Lutoslawski, Witold

Lutoslawski: The Symphonies nos 1-4; Fanfare for Los Angeles Philharmonic (1993) /Salonen, LA PO

2 CD / Sony Classical / 2013-03-12

Works: Witold Lutoslawski: Fanfare for Los Angeles Philharmonic, for orchestra; Symphony no 1; Symphony no 2; Symphony no 3; Symphony no 4
Performers: Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductors: Salonen, Esa-Pekka
Ensemble: ; Los Angeles Philharmonic

World-renowned conductor, Esa-Pekka Salonen, and the Los Angeles Philharmonic join together to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of legendary Polish composer Witold Lutoslawski....continue...

Lutoslawski: Symphony No. 3; Concerto for Orchestra / Berlin Philharmonic

1 CD / Decca / 2012-12-11

Works: Witold Lutoslawski: Concerto for Orchestra; Paroles tissées (Woven words), for tenor & 20 solo instruments; Symphony no 3
Performers: Pears, Peter, Sir
Conductors: Rowicki, Witold; Lutoslawski, Witold
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

The 20th century inspired music that was provocative and challenging - music that in many ways we are still corning to terms with. The ideas...continue...
Recording information: Cathedral of Christ the King, Katowice, Poland (09/28/1972); Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin-Dahlem (09/28/1972); The Maltings Concert Hall, Snape, Suffolk (Aldeburgh Fe (09/28/19...continue...

Lutoslawski: Orchestral Works, Vol. 3 / Symphony No. 2; Grave; Cello Concerto; Mala Suite / Edward Gardner, BBC Symphony Orchestra; Paul Watkins, cello

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2012-11-13

Works: Witold Lutoslawski: Little Suite, for chamber orchestra (later arr. for full orchestra); Concerto for Cello; Metamorphoses; Symphony no 2
Performers: Watkins, Paul [Cello, Conductor]
Conductors: Gardner, Edward
Ensemble: ; BBC Symphony Orchestra

This is the fourth volume in Chandos' series devoted to the music of the Polish composer Witold Lutoslawski. Described by Gramophone as a 'veritable dream...continue...
Recording information: Watford Colosseum (12/05/2011-12/06/2011)....continue...

Perspectives: Pärt, Lutoslawski, Kurtag, Webern, Hogberg / Tromso CO; Dan Styfee, double bass

1 CD / Simax / 2012-07-31

Works: Anton Webern: Movements (5), version for string orchestra, Op. 5; Arvo Pärt: Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten, for string orchestra & bell; György Kurtág: Aus der Ferne no 3, for s...
Conductors: Holthe, Kolbjorn
Ensemble: ; Tromso Chamber Orchestra

The works on this recording embrace ninety-nine years of European music history and are balanced by paradoxical opposites; the program is dominated by moods of...continue...
Recording information: Målselv kirke, Bardufoss, Norway (01/17/2012-01/19/2012); Målselv kirke, Bardufoss, Norway (10/17/2011-10/19/2011)....continue...

Lutoslawski: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2 / Louis Lortie, Gardner/BBC SO

1 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records / 2012-01-31

Works: Witold Lutoslawski: Symphonic Variations, for orchestra; Concerto for Piano "For Krystian Zimerman"; Variations on a theme of Paganini for 2 Pianos; Symphony no 4
Performers: Lortie, Louis
Conductors: Gardner, Edward
Ensemble: ; BBC Symphony Orchestra

This is the third volume in the Chandos series devoted to the music of the Polish composer Witold Lutoslawski. It brings together his first surviving...continue...
Recording information: Walthamstow Assembly Hall (06/29/2011-06/30/2011)....continue...

Dances to a Black Pipe - works for solo clarinet by Copland, Brahms, Piazzolla, Lutoslawski et al. / Martin Frost, clarinet

1 Super Audio CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2011-11-03

Works: Aaron Copland: Concerto for Clarinet; Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dances; Göran Frost: Klezmer Dances, for clarinet & strings; Witold Lutoslawski: Dance Preludes (5) for solo clarinet, harp, pian...
Performers: Frost, Martin; Gleeson, Richard; Martin, Benjamin; Nixon, Brian; Reeves, Lucy; Tognetti, Richard
Conductors: Tognetti, Richard

Martin Fröst isn't just one of the major clarinetists of our time - he is also an intrepid adventurer who challenges conventional notions of how...continue...
Recording information: Eugene Goossens Hall, ABC Centre, Sydney, Australia (05/2011-06/2011)....continue...

