Krzysztof Penderecki - Orchestral & Choral Works

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Composer: Krzysztof Penderecki

CD1

1. Symphony No. 2 'Christmas Symphony'
2. Te Deum

CD2

1. Lacrimosa
2. Magnificat: I. Magnificat - Fuga (Quia respexit) - Et misericordia
3. Magnificat: II. Fecit potentiam
4. Magnificat: III. Passacaglia (Desposuit potentes)
5. Magnificat: IV. Sicut locutus est - Gloria
6. Kanon

Jadwiga Gadulanka, soprano

Ewa Podleś, contralto

Wiesław Ochman, tenor

Andrzej Hiolski, baritone

Peter Lagger, bass

Polish Radio Chorus & Orchestra, Kraków

Boys' Chorus from the Kraków Philharmonic Chorus

Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra

Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra

Krzysztof Penderecki, conductor

Compilation: 2001

Release: 2008

Label: EMI

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Krzysztof Penderecki - Orchestral Works

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Composer: Krzysztof Penderecki

CD1

1. Anaklasis, for strings and percussion
2. Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima
3. Fonogrammi
4. De Natura Sonoris No. 1
5. Capriccio, for violin and orchestra
6. Canticum Canticorum Salomonis
7. De Natura Sonoris No. 2
8. The Dream of Jacob

CD2

1. Emanationem, for two string orchestras
2. Partita, for harpsichord and chamber orchestra
3. Cello Concerto No. 1
4. Symphony No. 1: I. Arche - Dynamis I
5. Symphony No. 1: II. Dynamis II - Arche II
6. Three Miniatures, for clarinet and piano: I. Allegro
7. Three Miniatures, for clarinet and piano: II. Andante cantabile
8. Three Miniatures, for clarinet and piano: III. Allegro ma non troppo

Wanda Wilkomirska, violin

Siegfried Palm, cello

Felicja Blumental, harpsichord

Sabine Meyer, clarinet

Alfons Kontarsky, piano

Kraków Philharmonic Chorus

London Symphony Orchestra

Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra

Krzysztof Penderecki, conductor

Compilation: 2012

Label: EMI

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Witold Lutosławski - Complete Piano Music (Giorgio Koukl)

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Composer: Witold Lutosławski

• Piano Sonata
• Bucolics
• Three Pieces for the Young
• A Kiss of Roxanne
• Winter Waltz
• Folk Melodies
• Two Études
• Invention (undated)
• Invention (1968)
• An Overheard Melody (for piano 4 hands)
• Miniatura (original version for piano 4 hands)

Giorgio Koukl, piano

Virginia Rossetti, piano 4 hands

Date: 2018

Label: Grand Piano

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Witold Lutosławski - Vocal Works (Edward Gardner)

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Composer: Witold Lutosławski

• Tryptyk śląski (Silesian Triptych)
• Lacrimosa
• Paroles tissées
• Śpijże, śpij ('Sleep, sleep) (No. 3 from four Children's Songs)
• Les Espaces du sommeil
• Chantefleurs et Chantefables

Lucy Crowe, soprano

Toby Spence, tenor

Christopher Purves, baritone

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Edward Gardner, conductor

Date: 2011

Label: Chandos

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Witold Lutosławski - Twenty Polish Christmas Carols; etc. (Antoni Wit)

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Composer: Witold Lutosławski

• Twenty Polish Christmas Carols
• Lacrimosa
• Five Songs after poems by Kazimiera Iłłakowicz

Olga Pasichnyk, soprano

Jadwiga Rappé, alto

Polish Radio Chorus, Kraków

Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra

Antoni Wit, conductor

Date: 2005

Label: Naxos

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Witold Lutosławski - Orchestral Works Vol. 4 (Tasmin Little; Edward Gardner)

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Composer: Witold Lutosławski

• Symphony No. 1
• Partita, for Violin and Orchestra with Piano obbligato
• Chain 2, Dialogue for violin and orchestra
• Preludia taneczne, for Clarinet Solo, Percussion, Harp, Piano, and Strings

Tasmin Little, violin

Michael Collins, clarinet

Elizabeth Burley, piano

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Edward Gardner, conductor

Date: 2013

Label: Chandos

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Witold Lutosławski - Orchestral Works Vol. 3 (Paul Watkins; Edward Gardner)

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Composer: Witold Lutosławski

