Credits:

Chouchane Siranossian, Andrea Marcon, Venice Baroque Orchestra

Description:

A Collection of Violin Concertosby Little-Known Polish Composers!This album combines violin concertos by 18th-century Polish composers August Frederick Duranowski and Felix Janiewicz with early symphonies by their contemporary, Mozart. August Frederick Duranowski was born to a Polish mother and a French immigrant father. Active not only as a composer but also as a violinist, he possessed such talent that he was recognized by Viotti at the age of 17 and was a performer who even influenced Paganini.Feliks Janiewicz was born in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and, having been recognized for his talent on the violin from a young age, served as a violinist in the Royal Polish Chapel. He later moved to Vienna in 1785 to meet Haydn and Mozart, and came under their influence. He went on to gain recognition and enjoy a successful career in Paris, but