Produced by Erato and distributed by Warner Music Poland, it features Leoš Janáček’s On an Overgrown Path, Book II, Béla Bartók’s Fourteen Bagatelles Op. 6, and six of the Twenty Mazurkas Op. 50 by Polish composer Karol Szymanowski.
In his comment on the selection of works on this album, Anderszewski writes that all of them carry “a spirit of rebellion” and “draw upon the very roots of music.”
He explains that “Bartók’s Fourteen Bagatelles reconnect with the essence of Hungarian folk music, its raw, vital quality, the wildness of its rhythms; and Szymanowski’s Mazurkas, with the dances of southern Poland’s mountain folk, their primal incantations of a beauty at once severe and ecstatic," whereas Janáček in his On an Overgrown Path “forges a direct connection with the essence of the Slavic soul at its most generous.”
Anderszewski, 54, is regarded as one of the world’s most outstanding pianists. He studied at the conservatories in Lyon and Strasbourg, the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, and the Warsaw Music Academy.
He regularly performs recitals at prestigious venues and collaborates as a soloist and conductor with leading orchestras.
Anderszewski’s honours include the prestigious Gilmore Artist Award. In the coming months, he is expected to perform in Geneva, Lugano, Lisbon and Paris, along with dates in the Polish cities of Szczecin, Gdańsk and Warsaw.
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