CD, Bacewicz (composer)

The Piano Concerto (1949) might well appeal to those who enjoy Prokofiev and Bartók, though its sweep, energy and internal logic are entirely Bacewicz’s own. Peter Jablonski, whose recording... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2023, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Marcin Zdunik brings clean, elegant playing and reserves of warmth to all the solo parts, also making the case for the Gdańsk-born Henryk Hubertus Jabłonski’s C-67, a compact score sitting between... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2023, 5 out of 5 stars More…

what impresses most, throughout, is Bacewicz's continual inventiveness: she displays vital rhythmic energy in her fast movements and penetrating expressiveness in the slow ones...Anyone who... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2011, 5 out of 5 stars More…

…Bacewicz… reveals a strong personality… the value and originality of what she did achieve is very well conveyed by Joanna Kurkowicz's polished yet passionate playing, backed to the hilt in... — Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2009 More…

Listening to performances of such high intensity, focus and narrative power as this makes you long for the full EFO to stop bringing us bits and pieces and record some (or all) of Tubin’s symphonies. — Gramophone Magazine, October 2023 More…

Step into a gorgeous string orchestra world. Rarer, colourful complete works by Suk and Bacewicz appear alongside Mahler’s adagietto and Elgar’s Nimrod. Plus a premiere, Yinon’s Vivid. — BBC Music Magazine, October 2019, 4 out of 5 stars More…