Paweł Szymański - Dissociative Counterpoint Disorder - Małgorzata Sarbak (2016) {Bôłt‎ DUX 1332}

Andrzej Chlopecki, the late critic and animator of the music scene, wrote extensively about Szymanski's music as well as supporting the composer by means of his longtime role with the Warsaw Autumn festival. Chlopecki puts things thus: "the formal structure is beautiful while stylistic expression is calculated: for Szymanski's music is a continual game." He then offers precedents in Johannes Ockeghem and Anton Webern, deducing that Szymanski's "guiding principles would be speculation and constructivism." Rendering the loaded quality in the composer's works, Chlopecki adds that the aim of Szymanski's music is the creation of symbolic entities within abstract art forms."

Dissociative Counterpoint Disorders was composed for Malgorzata Sarbak. Sarbak premiered the piece in Warsaw in the Palace of Culture and Science. Harpsichordist Malgorzata Sarbak currently serves as a keyboard teacher at F. Chopin College of Music in Warsaw. She has made archival recordings for the Polish Radio, and has won numerous competitions, most notably the International EBU Competition New Talent 2005.

Performers

Paweł Szymański (b. 1954) - composer

Małgorzata Sarbak - Harpsichord (copy of historical harpsichord (01, 03-10) and five-pedal harpsichord Neupert (02, 11))
The Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra (11)
Zsolt Nagy - conductor (11)

Recorded on 21-24 March 2016 in The Witold Lutosławski Concert Studio of Polish Radio, Warsaw (01-11) and 22 September 2015 in The House of Culture, Ostrava (12)

Track Listing

01 Dissociative Counterpoint Disorder [2014]

02 Through the Looking-Glass… III [1994]

Les Poiriers en Pologne ou une Suite de Pièces Sentimentales de Clavecin faite par Mr Szymański
03 La Connaissance des Poiriers ou Prélude
04 François ou Allemande
05 Erika ou Courante
06 Raspail-Ay …01 ou Gavotte
07 Haut Coustias …98 ou Sarabande
08 Louise ou Rondeau (Doucement)
09 Jacques ou Canaries
10 La Bière de Zwierzyniec ou Menuet polonais
11 Le Départ des Poiriers ou Chaconne ancienne

12 Partita III [1986]