Songs of Love and Longing for Baritone and Piano • Karłowicz | Maklakiewicz | Baird

DUX 2232
• Seven Songs for Baritone and Piano to Words by Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer (1896 and earlier) • Songs of Longing. Three Songs for Baritone and Piano to Words by Jan Kasprowicz (1983) • Four Love Sonnets for Baritone and Piano to Words by William Shakespeare (1956) (translation by Maciej Słomczyński)

DUX 2232Total time: [28:56]

Mieczysław Karłowicz

Seven Songs for Baritone and Piano to Words by Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer (1896 and earlier)619631

1. Na spokojnym, ciemnym morzu op. 3 nr 4 (1896) / On a Placid, Gloomy Sea, Op. 3 No. 4 (1896)

[1:54]

2. Pamiętam ciche, jasne, złote dnie op. 1 nr 5 (przed 1896) / I Remember Quiet, Bright, Golden Days, Op. 1 No. 5 (before 1896)

[1:36]

3. Smutną jest dusza moja op. 1 nr 6 (przed 1896) / My Soul is Sad, Op. 1 No. 6 (before 1896)

[1:36]

4. Mów do mnie jeszcze op. 3 nr 1 (1896) / Speak to Me Still, Op. 3 No. 1 (1896)

[1:32]

5. Zawód op. 1 nr 4 (przed 1896) / Disappointment, Op. 1 No. 4 (before 1896)

[1:54]

6. Po szerokim, po szerokim morzu op. 3 nr 9 (1896) / Over the Boundless, Boundless Sea, Op. 3 No. 9 (1896)

[1:28]

7. Nie płacz nade mną op. 3 nr 7 (1896) | Don’t Cry over Me, Op. 3 No. 7 (1896)

[1:27]

Tadeusz Wojciech Maklakiewicz

Songs of Longing. Three Songs for Baritone and Piano to Words by Jan Kasprowicz (1983)619632

8. Czekałem na Ciebie | I Waited for You

[2:19]

9. Stłum tę chęć | Stifle That Desire

[3:21]

10. Modlitwo moja, cicha | My Prayer, Quiet and Wordless

[2:20]

Tadeusz Baird

Four Love Sonnets for Baritone and Piano to Words by William Shakespeare (1956) (translation by Maciej Słomczyński)612613

11. Sonet 23. Spójrz, co tu ciche serce wypisało… / Sonnet 23. O, learn to read what silent love hath writ…

[2:27]

12. Sonet 91. Drwię, mając ciebie, z całej ludzkiej pychy… / Sonnet 91. Having thee, of all men’s pride, I boast…

[2:04]

13. Sonet 56. Słodka miłości… | Sonnet 56. Sweet love…

[2:25]

14. Sonet 97. Jakże podobna zimie jest rozłąka… / Sonnet 97. How like a winter hath my absence been…

[2:15]

Performers:
Mikołaj Zalasiński /baritone/
Łukasz Dębski /piano/

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composers	Baird, Tadeusz ∎ , Karłowicz, Mieczysław ∎ , Maklakiewicz, Tadeusz Wojciech ∎
performers	Dębski, Łukasz ∎ , Zalasiński, Mikołaj ∎
Releases Year	2025