Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)
Spring, op. 74 n° 2
Drinking Song, op. 74 n° 4
A Fickle Maid, op. 74 n° 5
Rememberance, op. 74 n° 6
Before the Battle, op. 74 n° 10
The Ring, op. 74 n° 14

Stanislaw Niewiadomski (1859-1936)
Bells, op. 20

Mieczyslaw Karlowicz (1876-1909
For a Sorrowful Girl, op. 1 n° 1
Whence the First stars, op. 1 n° 2
Keep Talking to Me, op. 3 n° 1
In the Still of the Evening, op. 3 n° 8

Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860-1941)
Grey Horse, op. 7 n° 2
Mine Eyes Have Known Tears, op. 18 n° 1
The Piper's song, op. 18 n° 2
By Mighty Water, op. 18 n° 4

Tadeusz Szeligowski (1896-1963)
Arion
Soledad

Stanislaw Moniuszko (1819-1872)
To the Distant One
Two auroras

Zygmunt Noskowski (1846-1909)
A Lark is Singing
Wishes, op. 24 n° 1

Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937)
Zuleikha, op. 13 n° 4

Jerzy Gablenz (1888-1937)
You Have no Idea How Miserable I Am, op. 5 n° 4

Tomasz Zagorski, ténor
Jacek Kortus, piano

The album is a special tribute to the memory of Tomasz Zagórski, an outstanding opera and operetta singer of international renown who died prematurely and who contributed to the popularization of vocal art. A tenor who was equally at ease in great vocal and instrumental forms and in songs. The album contains 24 songs by Polish composers – the most popular, most liked and eagerly awaited by concert audiences. Tomasz Zagórski recorded them together with an excellent pianist of the young generation developing an international concert career, Jacek Kortus – he is an ideal chamber music partner here. Each of the miniatures is an elaborate story in which the textual layer determines dynamics, timbre, articulation and time management. The deep, warm, agile and expressive voice of the tenor guarantees that the listener will return to these interpretations more than once.