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This is one terrific CD. It’s interesting that German violinists seem to be taking on the Szymanowski concertos: we have recent releases from Zehetmair, Tetzlaff,
Antoni Wit leads a beautifully played rendition of Richard Strauss’ Symphonia domestica with the Staatskapelle Weimar. The orchestra clearly knows this music well, and its
As previous issues in this series have shown, when Antoni Wit and his forces are in top form in the music of Szymanowski, they’re pretty
Antoni Wit and his Polish forces are incomparable in this repertoire, and this performance of Utrenja goes straight to the top of the heap. Scored
Originally appearing as pieces for soprano and piano in 1946, Lutoslawski’s 20 Polish Christmas Carols were re-worked by the composer 40 years later and eventually
Billed as Volume 6 in Naxos’ complete survey of Lutoslawski’s orchestral works, this disc belongs in the collection of anyone who really cares about contemporary
In terms of subject matter Szymanowski’s magnificent choral ballet Harnasie is sort of the Polish equivalent of Stravinsky’s Les Noces (The Wedding), although the idiom
Mieczyslaw Karlowicz was a significant talent, and his early death in 1909 (at age 33) was a serious loss to 20th century Polish music. His
Penderecki deserves a great deal of credit for turning his back on the avant-garde of the 1960s and ’70s, recognizing much of it for the
Ignacy Paderewski’s Piano Concerto belongs with the finest works of Romantic nationalism, right up there with the similar works of Grieg, Tchaikovsky, and Rachmaninov. The
