), Gloria Chien (pfte)

DUX 0666 , ?same as DUX/PWAM 0486?

1947

String Quartet No. 3

(17′)

premiere: 1947, 8th Dec., Cracow, Stanisław Tawroszewicz (vn), Władysław Latała (vn), Tadeusz Gonet (vl), Zofia Adamska (vc); awarded the Ministry of Culture and the Arts Award, 1955

Olympia OCD 387, Wilanów Quartet: T. Gadzina (vn), P. Łosakiewicz (vn), R. Duź (vl), M. Wasiółka (vc)

Cala CACD 88014, United 88014-2 CD, Cala-United CAL 88021, Krzysztof Penderecki Quartet: P. Buczek (vn), J. Kapłanek (vn), D. Scheindlin (vl), P. Pulford (vc)

Acte Préalable AP0020, Amar Corde String Quartet: Barbara Stuhr (vn), Bogusława Ziegelheim (vn), Beata Płoska (vl), Agata Zając (vc)

1948

Folk Sketches for small orchestral ensemble

Polish Radio PRCD180-2, Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra/Jan Krenz

Violin Concerto No. 3

(21′)

DUX 0685, Krzysztof Jakowicz (vn), Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic Orchestra in Bialystok/Marcin Nałęcz-Niesiołowski

Chandos CHAN10533, Joanna Kurkowicz (vn), Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra/Lukasz Borowicz

Sonata No. 3 for violin and piano

(18′)

dedicated to Tadeusz Ochlewski; premiere: 1948, 15th Feb., Grażyna Bacewicz (vn), Kiejstut Bacewicz (pfte)

Cambria CA 90717 CD, A. Belnick (vn), S. Silvansky (pfte)

Albany Records TROY1081, Laura Kobayashi (vn), Susan Keith Gray (pfte)

Chandos CHAN 10476, Lydia Mordkovitch (vn), Ian Fountain (pfte)

Hänssler HAEN93117, Piotr Pławner (vn), Ewa Kupiec (pfte)

Concerto for string orchestra

(15′)

premiere: 1950, 18th June, Warsaw, ZKP (Polish Composers’ Union) congress, Polish Radio and TV Orchestra/Grzegorz Fitelberg; awarded the State Award (Nagroda Państwowa), 1950

Olympia OCD 392 CD, CD Accord ACD0232, Polish Chamber Orchestra/Jerzy Maksymiuk (these might be different recordings, I’m not sure)

Koch Schwann CD 3-1143-2, Cracow Philharmonic Orchestra/Roland Bader

Aperto CD apo 86421, Polish Chamber Orchestra/Jan Stanienda

Amadeus Musical Foundation AMF – ST-104, Conifer CDCF 51246 CD, Polish Radio PRCD096-2, Polish Radio PRCD 126, Amadeus Chamber Orchestra/Agnieszka Duczmal (these are not all recordings from the same date!)

Polonia APERTO apo86410-apo86411, Sinfonia Varsovia/Krzysztof Penderecki

DUX 0524, Beethoven Academy Orchestra/Paweł Przytocki

BeArTon CDB044. 1944344, AUKSO Chamber Orchestra of Tychy/Marek Moś (SACD)

Alba ABA 173, St. Michel Strings in Poland/Tadeusz Wicherek

2L – 2L50SABD, Trondheim Soloists/Oyvind Gimse (Blu-Ray)

DUX 0691, Radom Chamber Orchestra/Maciej Żółtowski

Polish Dance for Violin and Piano

(1′35″)

premiere: 1948, Warsaw: Grażyna Bacewicz (vn), Kiejstut Bacewicz (pfte)

Hänssler HAEN93117, Piotr Pławner (vn), Ewa Kupiec (pfte)

1949

Concert Cracovienne for piano

dedicated to Stanisław Szpinalski

premiere: 1949, Warsaw, Stanisław Szpinalski

3rd Prize at the 2nd F. Chopin Composers’ Competition, organized by the Polish Composers’ Union (ZKP) in November 1949

Acte Préalable AP0073, Anita Krochmalska

Polish Capriccio/Caprice for violin solo

(2′10”)

premiere: 1949, Warsaw, Grażyna Bacewicz

Conas CON POD 3, Podium WOW-003-2, Jenny Abel

Sonar 97, Crtomir Siskovic

Chamber Sound CSCD 95011 CD, W. Szymczyńska

Acte Préalable AP0174, Agata Szymczewska

Polish Radio PRCD 81-83, Konstanty Andrzej Kulka

Polish Radio PRCD 676-69, Stefan Kamasa (vl, arr. J. Kosmala?)

