Elsner: String Quartets Op. 1 Mikołaj Zgółka, Zbigniew Pilch, Dominik Dębski, Jarosław Thiel

• Józef Elsner (1769 - 1854): String Quartet in F Major, Op. 1 No. 1:
• 1 Elsner: String Quartet in F Major, Op. 1 No. 1: I. Allegro 07:57
• 2 Elsner: String Quartet in F Major, Op. 1 No. 1: II. Andantino 05:36
• 3 Elsner: String Quartet in F Major, Op. 1 No. 1: III. Polonoise 03:45
• 4 Elsner: String Quartet in F Major, Op. 1 No. 1: IV. Finale Allegro 04:20
• String Quartet in A Minor, Op. 1 No. 2:
• 5 Elsner: String Quartet in A Minor, Op. 1 No. 2: I. Allegro 09:05
• 6 Elsner: String Quartet in A Minor, Op. 1 No. 2: II. Larghetto 07:46
• 7 Elsner: String Quartet in A Minor, Op. 1 No. 2: III. Finale Allegro 05:15
• String Quartet in D Major, Op. 1 No. 3:
• 8 Elsner: String Quartet in D Major, Op. 1 No. 3: I. Allegro 07:53
• 9 Elsner: String Quartet in D Major, Op. 1 No. 3: II. Menuetto 03:02
• 10 Elsner: String Quartet in D Major, Op. 1 No. 3: III. Andante poco Adagio 04:43
• 11 Elsner: String Quartet in D Major, Op. 1 No. 3: IV. Rondo 03:55
• Total Runtime 01:03:17

Info for Elsner: String Quartets Op. 1

For every musician and music lover, discovering a new work is a great joy and satisfaction. Moreover, if it comes from the distant past, and we know that for some reason it was not available to contemporary listeners until recently, the emotions associated with its restoration grow.(...) It is no different in the case of the String Quartets Op. 1 by Jozef Elsner. (...)

Thus, 220 years after their publication, we can once again enjoy the exceptional, surprising and satisfying music. It should be mentioned that the three quartets ‘du meilleur goût polonois’ (in the best Polish taste) were written by a composer who was quite extraordinary a personality in the history of Polish music. The enormous effort taken to develop Polish music, the establishment of the first music conservatory in Warsaw, the organization of plethora of concerts, and journalistic activity – all these factors made the composer’s life unique. His love of Polish culture, especially folklore and musical tradition, had a significant impact on his entire compositional output, as well as on his place at the forefront of Polish composers. The String Quartets Op. 1 – recorded on this album for the first time in history – are a quintessence of the Polish style. This style is woven into fully fledged musical forms characteristic of the turn of the 17th and 18th centuries. (Mikolaj Zgolka)

Mikolaj Zgolka, 1st violin
Zbigniew Pilch, 2nd violin
Dominik Debski, viola
Jaro