Grazyna Bacewicz – Complete Works for String Quartet Vol. 1 (1999)

Last year, Poland celebrated the fact Grazyna Bacewicz was born a hundred years ago. She had been one of the country’s greatest composers in the 20th century. Acknowledged as such in her native country, but somehow forgotten in the rest of the world, this bright and elegant woman deserves some special attention. There have been a couple of posts of her works already.
In a sequel of four posts I will present to you her complete string quartets and piano quintets in a set comprising three cds, and her piano works on a single album.

The first cd:

Performers

The Amar Corde String Quartet are:

Barbara Stuhr – 1st violin
Boguslawa Ziegelheim – 2nd violin
Beata Ploska – viola
Agata Zajac – cello

Waldermar Malicki – piano (for the piano quintets)

Tracks:

String Quartet No. 4
01. Andante, Allegro moderato 8.46
02. Andante 5.34
03. Allegro giocoso 6.08

Piano Quintet No. 1
04. Moderato molto espressivo. Allegro 7.32
05. Presto 4.09
06. Grave 6.52
07. Con passione 5.33

String Quartet No. 7
08. Allegro 5.33
09. Grave 5.50
10. Con vivezza 4.26