Chandos CHAN10250, Joanna Kurkowicz

Sonata No. 4 for violin and piano

(20′)

dedicated to Kiejstut Bacewicz, premiere: 1950, 26th Sept., Cracow, a PWM concert, Grażyna Bacewicz (vn), Kiejstut Bacewicz (pfte); 1st Prize at the Polish Music Festival, Warsaw, 1951, 2nd “class” State Award, 1952

Cambria CA 90717 CD, Arnold Belnick (vn), Sergei Silvansky (pfte)

Olympia OCD 392, Edward Statkiewicz (vn), Aleksandra Utrecht (pfte)

Ambitus AMB 97830, W. Wiłkomirska (vn), P. Dan (pfte)

DUX/PWM 0486, Bartłomiej Nizioł (vn), Paweł Mazurkiewicz (pfte)

DUX 0544, Patrycja Piekutowska (vn), Beata Bilińska (pfte)

Chamber Sound CD CSCD95011, Wiesława Szymczyńska (vn) Bénédicte Haid (pfte)

Centaur CRC 2119, Duo Pontremoli, Anita Pontremoli (pfte), Terri Pontremoli (vn)

Cadenza CAD 800 854, Marianne Boettcher (vn), Ayako Suga-Maack (pfte)

Hänssler HAEN93117, Piotr Pławner (vn), Ewa Kupiec (pfte)

Chandos CHAN10250, Joanna Kurkowicz (vn), Gloria Chien (pfte)

Piano Sonata No. 1

Acte Préalable AP0073, Anita Krochmalska

Oberek No. 1 for violin and piano

(2′)

premiere: 1949, Warsaw, Grażyna Bacewicz (vn), Kiejstut Bacewicz (pfte)

Chamber Sound CD CSCD95011, Wiesława Szymczyńska (vn) Bénédicte Haid (pfte)

MELODIYA MEL CD 10 01116, Elizaveta Gilels (vn), Lev Epstein (pfte)

Hänssler HAEN93117, Piotr Pławner (vn), Ewa Kupiec (pfte)

Chandos CHAN10250, Joanna Kurkowicz (vn), Gloria Chien (pfte)

The Grażyna and Kiejstut Bacewicz Music Academy in Łódź AM0002, Zenon Płoszaj (vn), Rajmund Ambroziak (pf)

Krakowiak (Cracovienne) for orchestra

commissioned by the Polish Radio

Polish Radio PRCD180-2, Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra/Jan Krenz

1950

Serenade for orchestra

commissioned by the Polish Radio

Polish Radio PRCD180-2, Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra/Jan Krenz

1951

String Quartet No. 4

(20′)

premiere: 1951, 21st Sept., Liège, Belgium, Quatuor Municipal de Liège; awarded the 1st Prize at the International String Quartet Competition in Liège, 1951, 2nd “class” State Award, 1952, published by Edgard Tyssens and PWM

Olympia OCD 310, Grażyna Bacewicz String Quartet: M. Brylanka (vn), M. Trojanowski (vn), J. Nosarzewski (vl), Z. Liebig (vc)

Troubadisc TRO-CD 01404, Fanny Mendelssohn Quartet: R. Eggebrecht-Kupsa (vn), W. Treumann-Jestl (vn), D. Cann (vl), F. Kupsa (vc)

DUX/PWM 0142, Dafô Quartet: Katarzyna Duda (vn), Kinga Natalia Augustyn (vn), Kinga Roesler (vl), Anna Armatys (vc)

Avie AV2092 (SACD), Szymanowski Quartet: Marek Dumicz (vn), Grzegorz Kotów (vn), Vladimir Mykytka (vl), Marcin Sieniawski (vc)

Acte Préalable AP0019, Amar Corde String Quartet: Barbara Stuhr (vn), Bogusława Ziegelheim (vn), Beata Płoska (vl), Agata Zając (vc)

ASV CDDCA908, Maggini Qt: David Juritz (vn), Martin Outram (va), Michal Kaznowski (vc), David Angel (vn)

Direct-to-Tape DTR 9501, Wister Quartet

CDB035 (SACD Hybrid) Royal String Quartet: Izabella Szałaj-Zimak (vn), Elwira Przybyłowska (vn), Marek Czech (va), Michał Pepol (vc)

