Warsaw Philharmonic Archive, CD #4
The album begins with the overture Coriolan excellently performed by the Warsaw Nation Philharmonic under Witold Rowicki (5 Nov. 1954)
The album begins with the overture Coriolan excellently performed by the Warsaw Nation Philharmonic under Witold Rowicki (5 Nov. 1954)
he miniatures selected for the album are charming little pieces performed in the 19th century by great virtuosos as encores or during musical evenings in close circles of friends.
The clarinettist Wojtek Mrozek's album caught my attention with the feeling of space it creates (something rare in Polish recordings) and with the natural sound of the instruments.
Another debut in CD Accord’s catalogue. This time a live recording of a concert played by a pretty 17-year-old Polish-born pianist from Canada, Berenika Zakrzewski. The event took place on 19 September 2000 at the Kraków Philharmonic.
This is a recording of an unusual concert held in May 1999 at the Warsaw Grand Theatre to celebrate the Chopin Year. The star was the great Martha Argerich, one of the most prominent artists of this century.
The album is a recording of a concert (8 March 2002) with which Antoni Wit began his management of the National Philharmonic. The programme included pieces by Lutosławski, Meyer and Penderecki.
Such too are the Concertos on this recording; particularly the Concerto in C, which is among the most developed in terms of form and structure.
Presenting an astonishing richness of composers’s means, of colours and moods, and acquired by virtuoso of violin to their repertoire, they soon became a canon part of them.
The Argentine Nelson Goerner is a pianist particularly popular with Polish music lovers. He was a star of the previous Chopin Piano Competition.
Two masterpieces of violin literature - a concerto by Wieniawski (No. 2) and by Sibelius - are dear to the heart of every lover of this instrument.