Various - Jerzy Bauer: Music for Cello

Jerzy Bauer (born in ?odz in 1936) is one of the leading Polish composers of his generation after Lutos?awski and Panufnik. Since his son Andrzej is one of the major cellists of the current generation, it is hardly surprising to find that music for cello figures prominently in his large output. Bauer�s mild modernism showing a respectful engagement with the music of the past. The second of his two cello concertos demonstrates that he is fully aware that the cello is an instrument that sings, and his work. This is inspired by a late poem of Czes?aw Mi?osz. The booklet essay on Bauer�s music is written by Rafa? Augustyn, himself a major Polish composer.