Chandos certainly hedged its bets right when it came to programming its second release with Polish violinist Joanna Kurkowicz; although they are well known and popular in former Eastern bloc countries, the violin concertos of Polish composer Grazyna Bacewicz have never been circulated on recordings in the West. The Concerto No. 7 (1965) -- Bacewicz's last work in the genre -- is particularly well liked in Poland and is presented upfront on Chandos' Grazyna Bacewicz: Violin Concertos 1, 3, and 7. Bacewicz's Seventh Violin ...
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Chandos certainly hedged its bets right when it came to programming its second release with Polish violinist Joanna Kurkowicz; although they are well known and popular in former Eastern bloc countries, the violin concertos of Polish composer Grazyna Bacewicz have never been circulated on recordings in the West. The Concerto No. 7 (1965) -- Bacewicz's last work in the genre -- is particularly well liked in Poland and is presented upfront on Chandos' Grazyna Bacewicz: Violin Concertos 1, 3, and 7. Bacewicz's Seventh Violin Concerto was written in 1965 as a sort of response to international serialism; while she was certainly in favor of composers enjoying a free voice within the politically constrained society in which she lived, Bacewicz wasn't crazy about the idea of formalized music and stated as much in her writings. To describe the Concerto No. 7 as being "free atonal" is to not really get it right; it's full of eerie special effects and surprises, although it can be said that Bacewicz develops the...
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