• Mała suita (Little Suite)
• Concerto for Cello and Orchestra
• Grave (Metamorphoses for Cello and String Orchestra)
• Symphony No. 2

Paul Watkins, cello

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Edward Gardner, conductor

Date: 2012

Label: Chandos

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Witold Lutosławski - Orchestral Works Vol. 2 (Louis Lortie; Edward Gardner)

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Composer: Witold Lutosławski

• Symphonic Variations
• Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
• Variations on a Theme of Paganini, for solo piano and orchestra
• Symphony No. 4

Louis Lortie, piano

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Edward Gardner, conductor

Date: 2012

Label: Chandos

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Witold Lutosławski - Orchestral Works Vol. 1 (Edward Gardner)

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Composer: Witold Lutosławski

• Symphony No. 3
• Chain 3
• Concerto for Orchestra

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Edward Gardner, conductor

Date: 2010

Label: Chandos

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Henri Dutilleux; Witold Lutosławski - Cello Concertos (Mstislav Rostropovich)

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Composer: Henri Dutilleux; Witold Lutosławski

• Dutilleux - Tout un monde lointain...
• Lutosławski - Cello Concerto

Mstislav Rostropovich, cello

Orchestre de Paris

Serge Baudo & Witold Lutosławski, conductor

Date: 1975 / 2002

Label: EMI

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Witold Lutosławski - The Essential Lutosławski (Various Artists)

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Composer: Witold Lutosławski

CD1

• Symphony No. 3
• Concerto for orchestra
• Venetian Games
• Variations on a theme by Paganini

CD2

• Cello Concerto
• Dance Preludes
• Concerto for oboe, harp and chamber orchestra
• Les espaces du sommeil
• Funeral Music

Martha Argerich & Nelson Freire, piano

Heinrich Schiff, cello

Eduard Brunner, clarinet

Heinz Holliger, oboe / Ursula Holliger, harp

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone

Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Witold Lutosławski, conductor

Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra / Witold Rowicki, conductor

Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra / Witold Lutosławski, conductor

Compilation: 1999

Label: Philips

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Witold Lutosławski - Orchestral Works

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Composer: Witold Lutosławski

CD1

• Symphonic Variations
• Symphony No. 1
• Musique funèbre
• Symphony No. 2

CD2

• Concerto for Orchestra
• Jeux vénitiens
• Livre pour orchestre
• Mi-parti

CD3

• Preludes and Fugue for 13 solo strings
• Trois Poèmes d'Henri Michaux
• Paroles tissées
• Postlude No. 1

Louis Devos, tenor

Kraków Radio Chorus

Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra

Polish Chamber Orchestra

Witold Lutosławski, conductor

Compilation: 2012

Label: Brilliant

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Vytautas Bacevičius - Piano Music, Vol. 3 (Gabrielius Alekna)

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Composer: Vytautas Bacevičius

1. Poème contemplation, Op. 5
2. Poème mystique, Op. 6
3. Vision, Op. 30
4. 3 Moments, Op. 41: No. 1, Hope
5. 3 Moments, Op. 41: No. 2, Elevation
6. 3 Moments, Op. 41: No. 3, Splendour
7. Poème No. 5, Op. 42
8. Piano Suite No. 1, Op. 47: I. Moderato pathètique
9. Piano Suite No. 1, Op. 47: II. Allegro energico
10. Piano Suite No. 1, Op. 47: III. Moderato scherzando (quasi allegretto)
11. Piano Suite No. 1, Op. 47: IV. Lento bizzaramente
12. Piano Suite No. 1, Op. 47: V. Allegretto leggieramente (quasi moderato)
13. Chanson triste, Op. 56
14. Piano Suite No. 3, Op. 60: I. Allegretto
15. Piano Suite No. 3, Op. 60: II. Allegro moderato
16. Piano Suite No. 3, Op. 60: III. Lento
17. Piano Suite No. 3, Op. 60: IV. Presto
18. Poème cosmique, Op. 65

Gabrielius Alekna, piano

Date: 2025

Label: Toccata

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Vytautas Bacevičius - Piano Music, Vol. 2 (Gabrielius Alekna)

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Composer: Vytautas Bacevičius

