Pianist Krystian Zimerman returned to the recording studio after a five-year absence to celebrate the 100th birthday of the foremost female Polish composer of the 20th century, Grażyna Bacewicz. This album features two hugely imaginative piano quintets and the forceful Second Piano Sonata that Krystian Zimerman performed at the Salzburg Festival in 2008 to rhapsodic reviews. Die Presse wrote: "One is . . . unlikely to experience anywhere else Polish music of such power and charm and, at the same time, such refinement . . . In the "Maestoso" first movement, Zimerman demonstrated his incredible flexibility, impetuous passages merging directly into supple tenderness without any loss of tension." This album is only Zimerman's third chamber music recording for Deutsche Grammophon - rare music played with rare genius to revelatory effect. Phonographic Copyright (p) – Deutsche Grammophon GmbH Art Direction – Fred Münzmaier Cello – Rafał Kwiatkowski (tracks: 1 to 4, 8 to 10) Composed By – Grażyna Bacewicz Coordinator [Project Coordinator] – Burkhard Bartsch Design – WAPS Engineer [Assistant] – Max Holtmann Executive Producer – Dr. Alexander Buhr Liner Notes – Jan Popis Liner Notes [Booklet Editor] – Jens Schünemeyer Photography By [Cover Photo] – Mat Hennek Piano – Krystian Zimerman Producer, Engineer [Recording (tonmeister)] – Rainer Maillard Recorded By, Edited By, Mastered By – Emil Berliner Studios Technician [Piano Technician] – Eckhard Radmacher Viola – Ryszard Groblewski (tracks: 1 to 4, 8 to 10) Violin [1st] – Kaja Danczowska (tracks: 1 to 4, 8 to 10) Violin [2nd] – Agata Szymczewska (tracks: 1 to 4, 8 to 10) Recording: Katowice, Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music, 2/2009 Total time 65:12 ℗ 2011 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Hamburg Made in the E.U. Barcode: 028947783329 Label Code (Label Code): LC 0173 Rights Society (Rights Societies): BIEM/SDRM Other (Catalog# Suffix): GH