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Janacek: Glagolitic Mass; Sinfonietta / Libor, Marciniec, Bentch, Gierlach

1 CD / Naxos Blu-Ray / 2011-11-15

Works: Leos Janácek: Glagolitic Mass; Sinfonietta
Performers: Libor, Christine
Conductors: Wit, Antoni
Ensemble: Warsaw Philharmonic Choir

Leo Janácek's dramatic Glagolitic Mass is set to a ninth century Old Church Slavonic text. With its highly individual synthesis of thunderous brass outbursts, rhythmic...continue...
Recording information: Warsaw Philharmonic Hall, Warsaw, Poland (04/2010/09/2009)....continue...

Szymanowski: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2 / Antoni Wit, Warsaw PO [Blu-Ray Audio]

1 CD / Naxos Blu-Ray / 2011-05-31

Conductors: Wit, Antoni
Ensemble: Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

Although Szymanowski later dubbed his Symphony No. 1 a "contrapuntal-harmonic-orchestral monster" and disavowed the influence of Wagner, Reger and Richard Strauss, it is an astonishingly...continue...

Mahler: Symphony No. 8 "Symphony of a Thousand"

1 CD / Naxos Blu-Ray / 2011-04-26

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 8 in E flat major
Conductors: Wit, Antoni

With its enormous vocal, choral and orchestra forces, Mahler's Eight Symphony, later dubbed "Symphony of a Thousand," is one of the largest and longest symphonies...continue...
Recording information: Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall (06/01/2005-06/06/2005)....continue...

Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2; Variations on "La ci darem"

1 CD / Naxos Blu-Ray / 2011-02-22

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Concerto for Piano no 2 in F minor, B 43/Op. 21; Variations for Piano and Orchestra in B flat major on Mozart's "Là ci darem", Op. 2; Andante spianato et Grand polonai...
Performers: Nebolsin, Eldar
Conductors: Wit, Antoni

Using the new Polish National Chopin Edition, acclaimed pianist Eldar Nebolsin and Poland's national orchestra conducted by the renowned Polish conductor Antoni Wit, here present...continue...
Recording information: Warsaw Philharmonic Hall, Warsaw, Poland (09/01/2009-09/05/2009)....continue...

Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1; Fantasy on Polish Airs; Krakowiak

1 CD / Naxos Blu-Ray / 2011-02-22

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Concerto for Piano no 1 in E minor, B 53/Op. 11; Fantasia for Piano and Orchestra in A major on Polish Airs, Op 13; Rondo for Piano and Orchestra in F major, Op. 14 "Kr...
Performers: Nebolsin, Eldar
Conductors: Wit, Antoni

Chopin's youthful Piano Concerto No. 1 is dominated by the brilliant piano part that the teenage performer-composer wrote to showcase his extraordinary virtuosity. It's ravishing...continue...
Recording information: Warsaw Philharmonic Hall, Warsaw, Poland (09/01/2009-09/05/2009)....continue...