On Sunday, March 30, the winners of Poland’s most prestigious phonographic awards in classical music were revealed at the hall of NOSPR [National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra] in Katowice, renowned for its exceptional acoustics. The awards were presented across twelve categories, celebrating outstanding achievements in classical music recording. The winners of the in classical music categories are:
Album of the Year – Choral Music
Witold Szalonek: Pieśni o Śląsku
Katowice City Singers Ensemble “Camerata Silesia” conducted by Anna Szostak
Sound directors: Jacek Guzowski, Krzysztof Kuraszkiewicz, Ewa Guziołek-Tubelewicz
Publisher: Anaklasis
Album of the Year – Early Music
Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo & Euridice
Jakub Józef Orliński (countertenor), Fatma Said (soprano), Elsa Dreisig (soprano), Il giardino d’amore, Stefan Plewniak (cond.)
Sound directors: Mateusz Banasiuk
Publisher: Warner Classics & Erato
Album of the Year – Oratorio and Opera Music
Karol Szymanowski
Iwona Sobotka (soprano), NFM Choir, NFM Wrocław Philharmonic, Giancarlo Guerrero (cond.), Lionel Sow (artistic director of NFM Choir)
Sound directors: Wojciech Marzec, Justyna Popiel, Agnieszka Szczepańczyk
Publisher: National Forum of Music / CD Accord
Album of the Year – Vocal Chamber Music
Ludomir Różycki: Pieśni zebrane
Urszula Kryger (mezzo-soprano), Paweł Cłapiński (piano)
Sound directors: Krzysztof Sztekmiler
Publisher: Stowarzyszenie Polskich Muzykow Kameralistow (SPMK)
Album of the Year – Concert Music
Witold Szalonek: Connections
Joanna Freszel (voice), Ania Karpowicz (flute), Tomasz Konieczny (bass-baritone), Urszula Kryger (alto), Maksymilian Lipień (oboe), Katowice City Singers Ensemble “Camerata Silesia”, AUKSO Chamber Orchestra of the City of Tychy, Marek Moś (cond.)
Sound directors: Beata Jankowska-Burzyńska, Piotr Grabowski, Ewa Guziołek-Tubelewicz
Publisher: Anaklasis
Album of the Year – Orchestral Music
Szymanowski Reimagined
Bartłomiej Nizioł (violin) and the National Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Andrzej Boreyko
Sound directors: Andrzej Sasin, Aleksandra Nagórko
Publisher: National Philharmonic / CD Accord
Album of the Year – Solo Recital
J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations
Tymoteusz Bies (piano)
Sound directors: Beata Jankowska-Burzyńska, Małgorzata Polańska
Publisher: DUX Recording Producers
Album of the Year – Contemporary Music
Jerzy Kornowicz / Michał Rusinek: Album rodzinny
Ewa Biegas (soprano), Jan Jakub Monowid (countertenor), AUKSO Chamber Orchestra of the City of Tychy, Marek Moś (cond.)
Sound directors: Wojciech Marzec, Piotr Grabowski
Publisher: Anaklasis
Outstanding Recording of Polish Music
Grażyna Bacewicz: Complete Symphonic Works Vol. 3
WDR Symphony Orchestra conducted by Łukasz Borowicz
Sound directors: Günther Wollersheim
Publisher: cpo
Album of the Year – Chamber Music (Duets)
Wieniawski, Paderewski, Lutosławski
Krzysztof Jakowicz (violin); Robert Morawski (piano)
Sound directors: Agnieszka Szczepańczyk, Wiktor Szymański
Publisher: Chopin University Press
Album of the Year – Chamber Music (Larger Ensembles)
Penderecki, Szymanowski, Bacewicz, Górecki, Łukaszewski
DAFO STRING QUARTET
Sound directors: Małgorzata Polańska, Marcin Guz, Lech Tołwiński, Klaus-Dieter Hesse, Dorota Tarnowska-Antosik
Publisher: DUX Recording Producers
Album of the Year – Classical Crossover
Tęskni dzioucha do syneczka – Songs of Silesian Uprisings
Franciszek Raczkowski (piano), Patryk Petersson (clarinet, bass clarinet), Patryk Zakrzewski (percussion), Michał Goławski (piano) and the Katowice City Singers Ensemble “Camerata Silesia”, Anna Szostak (cond.)
Composers: Sabina Meck – arrangements of Silesian uprising songs from Adolf Dygacz’s collection Pieśni powstańcze
Sound directors: Krzysztof Kuraszkiewicz, Jacek Guzowski – MUSICON, Krzysztof Kurek – collaboration
Publisher: Katowice City Singers Ensemble “Camerata Silesia”
Golden Fryderyk Award
The honorary Golden Fryderyk Award, recognizing lifetime achievement and outstanding contributions to Polish musical culture, was presented to Professor Joachim Grubich. A pioneer of organ music in Poland, Grubich is a distinguished musician and educator, with over thirty recorded albums and numerous radio and television productions. Among musicians, he is regarded as “a key figure in the great legacy of Polish organ artistry.”
[Source: fryderyki.prowly.com]