Conductor(s): Wit, Antoni
Label: Naxos
Genre: Chamber Music; Orchestral
Period: 20th Century
Catalogue No: 8.555270
Barcode: 0747313527021
Release Date: 09/2001

LUTOSLAWSKI, W.: Preludes and Fugue for Solo Strings / Postludes / Fanfares (Polish National Radio Symphony, Wit)

This seventh volume in Naxos’s complete survey of Lutosławski’s orchestral music brings together a number of his rarely heard works. The Three Postludes, composed between 1958 and 1960, take as their starting point the harmonic language of Musique funèbre. The Preludes and Fugue for 13 solo strings, when performed together, is one of the longest of his mature works.

Tracklist

Lutosławski, Witold
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Wit, Antoni (Conductor)
1Postlude No. 103:59
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Wit, Antoni (Conductor)
2Postlude No. 205:22
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Wit, Antoni (Conductor)
3Postlude No. 307:22
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Wit, Antoni (Conductor)
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Wit, Antoni (Conductor)
4Prelude 102:22
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Wit, Antoni (Conductor)
5Prelude 201:37
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Wit, Antoni (Conductor)
6Prelude 303:32
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Wit, Antoni (Conductor)
7Prelude 402:28
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Wit, Antoni (Conductor)
8Prelude 502:05
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Wit, Antoni (Conductor)
9Prelude 602:24
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Wit, Antoni (Conductor)
10Prelude 703:58
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Wit, Antoni (Conductor)
11Fugue16:58
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Wit, Antoni (Conductor)
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Wit, Antoni (Conductor)
12Mini Overture03:09
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Wit, Antoni (Conductor)
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Wit, Antoni (Conductor)
13Fanfare for Louisville01:10
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Wit, Antoni (Conductor)
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, members (Ensemble)
Wit, Antoni (Conductor)
14Fanfare for CUBE00:25
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, members (Ensemble)
Wit, Antoni (Conductor)
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Wit, Antoni (Conductor)
15Prelude for G.S.M.D.01:49
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Wit, Antoni (Conductor)
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Wit, Antoni (Conductor)
16Fanfare for the University of Lancaster00:28
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Wit, Antoni (Conductor)

Total Playing Time: 59:08