Wajnberg: Cello Sonatas & Berceuse, Op. 1 Wojciech Fudala & Michał Rot

• Mieczyslaw Weinberg (1919 - 1996): Cello Sonata No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21:
• 1 Cello Sonata No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21: I. Lento ma non troppo 07:39
• 2 Cello Sonata No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21: II. Un poco moderato 11:08
• Cello Sonata No. 2 in C Major, Op. 63:
• 3 Cello Sonata No. 2 in C Major, Op. 63: I. Moderato 06:19
• 4 Cello Sonata No. 2 in C Major, Op. 63: II. Andante 08:16
• 5 Cello Sonata No. 2 in C Major, Op. 63: III. Allegro 06:49
• Solo Cello Sonata No. 1, Op. 72:
• 6 Solo Cello Sonata No. 1, Op. 72: I. Adagio 05:32
• 7 Solo Cello Sonata No. 1, Op. 72: II. Allegretto 03:47
• 8 Solo Cello Sonata No. 1, Op. 72: III. Allegro 04:25
• Berceuse, Op. 1:
• 9 Berceuse, Op. 1 05:10
• Total Runtime 59:05

Info for Wajnberg: Cello Sonatas & Berceuse, Op. 1

The life of Mieczyslaw Wajnberg, full of plenty of difficulties and adversities, reflects the history of an entire generation of Polish Jews, who had to face a cruel history fueled by the forces of totalitarianism. This fate left its mark on the composer's work, who spent most of his life in the Soviet Union. As an artist of a "wrong origin," associated with Shostakovich, Rostropovich and Salomon Michoels, and not creating politically correct music, he was never a favourite of the authorities. The cello sonatas presented here carry a considerable aesthetic and emotional load, corresponding to the composer's socio-artistic relations and his cultural roots. Young Polish musicians - cellist Wojciech Fudala and pianist Michal Rot - successfully face the difficult work of the composer, who in fact belongs to three cultural circles. The closing the album piano miniature Berceuse, Op. 1, based on a poetic Slavic melody, entwined with a quasi-impressionist accompaniment, is a preview of Mieczyslaw Wajnberg's great compositional talent being born in the pre-war Warsaw.

Wojciech Fudala, cello
Michal Rot, piano

Wojciech Fudala
Born in 1988 in a family of musicians, Wojciech Fudala started to play cello at the age of seven. He received higher education at the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music Katowice with Pawel Glombik and at the Brussels Royal Conservatory of Music as a pupil of Jeroen Reuling.. Wojciech Fudala is a laureate of international music competitions in Poland, Slovakia, Hungary and Belgium. He has been awarded as an “Outstanding Young Artist” by the Polish Ministry of Culture and the President of City Katowice. He received a scholarship of the Flemish Government and the Polish Ministry of Culture. He is an active performing artist, both as a soloist and a chamber musician. He has appeared in the most important concert halls of Poland and abroad. He made his debut in Belgium performing Haydn D Major concerto with the Brussels Chamber Orchestra at the great hall of Brussels Royal Conservatory. Wojciech Fudala plays an 18th century cello made by Benjamin Banks lent to him by The Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel. Since 2011 he is studying at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel under the direction of Gary Hoffman.

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