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Not only the first recording of both Mlynarski's Violin Concertos together, but the premiere of his haunting First Concerto in a warm performance. The smaller Zarzycki works are attractive, too. — BBC Music Magazine, July 2014, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 31st Mar 2014
Catalogue No: CDA67990
Label: Hyperion
Series: The Romantic Violin Concerto
Length: 64 minutes

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Mlynarski: Violin Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 11

Work length24:51

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Eugene Ugorski (violin)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Michał Dworzyński

I. Allegro moderato

Track length10:18

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II. Adagio

Track length7:11

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III. Allegro

Track length7:22

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Mlynarski: Violin Concerto No. 2 in D major, Op. 16

Work length26:02

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Eugene Ugorski (violin)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Michał Dworzyński

I. Allegro moderato

Track length10:01

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II. Quasi notturno: Andante

Track length8:00

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III. Allegro vivace

Track length8:01

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Zarzycki: Introduction et Cracovienne in D major, Op 35

Work length8:46

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Eugene Ugorski (violin)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Michał Dworzyński

I. Introduction: Andantino

Track length4:42

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II. Cracovienne: Vivace

Track length4:04

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Zarzycki: Mazurka in G major, Op 26

Work length5:07

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Eugene Ugorski (violin)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Michał Dworzyński

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In this latest volume of Hyperion’s Romantic Violin Concerto series, we journey to Poland (in the company of a conductor from that country) for two concertos by Młynarski and two works for violin and orchestra by Zarzycki (who will be familiar to Romantic Piano Concerto collectors).

Lithuanian-born Emil Młynarski was the father-in-law of Artur Rubinstein and was appointed director of the Warsaw Philharmonic in 1900. He had a busy international conducting career which included the LSO in London, the Scottish Orchestra and the Philadelphia Grand Opera company. His Violin Concerto No 1 in D minor, Op 11, dedicated to Leopold Auer, was written in 1897 and won a prize in the Paderewski Composition Competition. Młynarski takes as his models the virtuoso works of Vieuxtemps and Wieniawski, and the main mood is a fresh, youthful lyricism. Surprisingly, after its initial success, this Concerto was not played again until Piotr Plawner took it up in 2011. His Violin Concerto No 2 was premiered by the Warsaw Philharmonic in April 1920, with Paweł Kochański as soloist and Młynarski conducting. The concerto has remained in the repertoire of Polish violinists.

Like most Polish composers, including Chopin and Młynarski, Zarzycki also wrote pieces in the form of the krakowiak, a fastish 2/4 dance from the Krakow region. It became popular in Vienna as the Krakauer, and in Paris as the Cracovienne. The Introduction et Cracovienne in D major, Op 35, was well liked by violinists in Zarzycki’s own time but amazingly was not recorded until the CD era. The Mazurka on the other hand is the composer’s best-known work and was recorded by Oistrakh, amongst others.

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July 2014

Not only the first recording of both Mlynarski's Violin Concertos together, but the premiere of his haunting First Concerto in a warm performance. The smaller Zarzycki works are attractive, too.

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