ASM35: The Complete Musician / Anne Sofie Mutter, violin [38 CDs / 2 DVDs]

40 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2011-10-15

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Violin no 3 in G major, K. 216; Concerto for Violin no 5 in A major ("Turkish") K. 219; Sonata for Violin and Piano in E minor, K 304 (300c); Concerto for Violin...
Performers: Bashmet, Yuri [Conductor/Viola]; Borucinska, Krystyna; Giuranna, Bruno; Harrell, Lynn; Ma, Yo-Yo; Meneses, Antonio; Moll, Phillip; Muller-Schott, Daniel; Mutter, Anne-Sophie; Orkis, Lambert [Keyboard...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Sacher, Paul; Lutoslawski, Witold; Ozawa, Seiji; Levine, James; Previn, Andre; Penderecki, Krzysztof; ; Masur, Kurt; Mutter, Anne-Sophie; Gergiev, Valery; Krenz, Jan
Ensemble: ; Trondheim Soloists (Trondheimsolistene)

August 23rd, 2011 is Anne-Sophie Mutter's 35th anniversary on stage. DG fetes the violinist with this limited edition set of 38 CDs in original jacket...continue...

The Los Angeles Philharmonic in the Walt Disney Concert Hall / Chalifour, Salonen

1 CD / Yarlung / 2011-09-27

Works: Steven Stucky: Tres Pinturas; Witold Lutoslawski: Chain 2, dialogue for violin & orchestra; Esa-Pekka Salonen: Lachen Verlernt; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Violin no 5 in A major ("Turkish"...
Performers: Chalifour, Martin; Martin, Joanne Pearce
Conductors: Boreyko, Andrey; Marriner, Sir Neville

Sir Neville Marriner and the Los Angeles Philharmonic perform Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 5 with soloist Martin Chalifour in the magnificent Walt Disney Concert Hall....continue...

ASM 35: The Complete Musician / Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2011-09-13

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Sonata in D major for solo violin, Op. 115; Sonata in D major, for violin and piano, Op. 94a; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto no 3 in G major, for violin and orchestra, K. 216; So...
Performers: Giuranna, Bruno; Meneses, Antonio; Mutter, Anne-Sophie; Orkis, Lambert [Keyboards]; Previn, Andre [Conductor/Piano]; Rostropovich, Mstislav
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Lutoslawski, Witold; Previn, Andre; Levine, James; Masur, Kurt; Mutter, Anne-Sophie
Ensemble: ; Trondheim Soloists (Trondheimsolistene)

To mark her highly publicized performance at the 2011 Classic Brits, DG are releasing this stunning 2CD set of some of her very best recordings....continue...

20th Century Classics: Lutoslawski - Orchestral Works

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-02-15

Works: Witold Lutoslawski: Symphonic Variations, for orchestra; Symphony no 1; Funeral Music, for string orchestra; Symphony no 2; Concerto for Orchestra; Venetian Games; Livre pour Orchestre; Mi-Parti
Conductors: Lutoslawski, Witold

BBC Music Magazine
Classic recordings under the composer's taut direction, which remain consistently impressive and, in the Concerto for Orchestra and later masterpieces such as Livre...continue...
Recording information: Polish Radio & Television Studios, Katowice, Poland....continue...

Milestones - 6 Cello Concertos / Peter Wispelwey, et al

4 CD / Channel Classics / 2010-12-14

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Concerto for Cello no 1 in C major, H. 7b/1; Symphony no 104 in D major, H 1 no 104 "London"; Concerto for Cello no 2 in D major, H. 7b/2 (Op. 101); Robert Schumann: Concerto for ...
Performers: Giacometti, Paolo; Wispelwey, Pieter
Conductors: ; Tognetti, Richard; Renes, Lawrence; Steen, Jac van
Ensemble: ; Florilegium Musicum Ensemble (Netherlands); Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra; Netherlands Wind Ensemble

Cellist Pieter Wispelwey’s many excellent Channel Classics recordings have won the artist many fans. Milestones, a specially priced collection of cello works spanning 200 years,...continue...

