Slavic Heroes
Kwiecien Mariusz
Slavic Heroes
Kwiecien Mariusz
Catalogue # HMW906101
ABC Classic FM CD of the Week: 23rd January 2012
From the first moment you hear him, the immensely talented young Polish baritone Mariusz Kweicien will delight you with his mellifluous and burnished voice. He is already the preferred King Roger and Eugene Onegin for leading opera houses world-wide and on this simply gorgeous album he sings unforgettable, yet largely little known, operatic arias by Czech, Polish and Russian composers that are close to his heart. He’ll win yours, too!
Slavic Heroes
Arias by Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, Smetana Dvorak, Moniusko, Rimsky-Korsakov, Borodin, Szymanovsky
Mariusz Kwiecien (baritone), Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Lukasz Borowicz (conductor)
Review
Kate Rockstrom
The power and grace of Polish Baritone Mariusz Kwiecien’s voice is clearly apparent on his first solo recording on Harmonia Mundi. These are arias close to his heart, all from the northern reaches of the world. As I looked down the list of included operas and composers I thought, ‘Oh yes, of course’ and then was stumped by the name Stanislaw Moniuszko, who on earth was he? Turns out, he’s considered the father of Polish Opera. If these three arias included are to go by, I think I need to get into Polish Opera. Highly melodious and solid in compositional form, they nestle closely with the other more famous arias. You want a good vocal CD? This is your pick for the beginning of 2012.
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