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Penderecki: Piano Concerto 'Resurrection'; Flute Concerto / Barry Douglas, piano; Lukasz Dlugosz, flute

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2013-03-26

Works: Krzysztof Penderecki: Resurrection, concerto for piano & orchestra; Concerto for Flute for flute (or clarinet) & chamber orchestra
Performers: Dlugosz, Lukasz; Douglas, Barry [Piano/Conductor]
Conductors: Wit, Antoni
Ensemble: ; Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

Scored for a large orchestra, including triple wind and a raft of percussion, Penderecki's Piano Concerto, heard here in its 2007 revision first performed by...continue...

Penderecki: Horn Concerto; Fonogrammi; Partita; The Awakening of Jacob et al. / Janik, flute; Montone, horn - Antoni Wit

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-06-26

Works: Krzysztof Penderecki: Fonogrammi, for flute & chamber orchestra; The Dream of Jacob; Anaklasis, for string orchestra & percussion; De Natura Sonoris I, for orchestra; Partita, for harpsichord, electr...
Performers: Cembrzynski, Jerzy; Janik, Urszula; Kubicki, Konrad; Lukowicz, Elzbieta Stefanska; Montone, Jennifer; Pindakiewicz, Michal; Witkowska, Barbara
Conductors: Wit, Antoni
Ensemble: ; Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

Each of these six orchestral works bears the imprint of Penderecki's greatness as a composer. Fonogrammi alternates piquant sonorities, pulsating vehemence and moments of great...continue...
Recording information: Warsaw Philharmonic Hall, Warsaw, Poland....continue...

Gorecki: Concerto-Cantata; Three Dances; Little Requiem / Anna Gorecka, piano; Carol Wincenc, flute

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-05-29

Works: Henryk Mikolaj Górecki: Kleines Requiem for a Polka (for piano and 13 instruments), Op. 66; Concerto-Cantata, for flute & orchestra, Op. 65; Concerto for harpsichord (or piano) & orchestra, Op. ...
Performers: Gorecka, Anna; Wincenc, Carol
Conductors: Wit, Antoni
Ensemble: ; Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

These four works, written between 1973 and 1993, fully reflect Górecki's expressive variety. The Little Requiem for a Certain Polka, for piano and thirteen instruments,...continue...
Recording information: Warsaw Philharmonic Hall, Warsaw, Poland....continue...

Masterworks of 20th Century - Penderecki

5 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-09-29

Works: Krzysztof Penderecki: Utrenia I; Utrenia II; Polish Requiem; Passio et mors domini nostri Jesu Christi secundum Lucam "Saint Luke Passion"; Te Deum; Hymne an den heiligen Daniel; Polymorphia
Performers: Hossa, Iwona; Klosinska, Izabella; Kruszewski, Adam; Kusiewicz, Piotr; Malanowicz, Jaroslaw; Minkiewicz, Ryszard; Nowacki, Piotr; Rehlis, Agnieszka; Tesarowicz, Romuald; Zdunikowski, Adam
Conductors: Wit, Antoni
Ensemble: Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra; Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

Penderecki is without a doubt one of the most influential and respected composers of the 20th and 21st centuries. This collection contains his most important...continue...

Penderecki: Utrenja / Wit, Hossa, Rehlis, Kusiewicz, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-04-28

Works: Krzysztof Penderecki: Utrenia I; Utrenia II
Performers: Hossa, Iwona; Kusiewicz, Piotr; Nowacki, Piotr; Rehlis, Agnieszka
Conductors: Wit, Antoni
Ensemble: Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

Penderecki's 'Utrenja' was inspired by the Orthodox liturgy for Holy Saturday with its focus on the lamentation of Christ's death and the Easter Sunday morning...continue...

Schnittke: Viola Concerto; Shostakovich: Viola Sonata / Kitayenko, Tamestit, Hadulla, Warsaw PO

1 CD / Naïve / 2008-08-26

Works: Alfred Schnittke: Concerto for Viola; Dmitry Shostakovich: Sonata for Viola and Piano, Op. 147
Performers: Hadulla, Markus; Tamesit, Antoine
Conductors: Kitayenko, Dmitri
Ensemble: Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

"His technique is pristine, and even the most demanding of extended techniques called for (in particular by Schnittke) are executed with a sense of complete...continue...

Górecki: Symphony no 3 / Kozlowska, Kord, Warsaw PO

1 CD / Universal Classics / 2004-04-13

Works: Henryk Mikolaj Górecki: Symphony no 3, Op. 36 ("Symphony of Sorrowful Songs")
Performers: Kozlowska, Joanna
Conductors: Kord, Kazimierz
Ensemble: Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

Penderecki: St. Luke Passion / Wit, Warsaw National, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-01-01

Works: Krzysztof Penderecki: Passio et mors domini nostri Jesu Christi secundum Lucam "Saint Luke Passion"
Performers: Klosinska, Izabella; Kruszewski, Adam; Malanowicz, Jaroslaw; Tesarowicz, Romuald
Conductors: Wit, Antoni
Ensemble: Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

"The work's formidable technical difficulties and the sheer logistical challenge of performing it are probably why even the biggest and best of established performing institutions...continue...

Heavenly Adagios

2 CD / Decca / 2003-11-04

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (BC A174); Cantata no 140, "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme," BWV 140 (BC A166); Cantata no 208, "Was mir behagt," (H...
Performers: Agoult, Raymond; Berbié, Jane; Bonynge, Richard; Brown, Iona; Caracciolo, Franco; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Chorus, Vienna State Opera; Davis, Colin, Sir [Conductor]; Dutoit, Charles; Gergie...
Conductors: Munchinger, Karl; Bonynge, Richard; Dutoit, Charles; Agoult, Raymond; Karajan, Herbert von; Solti, Sir Georg; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Judd, James; Page, Neil; Marriner, Sir Neville; Rogé, Pasca...
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; English Sinfonia; Kirov Theater Orchestra; Montreal Symphony Orchestra; Naples Rossini Orchestra; National Philharmonic Orchestra; New...

Personnel: Anthony Way (treble); Marie Goosens, Marisa Robles (harp); Michael Kennedy, Iona Brown (violin); Julian Lloyd Webber, Miklós Perényi (cello); Pascal Rogé (piano)....continue...

Panufnik, Lutoslawski, Szymanski: Piano Concertos /Kord, etc

1 CD / CD Accord / 1998-01-01

Works: Andrzej Panufnik: Concerto for Piano; Witold Lutoslawski: Concerto for Piano "For Krystian Zimerman"; Pawel Szymanski: Concerto for Piano
Performers: Poblocka, Ewa
Conductors: Kord, Kazimierz
Ensemble: Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

The Art of Robert Black

1 CD / Bridge / 1996-01-01

Works: Robert Black: Capriccio (Blown Apart); Foramen Habet!; Pieces (3) for Violin and Piano; Igor Stravinsky: Concerto in E flat major "Dumbarton Oaks"
Performers: Abramovic, Charles; Fulkerson, Gregory; Winn, James
Conductors: Swoboda, Jerzy; Black, Robert
Ensemble: PRISM Orchestra; Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra