Conductor(s): Wit, Antoni
Label: Naxos
Genre: Concerto; Orchestral
Period: 20th Century
Catalogue No: 8.555763
Barcode: 0747313576326
Release Date: 07/2003

LUTOSLAWSKI, W.: Double Concerto for Oboe and Harp / Dance Preludes / Chain I (Polish National Radio Symphony, Wit)

Each of the five works on this recording occupies a significant place within Lutosławski’s output. The Dance Preludes represent the climax of his folk music-based period, whereas the Double Concerto and Grave are a part of a sequence of increasingly creative orchestral pieces that culminated in the Third Symphony in 1983. Chain I, written directly afterwards, explores a new way of creating extended forms, based on the concept of links in a chain. The Children’s Songs date from some thirty years earlier, and can be regarded as Lutosławski’s political response to the Socialist Realism of the time.

Tracklist

Lutosławski, Witold
Kaleta, Zbigniew (clarinet)
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Wit, Antoni (Conductor)
1Allegro molto01:03
Kaleta, Zbigniew (clarinet)
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Wit, Antoni (Conductor)
2Andantino02:35
Kaleta, Zbigniew (clarinet)
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Wit, Antoni (Conductor)
3Allegro giocoso01:18
Kaleta, Zbigniew (clarinet)
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Wit, Antoni (Conductor)
4Andante03:11
Kaleta, Zbigniew (clarinet)
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Wit, Antoni (Conductor)
5Allegro molto01:41
Kaleta, Zbigniew (clarinet)
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Wit, Antoni (Conductor)
Krupa, Arkadiusz (oboe)
Tulliez, Nicolas (harp)
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Wit, Antoni (Conductor)
6Rapsodico05:07
Krupa, Arkadiusz (oboe)
Tulliez, Nicolas (harp)
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Wit, Antoni (Conductor)
7Dolente06:54
Krupa, Arkadiusz (oboe)
Tulliez, Nicolas (harp)
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Wit, Antoni (Conductor)
8Marziale e grotesco06:19
Krupa, Arkadiusz (oboe)
Tulliez, Nicolas (harp)
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Wit, Antoni (Conductor)
Kwiatkowski, Rafał (cello)
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Wit, Antoni (Conductor)
9Grave - Metamorphoses for Cello and String Orchestra05:13
Kwiatkowski, Rafał (cello)
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Wit, Antoni (Conductor)
Kwiatkowski, Rafał (cello)
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Wit, Antoni (Conductor)
10Chain I for 14 Performers09:18
Kwiatkowski, Rafał (cello)
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Wit, Antoni (Conductor)
Kryger, Urszula (soprano)
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Wit, Antoni (Conductor)
11The Belated Nightingale02:39
Kryger, Urszula (soprano)
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Wit, Antoni (Conductor)
12About Mr Tralalinski02:24
Kryger, Urszula (soprano)
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Wit, Antoni (Conductor)
Kryger, Urszula (soprano)
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Wit, Antoni (Conductor)
13Dance00:57
Kryger, Urszula (soprano)
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Wit, Antoni (Conductor)
14The Four Seasons02:08
Kryger, Urszula (soprano)
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Wit, Antoni (Conductor)
15Kitten01:43
Kryger, Urszula (soprano)
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Wit, Antoni (Conductor)
16Grzes is going through the village01:32
Kryger, Urszula (soprano)
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Wit, Antoni (Conductor)
17A Brook02:20
Kryger, Urszula (soprano)
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Wit, Antoni (Conductor)
18The Bird's Gossips00:42
Kryger, Urszula (soprano)
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Wit, Antoni (Conductor)

Total Playing Time: 57:04