Vincerò! Arias from Tosca, Adriana Lecouvreur, Cavalleria rusticana, Pagliacci, Andrea Chenier, Turandot, Edgar, Manon Lescaut, Madama Butterfly, La fanciulla del West, Gianni Schicchi, and Fedora Piotr Beczała, tenor; Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana; Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana; Marco Boemi, cond. Pentatone PTC 5186733 SACD (15 May 2020) For those who miss the opera house…Continue Reading New Beczala Release on Pentatone
The double album of the cantatas Milda and Nijoła by Stanisław Moniuszko (DUX 1640/1641) and a new recording of the String Quartet No. 3 ‘…songs are sung’ and Sonata for Two Violins by Henryk M. Górecki (Naxos 8.574110) have made Gramophone magazine’s sought-after Best New Classical Albums list for the month of May. The Moniuszko cantatas were recorded…Continue Reading Poles Featured on Gramophone “Best New Classical” List
Wiktor Łabuński (1895-1974): Complete Piano Works Wiktor Łabuński: Władco serc; Mazurek; Impromptu no. 2; Toccata; Impromptu; Rigaudon; Menuet; Reminiscence; Patterns; Six Piano Pieces; Łatwe Utwory [Four Easy Pieces]; Children at Play; Humoresque; Etude in A minor; Four Variations on a Theme by Paganini; Rustic Dance (revised version); Poem for two pianos; Nocturne for two pianos;…Continue Reading New on Acte Prealable
WEINBERG, M.: Clarinet Music Mieczysław Weinberg: Clarinet Concerto; Clarinet Sonata; Chamber Symphony No. 4 Robert Oberaigner, clarinet; Michael Schöch, piano; Dresden Chamber Soloists; Michail Jurowski, cond. Naxos 8.574192 Polish-Jewish-Soviet composer Mieczysław Weinberg (1919 – 1996) was familiar with the clarinet from his youth, given its prominent place in klezmer bands and theatre ensembles, and he…Continue Reading New on Naxos & CD Accord
Apparition Maurice Ravel – Shéhérazade; Samuel Barber – 4 Songs op. 13; George Crumb – Apparition; Karol Szymanowski – Songs of the Fairytale Princess op. 31; Fernando Obradors – Canciones Clásicas Españolas Agata Zubel – soprano, Krzysztof Książek – piano ACD263 (2019) The newest album featuring celebrated soprano Agata Zubel and pianist Krzysztof Książek recently…Continue Reading New & Award-winning on CD Accord
MĄDRAWSKI: LABYRINTH Jerzy Mądrawski Online Labyrinth Music for accordion; Ballade for accordion; Dialogues for two accordions, string orchestra and piano; Diptych for two accordions; Concerto for accordion, string orchestra and timpani Maciej Frąckiewicz – accordion; Bartosz Głowacki – accordion; Bartosz Kołsut – accordion; Anna Parkita – piano; Podkarpacka Chamber Orchestra; Elżbieta Przystasz – conductor DUX…Continue Reading New DUX Releases
link to album not available yet? The latest album by Ravel Piano Duo – A Polish Kaleidoscope 3 – will premiere on 17 November at the Władysław Żeleński State Secondary Music School in Kraków as part of the 3rd Krakow Musical Salon: Moniuszko – Żeleński. Ravel Piano Duo (Agnieszka Kozło and Katarzyna Ewa Sokołowska) actively…Continue Reading New Ravel Piano Duo Album – “A Polish Kaleidoscope 3”
Górecki: Symphony No. 3 – Beth Gibbons, NOSPR & Krzysztof Penderecki Henryk Mikołaj Górecki: Symphony No. 3 “Symphony Of Sorrowful Songs” Beth Gibbons – vocals, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Krzysztof Penderecki – cond. Domino Records WIGCD395 (29 March 2019) In this new recording of Henryk Mikołaj Górecki’s Symphony No. 3, pop icon Beth Gibbon…Continue Reading New Recording of Górecki’s 3rd with Gibbons, NOSPR and Penderecki
A Century of Polish Piano Miniatures – Anna Szałucka I.J. Paderewski: Humoresques de concert, Op. 14: Book 1, “À l’Antique”; K. Szymanowski: 20 Mazurkas, Op. 50 (excerpts); G. Bacewicz: Piano Sonata No. 2; H.M. Górecki: Intermezzo; P. Mykietyn: 4 Preludia; M. Górecki: Piano Sonata; A. Panufnik: Modlitwa [Prayer] (arr. R. Panufnik) Anna Szałucka – piano…Continue Reading Discography – March 2019
The Warsaw premiere of “Chemistry of Love“ (Requiem Records – Opus Series), the latest album by Marzena Majcher, will take place on 4 April at the DZiK club. Małgorzata Kubala, an electrifying soprano, and NeoQuartet, one of the most active Polish ensembles specializing in contemporary music, will perform the concert in Warsaw with visualizations by…Continue Reading Chemistry of Love Warsaw Premiere