Maja Miro-Wiśniewska - From the Forgotten Pages of Polish Chamber Music (2025) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Polonaises from Manuscript Ms 4027: Polonoise in d
02. Polonaises from Manuscript Ms 4027: Polonoise in G
03. Polonaises from Manuscript Ms 4027: Polonoise in e
04. Polonaises from Manuscript Ms 4027: Polonoise in C
05. Polish Suite for Piano 4 Hands, Op. 37: À la Polonaise (Tempo di Polacca)
06. Polish Suite for Piano 4 Hands, Op. 37: À la Mazourka (Vivace)
07. Polish Suite for Piano 4 Hands, Op. 37: Intermezzo Cantabile (Andantino non troppo)
08. Polish Suite for Piano 4 Hands, Op. 37: À la Cracovienne (Allegro moderato)
09. Polonaise in D minor for Piano 4 Hands Op. 37
10. Overture from the Opera Janek for Piano 4 Hands
11. In the Tatra Mountains. A Character Overture for Piano 4 Hands Op. 27

On 15 December 2025, the third installment of the acclaimed recording series From the Forgotten Pages of Polish Chamber Music will be released. The project is produced by the Stanisław Moniuszko Academy of Music in Gdańsk in collaboration with the DUX record label. The album brings back to life little-known—and often previously unrecorded—works of Polish chamber music from the 18th and 19th centuries.

The new release continues a project initiated in 2021, whose aim is to preserve and promote forgotten repertoire by Polish composers as well as historical musical sources. The latest album focuses on inspirations drawn from Polish traditional music, with particular emphasis on the polonaise—one of the most important symbols of Poland’s musical heritage.

The recording includes world premiere recordings of works by Aleksander Zarzycki and Władysław Żeleński in versions for piano four hands, as well as previously unpublished 18th-century polonaises from the Gdańsk collections of the Polish Academy of Sciences Library, recorded in their historical instrumentation—for traverso and basso continuo.

The performers are outstanding chamber musicians—faculty members of the Academy of Music in Gdańsk—who specialize both in Romantic repertoire and historically informed performance: pianists Bogna Czerwińska-Szymula, Mirosława Sumlińska, and Ewa Sarwińska-Kowalczyk; flutist Maja Miro-Wiśniewska; and harpsichordist Maksym Zajączkiewicz. Sound production was handled by the DUX recording team.

The album will be released on CD and in digital distribution. It will be accompanied by a bilingual booklet featuring a musicological commentary that presents the historical and artistic context of the works included.

The project has an artistic, educational, and outreach character. Its goal is not only to rescue forgotten compositions from obscurity, but also to reintroduce them into contemporary concert and recording circulation in Poland and abroad.

Project coordination: Dr. Bogna Czerwińska-Szymula, Professor at the Academy of Music, and Dr. Maja Miro-Wiśniewska.

The project was funded by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage from the Culture Promotion Fund as part of the “Musical Trace” program, implemented by the National Institute of Music and Dance.

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