Oberek No. 2 for violin and piano

(2′)

premiere: 1951, Warsaw, Grażyna Bacewicz (vn), Kiejstut Bacewicz (pfte)

Sony SK 52568, Midori (vn), R. McDonald (pfte)

DUX/PWM 0486, Paweł Mazurkiewicz (pfte), Bartłomiej Nizioł (vn) (also on DUX 0609)

Polskie Nagrania PNCD272, Krzysztof Jakowicz (vn), Joanna Bocheńska (pfte)

Hänssler HAEN93117, Piotr Pławner (vn), Ewa Kupiec (pfte)

Mazovian Dance for violin and piano

(ca 3′)

premiere: 1951, Warsaw, Grażyna Bacewicz (vn), Kiejstut Bacewicz (pfte)

DUX/PWM 0486, Paweł Mazurkiewicz (pfte), Bartłomiej Nizioł (vn)

Hänssler HAEN93117, Piotr Pławner (vn), Ewa Kupiec (pfte)

Sonata No. 5 for violin and piano

(14′)

dedicated to Tadeusz Ochlewski, premiere: 1952, 15th Nov., Cracow, a PWM concert, Grażyna Bacewicz (vn), Kiejstut Bacewicz (pfte)

Cambria CA 90717, A. Belnick (vn), S. Silvansky (pfte)

Ambitus amb 97830, Wanda Wilkomirska (vn), Paul Dan (pfte)

Albany Records TROY372, Laura Kobayashi (vn), Susan Gray (pfte)

Hänssler HAEN93117, Piotr Pławner (vn), Ewa Kupiec (pfte)

Chandos CHAN10250, Joanna Kurkowicz (vn), Gloria Chien (pfte)

1952

Piano Quintet No. 1

(25′)

premiere: 1952, 16th Nov., Cracow, a PWM concert, Cracow Quartet: Stanisław Tawroszewicz (vn), Zbigniew Szlezer (vn), Tadeusz Gonet (vl), Zofia Adamska (vc), Kiejstut Bacewicz (pfte)

Olympia OCD 310, Warsaw Quintet: I. Iwanow (vn), J. Tawroszewicz (vn), S. Kamasa (vl), A. Orkisz (vc), W. Szpilman (pfte)

DUX 0530, Warsaw Quintet: Konstanty Andrzej Kulka (vn), Krzysztof Bąkowski (vn), Stefan Kamasa (vl), Rafał Kwiatkowski (vc), Krzysztof Jabłoński (pfte)

Acte Préalable AP0019, Amar Corde String Quartet: Barbara Stuhr (vn), Bogusława Ziegelheim (vn), Beata Płoska (vl), Agata Zając (vc), Waldemar Malicki (pfte)

Polish Radio PRCD 126, Silesian Quartet: Marek Moś (vn), Arkadiusz Kubica (vn), Łukasz Syrnicki (vl), Piotr Janosik (vc), Wiaczesław Nowikow (pfte)

Arcobaleno AAOC 94442, Siwy Quartet (Andre Siwy, Yaga Siwy et al.), Michel Bourdoncle (pfte)

DUX 0691, arr. for piano and string orchestra (by whom??), Bartłomiej Kominek (pf), Radom Chamber Orchestra/Maciej Żółtowski

Lullaby for violin and piano

(2′10”)

dedicated to Tadeusz Ochlewski, premiere: 1952, Warsaw, Grażyna Bacewicz (vn), Kiejstut Bacewicz (pfte)

Chamber Sound CSCD 95011, W. Szymczyńska (vn), B. Haid (pfte)

DUX/PWM 0486, Paweł Mazurkiewicz (pfte), Bartłomiej Nizioł (vn)

Hänssler HAEN93117, Piotr Pławner (vn), Ewa Kupiec (pfte)

Capriccio No. 2 for violin solo

(4′)

premiere: 1952, Warsaw

Conas CON POD 3, Podium WOW-003-2, Jenny Abel

Slavonic Dance for Violin and Piano (1952)

(3′)

premiere: 1953, Warsaw: Grażyna Bacewicz (vn), Kiejstut Bacewicz (pfte)

Hänssler HAEN93117, Piotr Pławner (vn), Ewa Kupiec (pfte)

