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Szymanowski: Symphony No. 2 - Lutoslawski: Livre & Musique funèbre
Accentus Music

Szymanowski: Symphony No. 2 - Lutoslawski: Livre & Musique funèbre

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Details

Composer
LUTOSLAWSKI SZYMANOWSKI
Artist
Leibreich
Format
CD
Label
Accentus Music
Released
Jan 29, 2016
Catalog #
ACC30349
UPC
4260234831047

About

The Polish National Radio Orchestra is the country's leading performing ensemble and one of Europe's finest broadcasting orchestras. Building on a long tradition, the group performs throughout the world as a musical ambassador for Poland, often featuring works by Polish composers - as the pieces by Karol Szymanowski and Witold Lutoslawski on this CD impressively demonstrate. This is the orchestra's second album with their Principal Conductor Alexander Liebreich. Their first CD together, also with compositions by Szymanowski and Lutoslawski, is already cited as a reference recording, with "thrilling, technically brilliant performances." (Der Tagesspiegel) In the work of these twentieth century masters, we encounter "exquisite compositional refinement of the highest order, born of an awareness of the European tradition," according to Alexander Liebreich. Szymanowski's powerful and imaginative Symphony No. 2, Lutoslawski's groundbreaking Musique funèbre à la mémoire de Béla Bartók and his masterpiece Livre pour Orchestre were recorded in Katowice's new concert hall, which opened in 2014 and is already celebrated for it's phenomenal acoustics.

Tracklist 12 tracks

  1. 1 I. Allegro moderato - Grazioso 11:16
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro moderato - Grazioso
    Duration
    11:16
    Composer
    Karol Szymanowski
    Ensemble
    Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alexander Liebreich
  2. 2 II. Theme - Variations 1-6 - Fuga 19:35
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Theme - Variations 1-6 - Fuga
    Duration
    19:35
    Composer
    Karol Szymanowski
    Ensemble
    Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alexander Liebreich
  3. 3 Chapter 1 03:47
    Track
    3
    Title
    Chapter 1
    Duration
    03:47
    Composer
    Witold Lutosławski
    Ensemble
    Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alexander Liebreich
  4. 4 Interlude 1 00:32
    Track
    4
    Title
    Interlude 1
    Duration
    00:32
    Composer
    Witold Lutosławski
    Ensemble
    Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alexander Liebreich
  5. 5 Chapter 2 03:02
    Track
    5
    Title
    Chapter 2
    Duration
    03:02
    Composer
    Witold Lutosławski
    Ensemble
    Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alexander Liebreich
  6. 6 Interlude 2 00:31
    Track
    6
    Title
    Interlude 2
    Duration
    00:31
    Composer
    Witold Lutosławski
    Ensemble
    Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alexander Liebreich
  7. 7 Chapter 3 01:56
    Track
    7
    Title
    Chapter 3
    Duration
    01:56
    Composer
    Witold Lutosławski
    Ensemble
    Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alexander Liebreich
  8. 8 Interlude 3 and Final Chapter 10:46
    Track
    8
    Title
    Interlude 3 and Final Chapter
    Duration
    10:46
    Composer
    Witold Lutosławski
    Ensemble
    Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alexander Liebreich
  9. 9 I. Prologue: half note = 88 - 03:50
    Track
    9
    Title
    I. Prologue: half note = 88 -
    Duration
    03:50
    Composer
    Witold Lutosławski
    Ensemble
    Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alexander Liebreich
  10. 10 II. Metamorphoses - 04:38
    Track
    10
    Title
    II. Metamorphoses -
    Duration
    04:38
    Composer
    Witold Lutosławski
    Ensemble
    Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alexander Liebreich
  11. 11 III. Apogee: Molto appassionato, quasi rubato - 00:38
    Track
    11
    Title
    III. Apogee: Molto appassionato, quasi rubato -
    Duration
    00:38
    Composer
    Witold Lutosławski
    Ensemble
    Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alexander Liebreich
  12. 12 IV. Epilogue 04:19
    Track
    12
    Title
    IV. Epilogue
    Duration
    04:19
    Composer
    Witold Lutosławski
    Ensemble
    Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alexander Liebreich