H.I.F. Biber – Passacaglia for Solo Viola

Aram Ilich Khachaturian – Sonata-Song for Solo Viola

Tadeusz Dixa – Elegy for Solo Viola

Maciej Zimka – Strange Waves

Kamil Cieslik – Impression for Solo Viola

Magdalena Kurdziel – Summer evening for Solo Viol

Marek Czerniewicz – I play alone in the garden of the South for Solo Viola

Krzysztof Penderecki – Tanz for Solo Viola

Krzysztof Penderecki – Sarabanda J.S. Bach in memoriam for Solo Viola

Krzysztof Penderecki – Cadenza for Solo Viola

Anna Roclawska-Musialczyk – Space for Solo Viola

The viola was rarely treated as a solo instrument until the 20th century, so in order to cover a wide chronological timespan this programme includes arrangements of violin works as well as original pieces composed for solo viola, many of them written by contemporary Polish composers specifically for Krzysztof Komendarek-Tymendorf. The album opens with Biber’s legendary Passacaglia from his ‘Mystery’ Sonatas, followed by Khachaturian’s final work, his cadenza-like Sonata-Song. We also hear the Cadenza by the great Polish composer Penderecki.