Bazyli Bohdanowicz (1740-1819)
Polonaise Amoroso en fa majeur

J. Heilinski (18e-19e siècle)
Polonaise n° 1 en fa majeur
Polonaise n° 2 en ré majeur

Stefan Jablonski (1756-1828)
Polonaise de Redoutte n° 1 en ré majeur
Polonaise de Redoutte n° 2 en mi bémol majeur
Polonaise de Redoutte n° 3 en si bémol majeur
Polonaise pathétique en fa mineur

Aleksander Rodowski (18-19e siècle)
Polonaise n° 1 en ré majeur
Polonaise n° 2 en sol majeur
Polonaise n° 3 en si bémol majeur
Polonaise n° 4 en si bémol majeur
Polonaise n° 4 en mi bémol majeur
Polonaise n° 5 en do majeur
Polonaise n° 5 en do majeur
Polonaise n° 6 en ré majeur

Jozef Kozlowski (1757-1831)
Polonaise d'un quintette de Pleyel en la mineur
Polonaise d'une sérénade de Pleyel en mi bémol majeur
Polonaise d'une romance en fa mineur "Je vais donc quitter pour jamais"
Polonaise en si majeur
Polonaise d'un air italien en sol mineur "Tu me dame dividi"

Urszula Bartkiewicz, clavecin

For years, Urszula Bartkiewicz, an outstanding Polish harpsichordist, has been conducting in-depth research on Polish music of the 17th and 18th centuries, specializing in searching, developing and making it available to the contemporary audience. This passion resulted in subsequent albums with Polish harpsichord music (DUX 0630, 0613). The programme of the album presents polonaise- like musical forms for keyboard instruments, originating from manuscript and old print collections from the turn of the 19th century – kept in the Library of the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun and not found in any other Polish book collection. Their authors are little-known or completely forgotten Polish composers: Bazyli Bohdanowicz, J. Heilinski, Stefan Jablonski, Aleksander Rodowski and Józef Kozlowski. The scores of the polonaises included on the CD were published in December 2019 by the publishing house of the Feliks Nowowiejski Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz. The CD Polonaises is not only an interesting testimony of the musical culture during the time of Poland’s partition; it is also a phonographic premiere of many great music miniatures, co-creating an atmosphere in which, on the one hand, Oginski’s compositions were gaining popularity, on the other – Fryderyk Chopin’s taste and sensitivity were taking shape.