Marcin Tadeusz Lukaszewski (1972-)
Trois mélodies pour soprano, violon, violoncelle et piano
Trois pièces pour soprani, saxophone et piano

Ludomir Michal Rogowski (1881-1954)
"Flowers", pour soprano, violon et piano
Trois poèmes de Yuan Tseu-Ts'ai pour soprano et piano
"Song to the Guardian Angel", pour ssoprano et piano

Aleksander Zarzycki (1834-1895)
Mélodies pour soprano et piano

Marian Sawa (?1945-)
"Sea Triptych", pour soprano et piano
Deux Mélodies pour soprano et piano

Dorota Calek, soprano
Jakub Jakowicz, violon
Tomasz Strahl, violoncelle
Urszula Swierczynska, piano
Alicja Wolynczyk-Raniszewska, saxophone

The album features songs by Polish composers created during the 20th century. The entire collection is highly diverse in terms of style. From Zarzycki’s late-Romantic songs, in the musical and textual layer, through Rogowski’s cycles – inspired by the Orient and Croatian folklore – and Sawa’s songs (recorded for the first time on this album), using new expressive techniques, to Lukaszewski’s songs, completely contemporary, whose musical language refers to the meditative Hindu music. Rogowski’s cycle is exceptionally beautiful, where the soprano and the piano are accompanied by the violin in virtuoso cadenzas. Songs for an extended ensemble, with cello and saxophone, provide artists with an opportunity to show the potential of outstanding chamber musicians, and all songs are saturated with the expressive singing of Dorota Calek.