Symphony No. 3

(28′)

premiere: 1952, 11th Sept., Cracow, Cracow Philharmonic Orchestra/Bohdan Wodiczko

Koch Schwann 3-1143-2, Cracow Philharmonic Orchestra/Roland Bader

Polish Radio PRCD180-2, Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra/Jan Krenz

1953

Piano Sonata No. 2

(16′)

premiere: 1953, Warsaw, Polish Composers’ Union (ZKP) concert, Grażyna Bacewicz

Olympia OCD 392, Krystian Zimerman

Ars Musica Poloniae AMP 2001, Dorchester Classics, unknown cat. no., Nancy Fierro

Acte Préalable AP0073, Anita Krochmalska

Hänssler HAEN93034, Ewa Kupiec

BMG 82876728552, Władysław Szpilman

Radio Nacional de Espana CD M3/03, Susana Marin (pfte) [couldn't find a cover pic]

Rondino for piano

(2′10”)

premiere: 1954, 24th February, Warsaw, PWM concert, Lidia Grychtołówna

Acte Préalable AP0073, Anita Krochmalska

Hänssler HAEN93034, Ewa Kupiec

Humoresque for violin and piano

(1′30”), premiere: 1953, Warsaw, Grażyna Bacewicz (vn), Kiejstut Bacewicz (pfte)

PNCD 272 CD, K. Jakowicz (vn), J. Bocheńska (pfte)

Hänssler HAEN93117, Piotr Pławner (vn), Ewa Kupiec (pfte)

1955

Two Etudes/Studies in/for Double Notes (No. 1 Study 1949, Study in Thirds 1952)

(6′)

Acte Préalable AP0073, Anita Krochmalska

Hänssler HAEN93034, Ewa Kupiec

Partita for violin and piano

(14′)

premiere: 1955, Warsaw, Grażyna Bacewicz (vn), Kiejstut Bacewicz (pfte)

Cambria CA 90717, A. Belnick (vn), S. Silvansky (pfte)

DUX/PWM 0486, Paweł Mazurkiewicz (pfte), Bartłomiej Nizioł (vn)

Chandos CHAN 10476, Lydia Mordkovitch (vn), Ian Fountain (pfte)

Hänssler HAEN93117, Piotr Pławner (vn), Ewa Kupiec (pfte)

Chandos CHAN10250, Joanna Kurkowicz (vn), Gloria Chien (pfte)

Sonatina for oboe and piano

(9′30”)

dedicated to Koen von Slogteren

premiere: 1955, Warsaw, Seweryn Śnieckowski (ob), Jerzy Lefeld (pfte)

Acte Préalable AP0043, Mariusz Pędziałek (ob), Piotr Grodecki (pfte)

Not Two Records MW 744-2, Foggy from Sonatina for oboe & piano 1955 (jazz arrangement), Contemporary Quartet: Oleś, Mahall, Tiberian, Oleś

String Quartet No. 5

(17′)

premiere: 1956, Liège, Quatuor Municipal de Liège, awarded the 2nd prize at the International String Quartet Competition in Liège, 1956

Olympia OCD 387, Wilanów Quartet: T. Gadzina (vn), P. Łosakiewicz (vn), R. Duź (vl), M. Wasiółka (vc)

Acte Préalable AP0021, Amar Corde String Quartet: Barbara Stuhr (vn), Bogusława Ziegelheim (vn), Beata Płoska (vl), Agata Zając (vc)

Sonatina for piano

(8′)

premiere: 1955, Łódź, Zbigniew Szymonowicz

Boston Records BR1030, Nancy Ambrose-King (or is this a recording of the withdrawn 1933 Sonatina for piano??)

Acte Préalable AP0073, Anita Krochmalska

Hänssler HAEN93034, Ewa Kupiec

1956

10 Concert Etudes/Studies for piano

(ca 18′)

premiere: 1957, 21st May, Cracow, PWM and ZKP concert, Regina Smendzianka, publiszed by PWM

Acte Préalable AP0016, Łukaszewski Marcin

Hänssler HAEN93034, Ewa Kupiec

Solistice SOCD 168, Ami Fujiwara

X5 Music Group AUR 31 4 73, Etudes nos. 1, 3, 4, Christina Harnisch (pfte)

1958

Sonata no. 2 for violin solo

(10′40”)

premiere: 1959, March, Cracow, Grażyna Bacewicz

Pavane ADW7266, Robert Szreder

Chamber Sound CD CSCD95011, Wiesława Szymczyńska (vn) Bénédicte Haid (pfte)

Polish Radio PRCD190, Kuba (Jakub) Jakowicz

Gasparo GPR 338, Veronica Kadłubkiewicz

Crystal Records CD838, Paul Cortese (vl, arr. Stefan Kamasa?)