1. Poème Astral, Op. 7
2. Poème No. 4, Op. 10
3. Étude No. 2, Op. 19
4. Fantasia, Op. 39
5. Étude No. 4, Op. 43
6. Piano Sonata No. 4, Op. 53: I. Larghetto - poco più mosso - Allegro vivace
7. Piano Sonata No. 4, Op. 53: II. Lento - un poco più mosso - Tempo I - Moderato sostenuto - Lento
8. Piano Sonata No. 4, Op. 53: III. Presto - Prestissimo - Tempo I
9. Dance Fantastic, Op. 55
10. Evocations, Op. 57: I. Vision
11. Evocations, Op. 57: II. Humoresque
12. Evocations, Op. 57: III. Méditation
13. Étude No. 5, Op. 61
14. 3 Pensées musicales, Op. 75: No. 1, Allegro moderato
15. 3 Pensées musicales, Op. 75: No. 2, Adagio
16. 3 Pensées musicales, Op. 75: No. 3, Vivace

Gabrielius Alekna, piano

Date: 2016

Label: Toccata

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Vytautas Bacevičius - Piano Music, Vol. 1 (Gabrielius Alekna)

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Composer: Vytautas Bacevičius

1. Premier mot, Op. 18
2. Deuxième mot, Op. 21
3. Troisième mot, Op. 27
4. Quatrième mot, Op. 31
5. Cinquième mot, Op. 59
6. Sixième mot, Op. 72
7. Septième mot, Op. 73: I. Allegro moderato
8. Septième mot, Op. 73: II. Larghetto misterioso
9. Septième mot, Op. 73: III. Allegro con fuoco

Gabrielius Alekna, piano

Matthew Lewis, organ (2)

Ursula Oppens, piano II (7-9)

Date: 2012

Label: Toccata

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Vytautas Bacevičius - Orchestral Music (Various Artists)

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Composer: Vytautas Bacevičius

1. Poème Électrique
2. Concerto No. 1 for Piano and Orchestra, Sur les thèmes lituaniens
3. Symphony No. 2, Della Guerra: I. Allegro
4. Symphony No. 2, Della Guerra: II. Andante funebre
5. Symphony No. 2, Della Guerra: III. Allegro molto
6. Symphony No. 6, Cosmique
7. Graphique

Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra

Aidas Puodžiukas, piano / Martynas Staškus, conductor (2)

Vytautas Lukočius, conductor

Date: 2000

Label: Toccata

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Grażyna Bacewicz - Orchestral Works, Vol. 2 (Peter Donohoe; Sakari Oramo)

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Composer: Grażyna Bacewicz

• Symphony No. 2
• Piano Concerto
• Concerto for Large Symphony Orchestra

Peter Donohoe, piano

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Sakari Oramo, conductor

Date: 2025

Label: Chandos

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Grażyna Bacewicz - Orchestral Works, Vol. 1 (Sakari Oramo)

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Composer: Grażyna Bacewicz

• Symphony No. 3
• Symphony No. 4
• Overture

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Sakari Oramo, conductor

Date: 2023

Label: Chandos

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Grażyna Bacewicz - Works for Violin Solo & Violin with Piano (Kinga Augustyn; Alla Milchtein)

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Composer: Grażyna Bacewicz

• Sonata No. 1 for Solo Violin
• Polish Capriccio for Solo Violin
• Polish Capriccio No. 2 for Solo Violin
• Violin Concertino in G Major
• Melody for Violin & Piano
• Stained Glass for Violin & Piano
• Partita for Solo Violin
• Scherzo for Solo Violin
• Capriccio for Violin & Piano
• Lullaby for Violin & Piano
• 4 Capriccios for Solo Violin

Kinga Augustyn, violin

Alla Milchtein, piano

Date: 2022

Label: Centaur

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Grażyna Bacewicz - Sonatas for Violin & Piano (Piotr Pławner; Ewa Kupiec)

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Composer: Grażyna Bacewicz

CD1

• Partita
• Violin Sonata No. 5
• Humoreske. Vivace
• Kołysanka. Moderator
• Violin Sonata No. 4
• Witraż. Andante
• Violin Sonata No. 1 'Sonata da camera'
• Melodia. Andante

CD2

• Violin Sonata No. 3
• Violin Sonata No. 4
• 2 Oberki
• Concertino
• Caprice. Presto
• Thema mit Variationen. Allegro energico
• 3 Tänze

Piotr Pławner, violin

Ewa Kupiec, piano

Date: 2006

Label: Hänssler

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