Penderecki is mostly known for his symphonies but he also contributed a significant amount of chamber music including two masterful string quartets and two violin sonatas recorded for the first time by Ida Bieker and Nina Tickmann . The two sonatas were composed fifty years aapart the most recent in 2000.The first seems a very youthful but listenable. The second is meatier in terms of style and development of ideas. I consider it a masterpiece. It begins with an extended violin solo filled with pizzicatos and rubbing the bow against the bridge. It is astonishing beautul and dramatic from start to finish. This disc also includes miniatures and a quite moving capriccio for solo violin,
Highly recommended for anyone interested in rarer modern chamber music
