
These performances are every bit as fine as the classic […]
Magnificent! Antoni Wit’s new recording of Messiaen’s phantasmagoric Turangalila Symphony
Just when you thought you didn’t need yet another Mahler
Everything about this disc is fabulous: the performances, the coupling, and the sonics. Antoni Wit’s Taras Bulba sounds like no other. It’s full of details
Schumann worked on his Scenes from Faust for some nine years, from 1847 until just before his attempted suicide. It contains some of his finest
Antoni Wit’s Penderecki series for Naxos has been uniformly excellent, and this latest installment is no exception. Credo, which was commissioned by Helmut Rilling and
Antoni Wit is unquestionably one of the great, unsung conductors currently working, and he has a terrific orchestra at his disposal. What a difference a
Karlowicz’s death in 1909, at age 33, was a serious loss to Polish music. His single Violin Concerto (1902) is as beautiful a work in
While not the most impassioned and poetic reading of Chopin’s F minor concerto to be had, there’s much to be said for Eldar Nebolsin’s forthright
You might remember Polish composer Henryk Górecki’s best-known work for voice and orchestra, 1976’s Third Symphony (“Symphony of Sorrowful Songs”). After all, David Zinman’s recording