Polish Violin

Jennifer Pike (violin) & Petr Limonov (piano)

The acclaimed violinist Jennifer Pike returns to Chandos to explore her heritage through the repertoire of a group of composers fundamental to the history of Polish music for the violin. From Janiewicz in the late eighteenth century right through to Bacewicz in the middle of the twentieth, Poland produced a number of composer-violinists well known across Europe. All of them were talented musicians as well as composers, their compositions technically demanding. Jennifer Pike here plays music by Karlowicz, Szymanowski, Wieniawski, and Moszkowski with complete control and deep feeling, sympathetically accompanied by Petr Limonov, winner of the Nikolai Rubinstein International Piano Competition.

Karlowicz:
 Impromptu

Moszkowski:
 2 Piano Pieces, Op. 45

Szymanowski:
 Król Roger
 Mythes, Op. 30
 Nocturne & Tarantella, Op. 28
 Romance in D major, Op. 23

Wieniawski:
 Légende in G minor, Op. 17
 Polonaise brilliante No. 1 in D major, Op. 4

"Pike’s exceptional sensitivity to tonal inflection and temporal flexibility works wonders in Szymanowski’s Mythes…She invests [the Kar?owicz] with such open-air freshness and gentle affection that it emerges as though hot off the press…Limonov partners her devotedly with great skill and sensitivity, captured in exemplary sound by producer Rachel Smith and engineers Jonathan Cooper and Cheryl Jessop"
BBC Music Magazine - February 2019 *****