Already it is Dusk John Cage – In a Landscape; Guillaume Dufay – Ave maris stella; Johann Sebastian Bach – French Suite No. 5 in G major, BWV 816; Andrzej Krzanowski – Relief II; Henry Purcell – An Evening HymnI; Arvo Pärt – Fratres; Wacław z Szamotuł – Modlitwa, gdy dziatki spać idą; Henryk Mikołaj…Continue Reading Przybylski Plays Hammond Organ
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 2017. To date, the track of Wieniawski’s Violin Concerto No. 2 has already been listened to by 80,000 people on Spotify. The album has also received great reviews: Gramophone Magazine: “Wawrowski…Continue Reading March Discography
Leszek Łakowski—Love Songs Leszek Kułakowski – piano, Piotr Kułakowski – double bass, Tomasz Sowiński – drums, Joanna Knitter – vocals, Tomasz Grzegorski – saxophone, Maciej Grzywacz – guitar Soliton Records (2017) From a review by Adam Baruch at Polish-Jazz.Blogspot.com: This is a beautiful album by Polish pianist/composer Leszek Kułakowski, who shows herein yet another facet of his…Continue Reading Discography February 2018
Paderewski & Stojowski By Plowright & Borowicz Polish Music for Piano and Orchestra Paderewski: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 17 and Série de morceaux, Op. 16; Stojowski: Rapsodie Symphonique, Op. 23 Jonathan Plowright (piano); Sinfonia Iuventus; Łukasz Borowicz (cond.) Warner Classics 9029578756 (Nov 3, 2017) “Any new Jonathan Plowright recording is a cause for celebration, even more…Continue Reading January Discography
Roman Maciejewski Piano Music Lullaby • 4 Miniatures • Mazur (version I) • Mazur (version II) • Mazurka ”Echo from the Tatras” • Sparking dance • Fandango • Triptych Mariusz Ciolko (piano) DUX 1410 Feliks Nowowiejski To Those Who Love Me Weihnacht in der uralten Marienkirche zu Krakau. Fantasie op. 31 nr 3 • Polish Phantasy…Continue Reading New on DUX
Penderecki / Dvořák / Sinfonia Varsovia Penderecki: Symphony #2 “Christmas” (1980); Dvořák: Symphony #7 in D minor, Op. 70 (1885). Sinfonia Varsovia, Krzysztof Penderecki – cond. Warner Classics 0190295732721 The new album by the Sinfonia Varsovia Orchestra, released with Warner Classics, is a musical gift on the birthday of Maestro Krzysztof Penderecki, the artistic director of…Continue Reading Penderecki/Sinfonia Varsovia on Warner Classics
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: Miniature for Two Pianos (1953); Henryk Mikołaj Górecki: Toccata op. 2 for Two Pianos (1955); Romuald Twardowski: Improvisation and Toccata for Two Pianos (1974); Jerzy Bauer: Divertimento in Three “Pieces”…Continue Reading Polish Music for 2 Pianos/4 Hands
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) Messages Quartet: Małgorzata Wasiucionek (violin); Oriana Masternak (violin); Maria Dutka (viola); Beata Urbanek-Kalinowska (cello) DUX 1286 In her October 13 review for Le Monde, Marie-Aude Roux praised the Messages String Quartetfor the…Continue Reading Another Great Review for Messages Quartet’s Laks Album
War Horns – Paweł Pudło Paweł Pudło: War Horns – a Concerto for 10 French Horns Czesław Czopka, Gabriel Czopka, Stefan de Leval Jezierski, Mateusz Feliński, Łukasz Łacny, Anna Mondry, Grzegorz Mondry, Michał Szczerba, Igor Szeligowski and Robert Wasik – horns DUX 1440 Paweł Pudło is the composer, creative director and art director of the WAR HORNS…Continue Reading War Horns
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 chamber orchestra, solo violin and computers (2014) Adam Baldych, Andrzej Bauer, Szymon Bywalec, Ensemble Musikfabrik, Clemens Heil, Maciej Koczur, LutosAir Quintet, Lutoslawski Quartet, Rafal Luc, Diego Masson, New Music Orchestra,…Continue Reading Recent Works by Paweł Hendrich