Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. posth. MWV O3
Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64
Songs without Words

The CD starts with a protracted and expressive orchestral introduction of over 40 bars. Jarosław Nadrzycki wished to present something that many music lovers may have not heard before: the Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. posth. MWV O3, a composition written by a very young Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy around 1833 at the age of 13.

The Concerto in E Minor Op.64 does not have to be introduced to music lovers as they know it all too well. Thus, Krzysztof Kaczka – a flutist! – decided to record the celebrated Concerto in E Minor, a masterpiece that every violin soloist ought to have in their repertoire: a concerto written by a violinist for another violinist.

The concertos in D Minor and E Minor on the album are intervened with Mendelssohn’s four Songs without Words for the flute and the violin. This endeavour expresses the very essence of the origins of the recordings by Krzysztof Kaczka and Jarosław Nadrzycki, who play equal parts.

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Recording: 17-19 August 2020, Dům kultury mysta Ostravy.