Mateusz Kowalski - J. S. Bach, Schubert, Piazzolla & Others: Works for Solo Guitar (2019)

Mateusz Kowalski was born in Koszalin in 1995. He started learning to play the guitar at the age of 7 and for the next 12 years, he learned under the supervision of Dariusz Schmidt in the Grazyna Bacewicz State Music School Complex in Koszalin. Then he graduated from the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw after studies with Ryszard Balauszko. As a teenager, Mateusz Kowalski was spotted and recognized as one of the most interesting guitarists of the young generation. He is the winner of many international guitar competitions - his most important achievements include winning the first prizes in Antony (France) and Rust (Austria). At the 2018/2019 music season, he participated in a prestigious programme for guitarists called EuroStrings. Apart from numerous concerts in Poland, he has given concerts in Slovakia, Hungary, France, Italy, Croatia, Liechtenstein, Spain, Germany, South Africa, Belgium, England, Sweden, and Austria (including the famous Vienna Musikverein concert hall).
Tracklist
[04:05] 01. Mateusz Kowalski - Suite for Lute in E Major, BWV 1006a: I. Prelude (Arr. F. Koonce for Guitar)
[01:51] 02. Mateusz Kowalski - Mazurka in C Major, Op. Posth. "Sueño"
[01:14] 03. Mateusz Kowalski - Prelude No. 5 in E Major
[03:06] 04. Mateusz Kowalski - Vals (Arr. M. L. Ramos for Guitar)
[04:38] 05. Mateusz Kowalski - Scherzino mexicano (Arr. M. L. Ramos for Guitar)
[06:29] 06. Mateusz Kowalski - Estaciones Porteñas (Excerpts Arr. S. Assad for Guitar): No. 2, Invierno
[04:24] 07. Mateusz Kowalski - Estaciones Porteñas (Excerpts Arr. S. Assad for Guitar): No. 3, Primavera
[01:16] 08. Mateusz Kowalski - Variaciones sudamericanas sobre un estudio de Fernando Sor: Theme
[01:08] 09. Mateusz Kowalski - Variaciones sudamericanas sobre un estudio de Fernando Sor: Var. 1, Vals venezoelano
[02:30] 10. Mateusz Kowalski - Variaciones sudamericanas sobre un estudio de Fernando Sor: Var. 2, Canción
[01:20] 11. Mateusz Kowalski - Variaciones sudamericanas sobre un estudio de Fernando Sor: Var. 3, Candombe
[15:47] 12. Mateusz Kowalski - Rossiniana, Op. 119 No. 1
[05:00] 13. Mateusz Kowalski - Contemplación
[01:53] 14. Mateusz Kowalski - 6 Moments musicaux, Op. 94, D. 780: No. 3 in F Minor (Arr. M. Kowalski for Guitar)