Paweł Łukaszewski - Nocturnes (Maciej Zagórski)

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Composer: Paweł Łukaszewski

1. Nocturnes: No. 1, Alsephina
2. Nocturnes: No. 2, Thiaki
3. Nocturnes: No. 3, Larawag
4. Nocturnes: No. 4, Aljanah
5. Nocturnes: No. 5, Kraz
6. Nocturnes: No. 6, Hassaleh
7. Nocturnes: No. 7, Athebyne
8. Nocturnes: No. 8, Imai
9. Nocturnes: No. 9, Paikauhale
10. Nocturnes: No. 10, Fawaris
11. Nocturnes: No. 11, Fang
12. Nocturnes: No. 12, Tianguan
13. Nocturnes: No. 13, Xamidimura
14. Nocturnes: No. 14, Pipirima
15. Nocturnes: No. 15, Heze

Maciej Zagórski, piano

Date: 2025

Label: Grand Piano

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Award-winning Polish composer, Paweł Łukaszewski, is one of today’s most distinctive creators of contemporary sacred music. The Nocturnes for piano, based on some of his own sacred pieces, are inspired by the cosmos, with each nocturne named after a newly discovered bright star in constellations including Vela, Scorpius and the Southern Cross. Łukaszewski takes the listener on a journey through the beauty of the night sky with these intimate and atmospheric sound paintings.

Paweł Łukaszewski (b. 1968) is a leading Polish composer, conductor, and cellist, renowned for his sacred choral and vocal-instrumental works. A summa cum laude graduate in composition and cello from the Fryderyk Chopin Academy of Music, he later became Professor of Musical Arts and served as its Vice-Rector (2016–2024). He has won numerous awards, including the Fryderyk Award, Knight’s and Officer’s Crosses of Polonia Restituta, and Gloria Artis medals. His music has been performed at over 100 festivals worldwide, recorded on 150+ albums, and published by major international publishers, earning him recognition as one of Poland’s foremost contemporary sacred music creators.

Maciej Zagórski (b. 1965) is a Polish pianist, educator, and laureate of the Paderewski Piano Competition (1986) and Polish Piano Festival (1990). Known for his focus on pre-Chopin Polish music, contemporary works, Chopin, Bach/Busoni transcriptions, and Schubert sonatas, he has performed as soloist with leading orchestras and in recitals across Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Russia, and the US. A graduate of institutions in Częstochowa, Warsaw, and Vienna, he studied with renowned teachers and attended masterclasses with prominent pianists. He has taught at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music and Jan Długosz University, where he is a professor and President of the Music Council.

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