SONORA Artists News: Krauze, Sikora & Koziak
SONORA Music continues to actively promote artists on its roster, despite the pandemic-induced slowdown in live performances during the past year. They have instead used… Read more »
Discography
Rathaus Sonata and More!
On August 20, the violin and piano duo of Judith Ingolfsson and Vladimir Stoupel released an exciting new CD (OC 491). Recorded at the Jesus-Christus-Kirche… Read more »
Laks—Viva Voce
By Marek Zebrowski Long dedicated to the promotion of lesser-known composers and repertoire from Central Europe, EDA Records just came out with a terrific new… Read more »
Three Unusual Additions to the PMC Sound Library
By Marek Zebrowski Another batch of gifts from this summer’s travel to Poland includes a fascinating two-CD set of music by Polish composers from the… Read more »
New at Naxos
Halka [Opera] Stanisław Moniuszko (1819-1872): Halka Dominik Sutowicz, Magdalena Molendowska, Łukasz Goliński, Poznań State Moniuszko Opera House Chorus and Orchestra, Gabriel Chmura – cond. NAXOS… Read more »
New on ANAKLASIS Records
PWM Edition’s 75th anniversary album ‘Great Encounters’ The ‘Great Encounters’ album, marking 75 years of PWM Edition, highlights performers’ meetings with excellent music and the… Read more »
‘Roman Maciejewski: Transcriptions for Two Pianos’ CD
A volume of works by Roman Maciejewski is the third CD in a series dedicated to a type of repertoire that is rare in contemporary… Read more »
Lofty Praise for Maestro Nowak
Polish Conductor Grzegorz Nowak’s interpretations on a variety of CDs over the past decade have elicited much praise from critics worldwide. Regardless of whether he… Read more »
Symphony for the planet – Paweł Pudło’s “Elements”
Almost 300 people involved, over 9 years of work, dozens of instruments made of rubbish…this is just the beginning of a long list that enabled the… Read more »
PMC GIFTS: Feb-March 2021
POLMIC’s Easter Surprise Together with the director Mieczysław Kominek, our friends at the Polish Music Information Centre in Warsaw (POLMIC) once again came through for… Read more »
2021 Fryderyk Award Nominations
America has had its Grammy Awards since 1959, when the first gala ceremony was held and, in 1995, Poland followed this fine example by instituting… Read more »
Agnieszka Duczmal and Anna Duczmal-Mróz Lead Laks Recording
Although Szymon Laks (1901-1983) wrote five string quartets, the first two, composed before World War II, are now lost. Laks survived the Holocaust and his… Read more »
Augustyn’s Interview
Nowy Dziennik, the New York City based Polish weekly, featured an extensive interview in Polish with violinist Kinga Augustyn. Published on 14 February 2021, the… Read more »
Recent Polish Recordings
LUTOSŁAWSKI, W.: Symphonies Nos. 2 and 3 Symphonic works by Witold Lutosławski (1913 – 1994) Finnish Radio Symphony, Hannu Lintu – cond. Ondine ODE 1332-5… Read more »
New Release: Polish Heroines of Music
Polish Heroines of Music Elżbieta Sikora (b. 1944): Sonosphère V. Wanda Landowska; Hanna Kulenty (b. 1961): Aisthetikos; Grażyna Bacewicz (1909-1969): Contradizione; Agata Zubel (b. 1978):… Read more »
Krzysztof Komendarek-Tymendorf’s debut album “ReViolation”
The title of a debut album of Polish violist Krzysztof Komendarek-Tymendorf, “ReVIOLAtion, is far from coincidental and implies a “viola revolution.” The disc released by Naxos… Read more »
Rathaus by Stoupel
Karol Rathaus, composer Works by Karol Rathaus (1895-1954) continue to be gradually rediscovered by a growing circle of performers and audiences worldwide. Born in Tarnopol,… Read more »
Wawrowski Rediscovers and Records Różycki
Following on successful premiere performances of the Violin Concerto of Ludomir Różycki (1883-1953) by soloist Janusz Wawrowski in January 2020, an exciting premiere recording of… Read more »
New Weinberg Opera Recording
WEINBERG, M.: Wir gratulieren! Mieczysław Weinberg (1919 – 1996): Pozdravlyayem! [Congratulations!] (1975)—arr. H. Koch for chamber orchestra, and sung in German as Wir Gratulieren! Robert… Read more »
Darek Oleszkiewicz’s New Solo Album
Last week, Darek Oleszkiewicz released a new album entitled “The Promise.” The album is a tribute to the music of John Coltrane, in acoustic solo… Read more »