Karol Rathaus : Chamber Works
DUX 1854
Total time: [74:50]
World Premiere recordings
2022
Karol Rathaus Ensemble
Marcin Halat, violin
Marcin Mączyński cello
Piotr Lato, clarinet
Aleksandra Halat, piano

 

 

Guests
Roksana Wardenga, mezzosoprano
Piotr Nowak, trumpet
Paweł Cal, horn
Damian Lipień, bassoon

Eine kleine Serenade for clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet and piano, Op. 23 (1927)

  1.. Allegro [2:32]
  2.. Intermezzo – Andante [4:06]
  3.. Tema con variazioni [9:58]

Pastorale and Danse for violin and piano, Op. 39 (1937)

  4.. Pastorale [6:42]
  5.. Danse [6:35]

Song of the Autumn for clarinet and piano (1941)

  6..Song of the Autumn for clarinet and piano (1941) [3:44]

Three English Songs for voice and piano, Op. 48 (1941–43)

  7.. Sweet Music* (words by William Shakespeare) [3:12]
  8.. As I Ride, as I Ride (words by Robert Browning) [4:04]
  9.. The Oblation (words by Algernon Charles Swinburne) [4:12]

Five Moods after American Poets for voice and piano, Op. 57 (1946)

10.. My Sweet Old Etcetera (words by Edward Estlin Cummings) [3:28]
11.. Frustration (words by Dorothy Parker) [1:59]
12.. Indian Summer (words by Emily Dickinson) [2:40]
13.. Conversation Galante (words by Thomas Stearns Eliot) [3:39]
14.. Pretty Futility (words by Elizabeth Jane Coatsworth) [1:52]

Dedication and Allegro ‘Hommage a Chopin’ for violin and piano, Op. 64 (1949)

15.. Dedication [4:08]
16.. Allegro [4:19]
17.. Rapsodia notturna for cello and piano, Op. 66 (1950) [7:30]