Witold Lutoslawski: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1

1 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records / 2010-10-26

Works: Witold Lutoslawski: Symphony no 3; Chain 3, for orchestra; Concerto for Orchestra
Conductors: Gardner, Edward

Edward Gardner, the music director of English National Opera and an exclusive Chandos artist, has completed the first disc in a projected Chandos series devoted...continue...
Recording information: Assembly Hall, Walthamstow, London, England (07/05/2010/07/06/2010)....continue...

Lutosalwaski: Opera Omnia 02

1 CD / CD Accord / 2010-06-29

Works: Witold Lutoslawski: Symphony no 2; Symphony no 4
Conductors: Kaspszyk, Jacek

Recording information: Jan Kaczmarek Concert Hall of Radio Wroclaw (06/16/2009-06/18/2009)....continue...

Peter Pears: Anniversary Tribute

6 CD / Decca / 2010-06-21

Works: Benjamin Britten: Serenade, for tenor, horn & strings, Op. 31; Sonnets (7) of Michelangelo, for voice & piano, Op. 22; The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54; The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37; Canticle II, Op. 51...
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Brain, Dennis [French Horn]; Bream, Julian [Guitar]; Britten, Benjamin; Bush, Alan; Cable, Margaret; Cross, Joan; Dart, Thurston; Dickinson, Meriel; Dickson,...
Conductors: Britten, Benjamin; Bedford, Steuart; Boult, Adrian; Norrington, Roger; Munchinger, Karl; Jochum, Eugen; Davis, Colin; Lutoslawski, Witold
Ensemble: ; Melos Ensemble of London

The recorded legacy of the great English tenor Peter Pears is substantial and wide-ranging. It embraces Baroque repertory and Elizabethan songs as well as a...continue...

Dutilleux, Lutoslawski: Works for Cello

1 Super Audio CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2009-12-02

Works: Henri Dutilleux: Tout un monde lointain. . ., concerto for cello & orchestra; Strophes (3) sur le nom de Sacher; Witold Lutoslawski: Concerto for Cello; Sacher Variation, for cello solo
Performers: Poltéra, Christian
Conductors: Steen, Jac van

All four works on this disc share Mstislav Rostropovich as a common denominator. As the dedicatee of Henri Dutilleux's Tout un monde lointainand Witold Lutoslawski's...continue...

Best 100 20th Century Classics

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-07-28

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor; Concerto for Piano no 3 in D minor; Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini; Songs (14), Op. 34; Sergey Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet; Lieutenant Kij...
Performers: Alexeev, Dmitri; Auger, Arleen; Barrueco, Manuel; Bashmet, Yuri [Conductor/Viola]; Bean, Hugh; Beniston, Paul; Bloch, Nikolaj; Bowers-Broadbent, Christopher; Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Bream...
Conductors: Foster, Lawrence; Previn, Andre; Kurtz, Efrem; Tennstedt, Klaus; Jansons, Mariss; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Temirkanov, Yuri; Barbirolli, John; Boult, Adrian; Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae; Wit, Antoni; M...
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Modern (Frankfurt)

Sorensen: Shadows of Silence, Lullabies; Dalbavie, Kurtág, Lutoslawski / Leif Ove Andsnes

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-07-14

Works: Bent Sorensen: Lullabies for Piano; The Shadows of Silence, for piano; Witold Lutoslawski: Concerto for Piano "For Krystian Zimerman"; György Kurtág: Játékok (Games), for pi...
Performers: Andsnes, Leif Ove
Conductors: Welser-Möst, Franz

Hailed as both "thoughtful musician and breathtaking figure-skater of a technician" (Financial Times), Leif Ove Andsnes has long championed what has been called "contemporary music...continue...

Little Big Music - Britten, Holst, Lutoslawski, Kilar / Massimiliano Caldi, et al

1 CD / Dux (Poland) / 2009-04-28

Works: Benjamin Britten: Variations on a Theme by Frank Bridge, for strings, Op. 10; Gustav Holst: St. Paul's Suite for Strings, Op. 29 no 2/H 118; Witold Lutoslawski: Folk Melodies (5) arranged for string ...
Conductors: Caldi, Massimiliano

Recording information: Silesian Philharmonic Concert Hall, Katowice, Poland (10/2008)....continue...

Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria

1 CD / Summit Records / 2008-07-08

Works: Peter Josef von Lindpaintner: Sinfonie Concertante for wind quintet & orchestra in B flat, Op 36; Franz Danzi: Concertante in B flat major for flute, clarinet & orchestra, Op. 41; Richard Strauss: Du...
Performers: Cavallin, Radovan; Doumerc, Jean-Francois; Gelinas, Valerie; Mir, Salvador; Sparrow, Emily; Stettler, Manfred; Williams, Catrin Mair; Zarzo, Jose
Conductors: König, Christoph; Leaper, Adrian; Encinar, Jose Ramon

Schönberg, Lutoslawski / Herbig, Berliner Sinfonie-Orchester

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Arnold Schoenberg: Pieces (5) for orchestra, Op. 16; Variations for Orchestra, Op. 31; Witold Lutoslawski: Funeral Music, for string orchestra; Livre pour Orchestre
Conductors: Herbig, Günther

"...This conductor and orchestra bring a marvelous sense of line and orchestral color to both composers, delivering Lutoslawski's memorial to Bartok with the right vernacular...continue...

Witold Lutoslawski: Intégrale des Oeuvres pour Orchestre à Cordes

1 CD / Forlane (France) Import / 2007-07-10

Works: Witold Lutoslawski: Preludes and Fugue for Strings; Overture for Strings, for string orchestra; Funeral Music; Metamorphoses; Folk Melodies (5) arranged for string orchestra
Performers: Cohen, David
Conductors: Dessy, Jean-Paul

Bartok, Lutoslawski: Concertos for Orchestra / Jarvi, et al

1 CD / Telarc / 2006-04-25

Works: Witold Lutoslawski: Concerto for Orchestra; Fanfare for Louisville, for orchestra; Béla Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra, Sz 116
Conductors: Paavo, Järvi

"This is one of the most beautifully played and recorded performances of the Bartok and Lutoslawski Concertos that I've heard. The orchestra's sound is dark...continue...

Bartok, Lutoslawski: Concertos for Orchestra / Jarvi, et al

1 Super Audio CD / Telarc / 2006-04-25

Works: Witold Lutoslawski: Concerto for Orchestra; Fanfare for Louisville, for orchestra; Béla Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra, Sz 116
Conductors: Paavo, Järvi

Paavo Jarvi and the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra make their ninth Telarc recording with Concertos for Orchestra by both Bela Bartok and Witold Lutoslawski, as well...continue...

Lutoslawski: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4; Partita for Violin & Orchestra

1 CD / Dux (Poland) / 2005-11-29

Works: Witold Lutoslawski: Symphony no 3; Partita, for violin, orchestra & obbligato piano (arranged from version for violin & piano); Symphony no 4
Performers: Brozek, Antoni; Lasocki, Roman
Conductors: Blaszczyk, Miroslaw Jacek

Lutoslawski: Concerto for Orchestra; Cello Concerto

1 CD / Dux (Poland) / 2005-07-26

Works: Witold Lutoslawski: Concerto for Orchestra; Concerto for Cello
Performers: Kwiatowski, Rafal
Conductors: Wit, Antoni

Elgar, Lutoslawski: Cello Concertos / Wispelwey, van Steen

1 CD / Channel Classics / 1999-03-01

Works: Edward Elgar: Concerto for Cello; Witold Lutoslawski: Concerto for Cello
Performers: Wispelwey, Pieter
Conductors: Steen, Jac van

Frank Martin, Witold Lutoslawski, Jacques Ibert: Concertante

1 CD / Campanella Musica / 1998-01-01

Works: Frank Martin: Dances (3) for oboe solo & harp solo, string quintet & string orchestra; Witold Lutoslawski: Double Concerto for oboe, harp & chamber orchestra; Jacques Ibert: Symphonie concertante, fo...
Performers: Schellenberger, HansJörg [Oboe/Conductor]; Suss, Margit-Anna
Conductors: Peskó, Zoltán

Lutoslawski: Piano Concerto; Symphony No. 3

1 CD / CD Accord / 1996-01-01

Works: Witold Lutoslawski: Concerto for Piano "For Krystian Zimerman"; Symphony no 3
Performers: Poblocka, Ewa
Conductors: Lutoslawski, Witold

Bravura

1 CD / Delos / 1987-01-01

Works: Ottorino Respighi: Feste romane; Richard Strauss: Don Juan, Op. 20; Witold Lutoslawski: Concerto for Orchestra
Conductors: DePreist, James