Szymanowski, Panufnik & Penderecki: String Quartets ãtma Quartet

• Karol Szymanowski (1882 - 1937): String Quartet No. 2, Op. 56, M64:
• 1 String Quartet No. 2, Op. 56, M64: I. Moderato, dolce e tranquillo 07:18
• 2 String Quartet No. 2, Op. 56, M64: II. Vivace scherzando 04:29
• 3 String Quartet No. 2, Op. 56, M64: III. Lento 05:47
• Andrzej Panufnik (1914 - 1991): String Quartet No. 3 "Paper-Cuts":
• 4 String Quartet No. 3 "Paper-Cuts": I. Lento moderato 02:01
• 5 String Quartet No. 3 "Paper-Cuts": II. Andantino rubato 02:40
• 6 String Quartet No. 3 "Paper-Cuts": III. Allegretto scherzando 01:42
• 7 String Quartet No. 3 "Paper-Cuts": IV. Prestissimo possibile 01:28
• 8 String Quartet No. 3 "Paper-Cuts": V. Adagio sostenuto 02:42
• Krzysztof Penderecki (b. 1933):
• 9 String Quartet No. 3 "Leaves of an Unwritten Diary" 18:00
• Total Runtime 46:07

Info for Szymanowski, Panufnik & Penderecki: String Quartets

Atma Quartet writes: The idea for recording this album emerged from the need to capture what we believe has been artistically unique in our two-year-long work together. When selecting the pieces, we wished them to become a coherent musical space, such that we would feel comfortable to be in and such that it might coincide with our musical sensitivity. Owing to the fact that it is our debut album, and we are a Polish quartet, we opted for works by Polish composers: Karol Szymanowski, Krzysztof Penderecki and Andrzej Panufnik. Each composition recorded here was written at a different time, and each had originally been conceived with a different set of ideas in mind. And yet, we hope to have found something that all three have in common. It is the courage with which bold, novel compositional concepts are implemented on the one hand, and the enthralling vitality of Polish folklore that lies at the core of our cultural heritage on the other.

Atma Quartet: Katarzyna Gluza, 1st violin [1-3,9], 2nd violin [4-8]
Paulina Marcisz, 2nd violin [1-3,9], 1st violin [4-8]
Karalina Orsik-Sauter, viola
Dominika Szczypka, cello