Kuba Płużek – First Album Ciążownik; User Friendy / Tune; Cyra; Lunzyferion, part 1; Lunzyferion, part 2; Lunzyferion, part 3; Pewelka Kuba Płużek – piano, Dawid Fortuna – drums, Marek Pospieszalski – saxophone, Max Mucha – bass V Records / Universal 5903111377021 In April, the “First Album” of phenomenal young jazz pianist Kuba Płużek was…Continue Reading New Jazz From Płużek
CD 1: Antoni Szałowski – Overture, Witold Lutosławski – Symphonic Variations, Aleksander Tansman – Polish Rhapsody, Karol Rathaus – Music for Strings, Andrzej Panufnik – Tragic Overture. CD 2: Grażyna Bacewicz – Overture for Symphonic Orchestra, Tadeusz Zygrfyd Kassern – Concerto for String Orchestra, Stefan Kisielewski – Concerto for Chamber Orchestra, Ludomir Różycki – Pietà….Continue Reading Sinfonia Varsovia Anniversary Recording
Ju-Young Baek Plays Penderecki and Szymanowski Krzysztof Penderecki: Violin Concerto No.2, ‘Metamorphosen’ ; Karol Szymanowski: Violin Concerto No.1, Op.35 (1916) Ju-Young Baek – violin; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Grzegorz Nowak – cond. RPO Recorded at London’s Cadogan Hall, this new release is violinist Ju-Young Baek’s first recording with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Maestro Grzegorz Nowak. [source:…Continue Reading New Polish Music From RPO
Oskar Kolberg: Songs for voice with piano Oskar Kolberg (1814-1890): Pod twym okienkiem; Do dziewczyny; Młodo zaswatana; Talizman; Zakochana; Przyczyna; Jaskółka; Wyjazd; Kochanka do gwiazdy; Dumny kochanek; Krakowiak; Śpiew poety; Westchnienie za rodzinną chatką; Ułan polski; On zginął; Piszczałeczko jedyna; Wiosna; Gdy na górach świta dzionek; Co mi tam; Kukułeczko moja siwa; Rojenia wiosenne Iwona…Continue Reading Kolberg CD Of Songs
Lutosławski/ Mykietyn : String Quartets Paweł Mykietyn: String Quartet (2006) and Witold Lutosławski: String Quartet (1964) Lutosławski Quartet: Jakub Jakowicz- violin I, Marcin Markowicz- violin II, Artur Rozmysłowicz- viola, Maciej Młodawski- cello DUX 735 The members of the Lutosławski Quartet began their collaborations in 2007. Notorious for performing contemporary music, they focus on the popularization of…Continue Reading New CD Of Mykietyn & Lutosławski
The June 2014 issue of Muzyka 21 features on its cover such teasers as “Jacek Urbaniak—the Renaissance hits of Cyprian Bazylik from Sieradz,” and “Ewa Podleś—Still Topping the Charts.” Further into the magazine, Łukasz Kaczmarek nominates Maria Szymanowska (1789-1831) – Complete Piano Works on Acte Prealable by Sławomir Dobrzański, pianist and a group of assisting…Continue Reading CD Reviews Of Polish Music
Kletzki / Szymanowski / Lutosławski: Music for Violin and Orchestra Paul Kletzki: Violin Concerto (World Premiere Recording); Karol Szymanowski: Violin Concerto no 2; Witold Lutosławski: Partita Robert Davidovici, violin; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Grzegorz Nowak, cond. RPO The latest recording by Maestro Grzegorz Nowak and the Royal Philharmonic was declared “CD of the week” by The Guardian….Continue Reading Nowak & RPO – World Premiere Recording
Andzej Panufnik: Symphony No. 9 and Bassoon Concerto Panufnik (1914-1991): Symphony No. 9 ‘Sinfonia di Speranza’ and Bassoon Concerto Robert Thompson, bassoon; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Sir Andrzej Panufnik, cond. Heritage Records HTGCD266 (available for purchase at www.amazon.co.uk) To mark the centenary of the birth of Polish composer Sir Andrzej Panufnik, Heritage Records is proud to…Continue Reading New Legacy Recording Released
Tempus Fantasy Fantasy on Sergei Prokofiev’s Violin Sonate F minor Op. 80 No. 1; Fantasy on Claude Debussy’s “Pour l’Egyptienne”; Fantasy on Gregorian chant “Dies Irae” & Franz Liszt’s “Totentanz”; Fantasy on Sergei Rachmaninov’s “Vocalise”; Fantasy on Sergei Rachmaninov’s Prelude C sharp minor Op.3 No.2; Fantasy on Frederic Chopin’s Prelude F sharp major Op. 28…Continue Reading Classical Piano Meets Electronica
Karol Szymanowski – Masques, Métopes & Études Szymanowski (1882-1937): 12 Études, Op. 33; Masques, Op. 34; 4 Études, Op. 4; Métopes ‘Trois Poèmes’, Op. 29; Cédric Tiberghien, piano Hyperion CDA67886 (Feb. 2014) In French pianist Cédric Tiberghien’s first solo recording for Hyperion he embraces the sensual, crepuscular sound-world of Szymanowski’s piano music. Tiberghien’s expressive, mercurial,…Continue Reading Szymanowski On Hyperion