DUX 0234 and DUX 0292, Claude Lelong (vl, arr. Stefan Kamasa?)

Troubadisc TRO-SACD 01429, Renate Eggebrecht

Podium WOW-003-2, Conas CON POD 3, Jenny Abel

Chandos CHAN10250, Joanna Kurkowicz

Music for strings, trumpets and percussion

(20′)

dedicated to Jan Krenz, premiere: 1959, 14th Sept., Warsaw Autumn, Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra/Jan Krenz, awarded 3rd prize at the Paris UNESCO Composers’ Rostrum

Polish Radio PRCD 126, Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra/Jacek Rogala

RCO Live RCO05001, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra/Witold Rowicki

1959

(New Year’s) Concert Oberek for orchestra

commissioned by the Polish Radio

Polish Radio PRCD180-2, Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra/Jan Krenz

1960

String Quartet no. 6

(17′)

premiere: 1960, 19th Sept., Warsaw Autumn, Quatuor Parrenin

Troubadisc TRO-CD 01404, Fanny Mendelssohn Quartet: R. Eggerbrecht-Kupsa (vn), W. Treumann-Jestl (vn), D. Cann (vl), F. Kupsa (vc) [movements 2 and 3 also on TRO-CD 01418]

Acte Préalable AP0020, Amar Corde String Quartet: Barbara Stuhr (vn), Bogusława Ziegelheim (vn), Beata Płoska (vl), Agata Zając (vc)

1961

Pensieri notturni for chamber orchestra

(8′)

premiere: 1961, 21st April, Biennale di Venezia, Cracow Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra/Andrzej Markowski, Ministry of Culture and the Arts Award, 1962

Olympia 311 OCD, Polskie Nagrania PNCD474AB, Orchestra of the National Philharmonic in Warsaw/Witold Rowicki

Polish Radio PRCD 126, Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra/Jacek Rogala

1962

Concerto for symphony orchestra

(20′)

dedicated to Witold Rowicki, premiere: 1962, 17th Sept., Warsaw Autumn, Orchestra of the National Philharmonic in Warsaw/Witold Rowicki

Olympia OCD 311, Orchestra of the National Philharmonic in Warsaw/Witold Rowicki

1964

Quartet for 4 cellos

(16′)

premiere: 1964, 24th Sept., Warsaw Autumn, Aleksander Ciechański, Jerzy Węsławski, Roman Suchecki, Marian Raczak

Opus One OO148, Bennington Cello Quartet: T. Calabro, M. Neuman, M. Severens, J. Shapiro

1965

Incrustations for horn and chamber ensemble

(15′)

premiere: 1972, Wrocław, Jerzy Witkowski’s Ensemble

Acte Préalable AP0044, Cracow Philharmonic Wind Quintet: Krzysztof Kawula (fl), Mariusz Pędziałek (ob), Jan Cielecki (cl), Mirosław Płoski (cor), Zdzisław Bogacz (fg), instrumental ensemble: Piotr Grodecki (pfte), Barbara Stuhr (vn), Bogusława Ziegelheim (vn), Agata Zając (vc), Marek Kalinowski (cb), Anna Sikorzak-Olek (ar), Jan Pilch (batt)

Violin Concerto No. 7

(20′)

dedicated to Augustin Leon Ara, premiere: 1966, 14th January, Brussells, Augustin Leon Ara (vn), Le Grand Orchestre Symphonique de la Radiodiffusion-Television Belge/D. Sternefeld, awarded the Gold Medal and the award of the Belgian Governement (?) at the Concours Musical International Reine Elisabeth de Belgique, Bruxelles 1965

Olypmia OCD 392, P. Janowski (vn), National Philharmonic Orchestra/Andrzej Markowski

Olympia OCD 323, R. Lasocki (vn), Polish Radio and TV Orchestra/Karol Stryja

Chandos CHAN10533, Joanna Kurkowicz (vn), Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra/Lukasz Borowicz

