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Stanisław Moniuszko (5 May 1819 – 4 June 1872) was a Polish composer, conductor, and organist born in Ubiel, in present-day Belarus. He studied in Berlin with Carl Rungenhagen before settling in Vilnius as a church organist, and achieved lasting fame with his opera Halka, first staged in concert form in 1848 and fully in Warsaw in 1858. In 1858 he moved to Warsaw as conductor of the Warsaw Opera, where he composed further major operas including The Countess, Verbum nobile, and The Haunted Manor.
Widely regarded as the father of Polish national opera and the leading Polish Romantic composer between Chopin and Paderewski, Moniuszko also compiled over 200 art songs in his Śpiewnik domowy (“Songbook for Home Use”), including the popular “Prząśniczka,” which remain staples of the Polish vocal repertoire. His work laid the foundation for a distinctly Polish musical idiom in both opera and song.
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Śpiewnik domowy, Zeszyt III: No. 7, Prząśniczka
Performed by Jakub Józef Orliński
Spiewnik domowy: No.7, Prząśniczka— Aleksander Dębicz
Performed by Jakub Józef Orliński
Stanisław Moniuszko: Mazur in E-Flat Major from the Opera “Halka”— Cyprien Katsaris
Performed by Cyprien Katsaris
Stanisław Moniuszko: Polonaise in D Major from the Opera “Halka”— Cyprien Katsaris
Performed by Cyprien Katsaris
Stanisław Moniuszko: Vilanella in B-Flat Major— Cyprien Katsaris
Performed by Cyprien Katsaris
Stanisław Moniuszko: “Spring” Polka in F Major— Cyprien Katsaris
Performed by Cyprien Katsaris
Stanisław Moniuszko: Nocturne in A-Flat Major— Cyprien Katsaris
Performed by Cyprien Katsaris
Stanisław Moniuszko: Vilanella in D-Flat Major— Cyprien Katsaris
Performed by Cyprien Katsaris
Stanisław Moniuszko: Trifle in a Major— Cyprien Katsaris
Performed by Cyprien Katsaris
Stanisław Moniuszko: Trifle in B Major— Cyprien Katsaris
Performed by Cyprien Katsaris
Stanisław Moniuszko: Trifle in C Major— Cyprien Katsaris
Performed by Cyprien Katsaris
Stanisław Moniuszko: Trifle in G Major— Cyprien Katsaris
Performed by Cyprien Katsaris
Stanisław Moniuszko: Mazurka in D Major— Cyprien Katsaris
Performed by Cyprien Katsaris
Stanisław Moniuszko: the Spinner— Cyprien Katsaris
Performed by Cyprien Katsaris
Stanisław Moniuszko: L’aloulette, Op. 2— Cyprien Katsaris
Performed by Cyprien Katsaris
Stanisław Moniuszko: Polonaise in E-Flat Major— Cyprien Katsaris
Performed by Cyprien Katsaris
Stanisław Moniuszko: “Daniel” Polka in a Major— Cyprien Katsaris
Performed by Cyprien Katsaris
Stanisław Moniuszko: Waltz in E-Flat Minor— Cyprien Katsaris
Performed by Cyprien Katsaris
Stanisław Moniuszko: “Zosia’s Dumka” from the Opera “The Raftsman”— Cyprien Katsaris
Performed by Cyprien Katsaris
Stanisław Moniuszko: Le Cosaque— Cyprien Katsaris
Performed by Cyprien Katsaris
Stanisław Moniuszko: Dumka in D Minor— Cyprien Katsaris
Performed by Cyprien Katsaris
Stanisław Moniuszko: Dumka (Paraphrase)— Cyprien Katsaris
Performed by Cyprien Katsaris
Stanisław Moniuszko: Kwiatek— Cyprien Katsaris
Performed by Cyprien Katsaris
Stanisław Moniuszko: Znasz-li ten kraj?— Cyprien Katsaris
Performed by Cyprien Katsaris
Stanisław Moniuszko: Pieśń wieczorna, Op.64— Cyprien Katsaris
Performed by Cyprien Katsaris
Stanisław Moniuszko: Mazur in a Minor from the Opera “The Haunted Manor”— Cyprien Katsaris
Performed by Cyprien Katsaris
Gwiazdka (Arr. for Piano, World Premiere Recording)— Cyprien Katsaris
Performed by Cyprien Katsaris
Śpiewnik domowy, Zeszyt VII: No. 13, Łza— Jakub Józef Orliński
Performed by Jakub Józef Orliński
Mia Madre (Arr. for Piano, World Premiere Recording)— Cyprien Katsaris
Performed by Cyprien Katsaris