Ludomir Rozycki & P. Tchaikovsky:: Violin Concertos

Like a phoenix from the ashes: Janusz Wawrowskis plays violin concertos by Różycki and Tchaikovsky Janusz Wawrowski’s album Phoenix brings together two life-affirming violin concertos written during difficult periods in their composers’ lives: Tchaikovsky was recovering from his disastrous marriage and Polish composer Ludomir Różycki was living through the Warsaw Uprising of 1944. Wawrowski spent several years reconstructing Różycki’s concerto from long-lost fragments. “This wonderful work immediately spoke to me … Like a phoenix from the ashes, it should be reborn and enjoyed by audiences all over the world. For me, the concerto is full of the energy and life of Warsaw before the war, and I think Różycki was trying to evoke that positive energy when he wrote it in 1944 … It reminds me of Gershwin or Korngold, but at the same time retains a distinct Slavic flavor.” Wawrowski is accompanied on this recording by London’s Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and its Polish-born permanent associate conductor Grzegorz Nowak.