Poland Archive
Mordecai Shehori plays Fantasies = Piano works of BEETHOVEN, SCHUMANN, CHOPIN – Cembal d’amour
Mordecai Shehori plays Fantasies = BEETHOVEN: Fantasia in g minor, Op. 77; SCHUMANN: Fantasia in C Major, Op. 17; CHOPIN: Fantasy in f minor, Op. 49; Polonaise-Fantasy in A-flat Major, Op. 61 – Mordecai Shehori, piano – Cembal d’amour CD 182, 62:41 (2/7/16) [www.cembaldamour.com] ****: Beethoven and Schumann works allowing Shehori to improvise within restricted […]
VYTAUTAS BACEVIĈIUS: Orchestral Works, Volume 1 = Piano Concerto No. 3; Piano Concerto No. 4 “Symphonie Concertante”; Spring Suite – Gabrielius Alekna, p./ Lithuanian Nat. Sym. Orch./ Christopher Lyndon-Gee – Naxos
Interesting works that may struggle to rise above the level of curiosity.
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Take Four Guitar Quartet – Orient Express (Music from Orient to Occident) [Tracklist follows] – Ars Musici
An unusual guitar quartet program visiting Eastern European climes.
CHOPIN: Polonaises = 2 Polonaises; 2 other Polonaises; Polonaise in F-sharp Minor; Polonaise in A-flat Major; Polonaise-Fantasie in A-flat Major – Rafal Blechacz, p.
The collection of Chopin polonaises find a sympathetic and often passionate acolyte in Blechacz, who takes his place among the virile interpreters of the Polish keyboard master.
SZYMANOWSKI: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4; Stabat Mater – Sally Matthews, sop./Ekaterina Gubanova, mezzo-sop./Toby Spence, tenor/Kostas Smoriginas, bass-bar./Denis Matsuev, p./London Sym. Orch. and Chorus/Valery Gergiev – LSO Live
LSO offers another in its stellar series of works by this essential composer.
LUTOSLAWSKI: “Orchestral Works Vol. 4” = Symphony No. 1; Partita for Violin and Orchestra; Chain 2 (Dialogue for Violin and Orchestra); Preludia tanczne – Elizabeth Burley, piano/ Michael Collins, clarinet/Tasmin Little, violin /BBC Symphony Orch./ Edward Gardner – Chandos
A welcome performance of the Symphony No. 1 and more in excellent high resolution sound.
MIECZYSLAW WEINBERG: Symphony No. 8 – Soloists /Warsaw Philharmonic Orch. & Choir/ Antoni Wit – Naxos
World premiere recording of this odd, but interesting masterwork.
PENDERECKI: String Quartet No. 1; String Quartet No. 2; String Quartet No. 3 ‘Leaves of an unwritten diary’; LUTOSLAWSKI: String Quartet – Royal String Q. – Hyperion
These are riveting performances in brilliant sound of 20th and 21st century string quartets from two Polish masters.
PAUL KLETZKI: Orchestral Variations; Third Sym. “In memoriam” – Bamberger Symphony-Baverian Philharmonic/ Thomas Rösner – Musiques Suisses
Interesting compositions from a talent we only knew as a conductor.
CHOPIN: Etudes, Op. 10; Etudes, Op. 25; 3 Small Etudes – Hardy Rittner, p. – MDG
A very well done set of the intimidating Etudes on a piano of Chopin’s time.
PENDERECKI: Fonogrammi; The Awakening of Jacob; Anaklasis; De natura sonoris I; Partita; Horn Concerto, ‘Winterreise’ – Soloists /Warsaw Philharmonic/Antoni Wit – Naxos
A rewarding collection of some of Penderecki’s smaller works revisits traditions.
The Klezmatics – On Holy Ground (2010-11)
A fine documentary on a fascinating group who you really get to know during its course.
Stereotypes Audio
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