March Discography
Success For Wawrowski’s Brillante Violinist Janusz Wawrowski recorded his last album, Brillante (Warner Classics 0190295808440), with the Stuttgarter Philharmoniker and Daniel Raiskin, and it was released at the end of… Read more »
Discography
Discography February 2018
Leszek Łakowski—Love Songs Leszek Kułakowski – piano, Piotr Kułakowski – double bass, Tomasz Sowiński – drums, Joanna Knitter – vocals, Tomasz Grzegorski – saxophone, Maciej… Read more »
January Discography
Paderewski & Stojowski By Plowright & Borowicz Polish Music for Piano and Orchestra Paderewski: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 17 and Série de morceaux, Op.… Read more »
New on DUX
Roman Maciejewski Piano Music Lullaby • 4 Miniatures • Mazur (version I) • Mazur (version II) • Mazurka ”Echo from the Tatras” • Sparking dance… Read more »
Penderecki/Sinfonia Varsovia on Warner Classics
Penderecki / Dvořák / Sinfonia Varsovia Penderecki: Symphony #2 “Christmas” (1980); Dvořák: Symphony #7 in D minor, Op. 70 (1885). Sinfonia Varsovia, Krzysztof Penderecki –… Read more »
Polish Music for 2 Pianos/4 Hands
A Polish Kaleidoscope 2: Polish Music for Two Pianos Władysława Markiewiczówna: Suite for Two Pianos (1936); Michał Spisak: Concerto for Two Pianos (1942); Witold Lutosławski:… Read more »
Another Great Review for Messages Quartet’s Laks Album
Szymon Laks: String Quartets Szymon Laks: String Quartet No. 3 “On Polish Folk Themes” (1945); String Quartet No. 4 (1962); String Quartet No. 5 (1963)… Read more »
War Horns
War Horns – Paweł Pudło Paweł Pudło: War Horns – a Concerto for 10 French Horns Czesław Czopka, Gabriel Czopka, Stefan de Leval Jezierski, Mateusz… Read more »
Recent Works by Paweł Hendrich
Metaforma Emergon αβ for chamber ensemble and computer (2011) • Sedimetron for chamber ensemble (2012) • Ertytre for eight cellos (2013-14) • Pteropetros for wind quintet, accordion and string quartet (2015) • Alopopulo for… Read more »
Opałka’s ‘Emerge’ Reviewed in Gramophone
EMERGE Tomasz J. Opałka (b. 1983): Collisions of the Matter; Symphony No 2 “Emerge”; DNA – Concerto for Bass Clarinet; Quadra Sinfonia Iuventus, Krzysztof Słowiński – cond.; Polish Radio… Read more »
New Releases from Sinfonia Iuventus
Paderewski & Stojowski – Polish Music for Piano and Orchestra Paderewski: Piano Concerto in A Minor Op.17; Stojowski: Symphony Rhapsody for piano and orchestra Op.… Read more »
New Music by Meyer
Krzysztof Meyer – Works for Choir and Orchestra Krzysztof Meyer (b. 1943): Hommage a Johannes Brahms for Orchestra, Op. 59 (1982) • Concerto for Flute and Orchestra… Read more »
In Praise of New Laks CS by Messages
Szymon Laks String Quartets String Quartet No. 3 “On Polish Folk Themes” (1945); String Quartet No. 4 (1962); String Quartet No. 5 (1963). Messages Quartet:… Read more »
Chopin on Orfeo
CHOPIN, F.: Etudes, Opp. 10 and 25 Fryderyk Chopin: 12 Etudes, Op. 10; 12 Etudes, Op. 25 Amir Katz Orfeo C922171A (May 12, 2017); Available on Amazon Israeli… Read more »
Lutosławski and Other Duos for Cello and Violin
Duos for Violin & Cello: Staśkiewicz & Koziak Zoltán Kodály: Duo op.7; Bohuslav Martinů: Duo nr.1, H.157; Witold Lutosławski: Bukoliki; Maurice Ravel: Sonata Sarton 026-2 (June… Read more »
Polish-American Composers on Naxos
NOWAKOWSKI, M.: Blood, Forgotten Mark Nowakowski: String Quartet No. 1, “Songs of Forgiveness”; Blood, Forgotten; String Quartet No. 2, “Grandfather Songs”; A Usnijze mi, usnij… Read more »
SWR Presents ‘Polska’ for Choir
POLSKA : Choral Music – Szymanowski, K. / Penderecki, K. / Górecki, H. / Lutosławski, W. Karol Szymanowski: Piesni kurpiowskie (Kurpie Songs); Krzysztof Penderecki: Veni… Read more »
Łukaszewski on Warner
Paweł Łukaszewski: Motets Paweł Łukaszewski: Motette; Adoramus Te, Christe; Pater Noster; Psalmus 120; Beatus Vir, Sanctus Adalbertus; Nunc dimittis; Beatus vir, Sanctus Martinus; Psalmus 129;… Read more »
Szymanowski by Karaśkiewicz
KAROL SZYMANOWSKI – PIANO MUSIC Karol Szymanowski: Nine Preludes, Op. 1; Four Études, Op. 4; Masques, Op. 34; Two Mazurkas, Op. 62 Barbara Karaśkiewicz –… Read more »
New on CD Accord
PĘKIEL, B.: Masses (Wrocław Baroque Ensemble, Kosendiak) Bartłomiej Pękiel: Missa a 14; Canon a 6: Tres Canones Simul Cantatur 1; Missa senza le cerimonie; Canon… Read more »