Adam Stadnicki & Galya Kolarova - La prèmiere (2018) [Official Digital Download 24/192]

“La Prèmiere” is a recording presenting the first compositions for cello and piano by Leoš Janacek, John Frandsen and Johannes Brahms, and the first and only Sonata for solo piano by Leoš Janacek - a musical journey stretching over a period of about 150 years. Of Polish roots, Adam Stadnicki is the founding member of “Copenhagen Piano Quartet”, a chamber music group with which he has won numerous prizes in various international competitions. As permanent member of Athelas Sinfonietta Copenhagen and has premiered works by famous contemporary composers as Anna Thorvalsdottir, Rune Glerup and Simon Steen Andersen. Bulgarian-born pianist Galya Kolarova won 1st prize for soloist with orchestra at Festival Musica in Laguna in Italy for her interpretation of Chopin’s Piano Concerto No.2 and 2nd prize at the Nordic Piano Forum in Copenhagen, Denmark. Galya performed in John Frandsen’s chamber opera “A Dolls’s House” and John Frandsen wrote Kaleidoscope for Galya and Adam which they premiered in 2017.

Tracklist:
1. Fairy-tale, JW VII/5 : I. Con moto 05:07
2. Fairy-tale, JW VII/5 : II. Con moto 03:46
3. Fairy-tale, JW VII/5 : III. Allegro 03:01
4. Piano Sonata in E-Flat Minor, JW VIII/19 "1 October 1905, from the Street" : I. Predtucha (Foreboding): Con moto 06:36
5. Piano Sonata in E-Flat Minor, JW VIII/19 "1 October 1905, from the Street" : II. Smrt (Death) 08:08
6. Kaleidoscope : Kaleidoscope 20:11
7. Cello Sonata No. 1 in E minor, Op. 38 : I. Allegro non troppo 13:34
8. Cello Sonata No. 1 in E minor, Op. 38 : II. Allegretto quasi menuetto 05:15
9. Cello Sonata No. 1 in E minor, Op. 38 : III. Allegro 06:50

Personnel:
Adam Stadnicki, cello
Galya Kolarova, piano