Monologue: Polish Solo Cello Works Tomasz Daroch

• Jerzy Fitelberg (1903 - 1951): Cello Sonata:
• 1 Fitelberg: Cello Sonata: I. Maestoso 04:38
• 2 Fitelberg: Cello Sonata: II. Moderato 03:42
• 3 Fitelberg: Cello Sonata: III. Andante 04:01
• 4 Fitelberg: Cello Sonata: IV. Tempo giusto 06:18
• Grażyna Bacewicz (1909 - 1969): Polish Capriccio (Arr. A. Orkisz for Cello):
• 5 Bacewicz: Polish Capriccio (Arr. A. Orkisz for Cello) 02:46
• Witold Lutosławski (1913 - 1994): Sacher Variation for Solo Cello:
• 6 Lutosławski: Sacher Variation for Solo Cello 03:43
• Piotr Moss (b. 1949): Récit for Solo Cello:
• 7 Moss: Récit for Solo Cello 12:16
• Jan Krenz (1926 - 2020): Impromptu for Solo Cello:
• 8 Krenz: Impromptu for Solo Cello 04:50
• Krzysztof Penderecki (1933 - 2020): Suite for Solo Cello "Divertimento":
• 9 Penderecki: Suite for Solo Cello "Divertimento": I. Serenade 02:03
• 10 Penderecki: Suite for Solo Cello "Divertimento": II. Scherzo 03:37
• 11 Penderecki: Suite for Solo Cello "Divertimento": III. Notturno 03:42
• Krzysztof Meyer (b. 1943): Monologue for Solo Cello:
• 12 Meyer: Monologue for Solo Cello 05:13
• Total Runtime 56:49

Info for Monologue: Polish Solo Cello Works

This album features pieces for solo cello, displaying the extraordinary technical and tone colour possibilities of this instrument. The album is also a musical journey through a century of Polish chamber music composed for this instrument by outstanding artists.

The title "Monologue" opens with the Sonata for Cello Solo by Jerzy Fitelberg (1903–1951), an unbelievably beautiful composition in the Neoclassical style, referring to the golden era of the sonata form, but in a fresh, interesting version. The next piece is the Polish Caprice, composed by Grażyna Bacewicz (1909–1969). It is a graceful miniature with clear references to Polish folk music, written with the composer’s trademark vigour and precision.

Witold Lutosławski (1913–1994), whose Sacher Variation is included on the album, is a world-famous composer. This time he dedicated his piece to the memory of Swiss conductor Paul Sacher, basing his composition on a series of notes corresponding to his name (Es-A-C-H-Re). The next piece is the Récit for solo cello by Piotr Moss (born 1949), one of the most interesting artists of the post-war generation in Poland. His cello composition is a kind of elaborate, dramatic narrative in which both the expressive and the technically demanding aspects of the piece remain in perfect balance.

The Impromptu for solo cello by well-known conductor and composer Jan Krenz (1926–2020) refers to the title form in a distant way; it is the unconstrained flow of sounds and a typical Neo-Romantic style that are emphasized. The next composition is the Divertimento for Solo Cello by Krzysztof Penderecki (1933–2020), an unusually stylistically rich composition in which the tone colour and references to early music come to the fore. The closing Monologue for Solo Cello by Krzysztof Meyer (born 1943) is, as the title suggests, a kind of a tale, characterized by expression and the great role of tone colour.

The pieces are performed by Tomasz Daroch (b. 1989), an outstanding cellist with extremely rich achievements. He has performed with numerous orchestras from Poland and Europe, cooperating with the most renowned conductors, and his musical activity has been recognized with many awards and distinctions.

Tomasz Daroch, cello

Tomasz Daroch
was born into an artistic family on June 15th, 1989 in Lodz in Poland.

In 2011 he graduated, receiving a diploma with distinction from the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Mannheim, Germany in the class of Prof. Michael Flaksman and Jelena Ocic-Flaksman.

Currently he is a student of Prof. Stanislaw Firlej at the Academy of Music in Lodz in Poland and parallel he is studying at the Leopold-Mozart-Zentrum der Universität Augsburg in Germany in the cello class of Prof. Julius Berger.

He has annually taken part in cello master classes under the supervision of: Prof. Bernard Greenhouse, David Geringas, Frans Helmerson, Miklos Perenyi, Gary Hoffman and Heinrich Schiff.

Tomasz Daroch has won many awards and received numerous acknowledgments at national and international competitions, among them: the Grand Prix and First Prize at the 8th International Lutoslawski Cello Competition 2011,
the 1st Prize at the 4th International Mchał Spisak Competition in Poland in 2010,
in 2009 the 1st Prize at the 44th International Cello Competition in Markneukirchen in Germany,
special prize at the „Grand Prix Emanuel Feuermann 2006” in Berlin, the 1st Prize at the International Music Talent Competition in Oldenburg in Germany.

He has been awarded scholarships from the Polish Ministry of Culture, the Kunststiftung Baden-Württemberg, Lions Club and Menuhin Live Music in Germany.

In 2003 he made his debut with the Arthur Rubinstein Philharmonic Orchestra in Lodz.

Since then he has performed as a soloist with such orchestras as the Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, the ’’Amadeus’’ Chamber Orchestra, Sinfonia Varsovia, Sinfonietta Cracovia, Warsaw Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra and Heidelberger Philharmoniker.

In 2011 he has performed with the "Moscow Virtuosi" Chamber Orchestra conducted by Vladimir Spivakov during the gala concert of the 3rd "Rising Stars at the Kremlin" in Moscow international festival.

The artist performs also as a chamber musician in a family piano trio, the ’’Daroch Trio’’.

He has recorded for Polish Radio and Television and German and French radios such as NDR Kultur, SWR, BRKlassik and Espace

Booklet for Monologue: Polish Solo Cello Works