Lutoslawski / Polish National Radio Symphony Orch - Szymanowski & Lutosawski - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Album Tracks 1. Kvintett 2. D J Connu, D J Entendu 3. Qvintett 4. Svit

Domenico Scarlatti is one of the few composers from theage of Bach and Handel, whose year of birth he shared,to have enjoyed continuous fame and the presence of hiskeyboard music in the general repertoire since his lifetime.Though Scarlatti wrote over 500 sonatas for keyboardthere is a wide variety in these works. Some are deeplyserious others are light and almost humorous. Somesound like courtly dances others like street songs. Thisability to cover a wide range of styles and moods is oneof the hallmarks of Scarlatti's work. Asako Ogawa haschosen a varied and uplifting collection for this presentalbum, presented in superb sound.

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 Inchthrilling, technically brilliant performances.Inch (Der Tagesspiegel) In the work of these twentieth century masters, we encounter Inchexquisite compositional refinement of the highest order, born of an awareness of the European tradition,Inch 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. Album Tracks 1. Symphony No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 19 - Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra 2. Livre Pour Orchestre - Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra 3. Muzyka Zalobna - Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra