Pianist Krystian Zimerman returned to the recording studio after a five-year absence to celebrate the 100th birthday of the foremost female Polish composer of the 20th century, Grażyna Bacewicz.
This album features two hugely imaginative piano quintets and the forceful Second Piano Sonata that Krystian Zimerman performed at the Salzburg Festival in 2008 to rhapsodic reviews.
Included is a unique bonus track: Bacewicz’s 1958 Violin Sonata no. 2, recorded for Polish radio in the 1960s, performed by Bacewicz herself.
Piano Sonata No. 2
Krystian Zimerman (piano)
Piano Quintet No. 1
Krystian Zimerman, Kaja Danczowska, Agata Szymczewska, Ryszard Groblewski & Rafal Kwiatkowski
Piano Quintet No. 2
Krystian Zimerman, Kaja Danczowska, Agata Szymczewska, Ryszard Groblewski & Rafal Kwiatkowski