Piano Quintet No. 2

(18′)

dedicated to the Warsaw Quintet (a Warsaw Quintet commission)

premiere: 1972, May, Salzburg, Warsaw Quintet: Igor Iwanow (vn), Jan Tawroszewicz (vn), Stefan Kamasa (vl), Andrzej Orkisz (vc), Władysław Szpilman (pfte)

Olympia OCD 387, Warsaw Quintet: I. Iwanow (vn), J. Tawroszewicz (vn), S. Kamasa (vl), A. Orkisz (vc)

Acte Préalable AP0021, Amar Corde String Quartet: Barbara Stuhr (vn), Bogusława Ziegelheim (vn), Beata Płoska (vl), Agata Zając (vc), Waldermar Malicki (pfte)

String Quartet No. 7

(18′)

premiere: 1966, 15th May, Łańcut, Chamber Music Days

Olympia OCD 310, Grazyna Bacewicz String Quartet: M. Brylanka (vn), M. Trojanowski (vn), J. Nosarzewski (vl), Z. Liebig (vc)

Troubadisc TRO-CD 01404, Fanny Mendelssohn Quartet: R. Eggerbrecht-Kupsa (vn), W. Treumann-Jestl (vn), D. Cann (vl), F. Kupsa (vc)

Acte Préalable AP0019, Amar Corde String Quartet: Barbara Stuhr (vn), Bogusława Ziegelheim (vn), Beata Płoska (vl), Agata Zając (vc)

Trio for oboe, harp and percussion

(15′)

premiere: 1974, 2nd June, Bennington, USA, U. Kwaśnicka (ob), G. Schonberg (ar), Marta Ptaszyńska (batt)

Acte Préalable AP0043, Mariusz Pędziałek (ob), Anna Sikorzak-Olek (ar), Jan Pilch (batt)

Small Triptych for piano

(2′06”)

dedicated to Regina Smendzianka

premiere: 1965, Helsinki, Regina Smendzianka

Acte Préalable AP0073, Anita Krochmalska

Hänssler HAEN93034, Ewa Kupiec

Divertimento for string orchestra

(7′)

commissioned by Karol Teutsch (conductor of the National Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra

premiere: 1966, 21st November, Munich, National Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra/Karol Teutsch

Olympia OCD 311, Warsaw National Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra/Karol Teutsch

PWM 9784 CD 0001, Sinfonietta Cracovia/R. Kabara

DUX 0433, Erdődy Chamber Orchestra/Łukasz Borowicz (1st movement also on DUX 0609)

Polish Radio PRCD096-2, Amadeus Chamber Orchestra/Agnieszka Duczmal

DUX 0691, Radom Chamber Orchestra/Maciej Żółtowski

1966

Concerto for 2 pianos and orchestra

(17′)

premiere 1968 15th March, Warsaw, Jerzy Maksymiuk (pfte), Jerzy Witkowski (pfte), National Philharmonic Orchestra/ Witold Rowicki

Olympia OCD 311, Jerzy Maksymiuk (pfte), Jerzy Witkowski (pfte), Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra/Stanislaw Wislocki

1968

Concerto for viola and orchestra

(20′)

dedicated to Stefan Kamasa

premiere: 1969, 20th June, Warsaw, Stefan Kamasa (vl), National Philharmonic Orchestra/Witold Rowicki

Olympia OCD 311, PRCD 676-69, Stefan Kamasa (vl), Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra/Stanislaw Wislocki

4 Capriccios/Caprices for violin solo

(ca 10′)

premiere: 1970, 26th September, Warsaw, A. Maklakiewicz

Chamber Sound CSCD 95011, W. Szymczyńska

Troubadisc TRO-SACD 01433, Renate Eggebrecht

Podium WOW-003-2, Jenny Abel

date unknown?

Suite for chamber orchestra

Polish Radio PRCD180-2, Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra/Jan Krenz

TRANSCRIPTIONS OF WORKS BY OTHER COMPOSERS

Karol Szymanowski – Harnasie op. 55

arr. for two pianos by Grażyna Bacewicz, performing adaptation by Andrzej Tatarski

DUX 0576, Joanna Domańska, Andrzej Tatarski

Karol Szymanowski – Prelude No. 1 (from op. 1) for piano

Arr. for violin and piano (1948), premiere: 1948, Warsaw, Grażyna Bacewicz (vn), Kiejstut Bacewicz (pfte)

Polish Radio PRCD1030, Kaja Danczowska (vn), Justyna Danczowska (pfte)