PANUFNIK · LUTOSLAWSKI : String Quartets (Tippett Quartets) (2014) FLAC (tracks), lossless

Polish composers Andrzej Panufnik (father of Roxanna) and Witold Lutoslawski were near contemporaries, but the string quartets of Panufnik here (and much of his other music besides) follow that of Lutoslawski chronologically as well as stylistically. The three quartets by Panufnik and the single example by Lutoslawski here share a reflective, deliberate mood and several principles of organization: a nonserial, but pitch-collection-oriented, tonal world; extreme yet subtly handled textures; and aspects of aleatoric (chance) procedure, controlled as to its overall effect but imparting a kind of instrumental freedom. The program makes sense, but it's hard to escape the feeling that Lutoslawski does it better: the dry structural organization of the Panufnik quartets doesn't quite fit with the extramusical content like the rhythm of wind in telegraph wires. The Tippett Quartet is very much in its element here, though, and it is likely that these rather underexposed works will find an audience among those interested in the consistently strong Polish contemporary scene of the later 20th century. James Manheim

BARTÓK · LUTOSLAWSKI : Concerto for Orchestra (Tadaaki Otaka · Witold Lutosławski) (2008) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

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PANUKNIK · LUTOSLOWSKI · SZYMANSKI : Piano Concertos (Ewa Pobłocka) (1998) FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

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LUTOSLAWSKI : Concerto for Orchestra • BRAHMS : Piano Quartet in G minor, Op. 25 (Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra · Miguel Harth Bedoya) SACD (2016) FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

WITOLD LUTOSLAWSKI (1913-1994)
Concerto For Orchestra    

Orchestra –  Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra
Conductor – Miguel Harth Bedoya

JOHANNES BRAHMS (1833-1897)
Piano Quartet In G Minor Op.25 (43:27)
Orchestrated By – Arnold Schoenberg, 1937

LUTOSLAWSKI : Concerto for Orchestra ♦ ELGAR : Enigma Variations (Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Berlin · Rolf Kleinert) (1998) FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

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LUTOSLAWSKI : Lutoslawski dirigiert Lutoslawski (Witold Lutoslawski · Sinfonieorchester Musikhochschule Karlsruhe · Koh-Gabriel Kameda) (1999) Serie Hoepfner Classics | FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

WITOLD LUTOSLAWSKI (1913-1994)

1     Funeral Music, string orchestra 14:23
Witold Lutosławski
2     Chain 2, dialogue for violin & orchestra 18:56
Witold Lutosławski
3     Symphony No.3 31:48
Witold Lutosławski

Koh Gabriel Kameda - Violin
Witold Lutosławski dirigiert das
Musikhochschule Karlsruhe Chamber Orchestra

LUTOSLAWSKI : The Symphonies (Esa-Pekka Salonen · Los Angeles Philharmonic) 2CD (2013) FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

WITOLD LUTOSLAWSKI (1913-1994)
1.1
Fanfare For Los Angeles Philharmonic (1993)    0:55
Symphony No. 1 (1941-1947)
Symphony No. 2 (1966/67)    

2.1
Symphony No. 3 (1972-1983)    31:26
Symphony No. 4 (1993)    21:01

Conductor – Esa-Pekka Salonen
Orchestra – Los Angeles Philharmonic   

WITOLD LUTOSLAWSKI : Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4 · Jeux vénitiens (Hannu Lintu · Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra) (2018) 24-96Hz | FLAC (tracks), lossless

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LUTOSLAWSKI : Symphonies No. 3 & 4 · Partita for Violon & Orchestra (Miroslaw Jacek Blaszczyk) (2005) FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

WITOLD LUTOSLAWSKI (1913-1994)
III Symfonia / Symphony No. 3 (1983)    30:58
Partita Na Skrzypce I Orkiestre (1988)    
Symfonia / Symphony No. 4 (1992)    21:46

Orchestra – The Silesian Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra
Conductor –  Mirosław Jacek Błaszczyk
Violin – Roman Lasocki
Piano  – Antoni Brozek

WITOLD LUTOSLAWSKI : Symphony No. 3 • Chantefleurs et Chantefables (BBC National Orchestra Of Wales · Tadaaki Otaka · Valdine Anderson) (1995) FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

Hearing Witold Lutoslawski's Third Symphony for the first time, one cannot help but say "Yes. This is exactly how a postwar symphony should sound." Begun in 1972 and finished after several interruptions in 1983, the work is a four-movement-in-one symphony of tremendous cogency, incredible power, and overwhelming intensity. From its magnificent opening brass and tympani tattoo across its mighty orchestral peaks and valleys to its final glittering climax, Lutoslawski's Third is consistently impressive, always surprising, and wholly compelling. In this fantastic 1995 recording with Tadaaki Otaka leading the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, the Third sounds every bit as fine a work as it is. The Welsh orchestra plays with complete dedication and Otaka seems far beneath the skin of the music. Coupled with the world-premiere recording of Lutoslawski's beguiling song cycle Chantefleurs et Chantefables sung by Canadian soprano Valdine Anderson and accompanied by Otaka and the Welsh musicians, this disc deserves to be heard by every fan of postwar orchestral music, especially in BIS' crisp, deep, and very detailed sound. James Leonard  

WITOLD LUTOSLAWSKI (1913-1994)

Symphony No. 3    (34:31)
Chantefleurs Et Chantefables (18:59)
Soprano Vocals – Valdine Anderson
Text By – Robert Desnos

Conductor – Tadaaki Otaka
Leader – David Nolan
Orchestra – BBC National Orchestra Of Wales

LUTOSLAWSKI : Symphonies 1 & 2 · Symphonic Variations · Musique Funèbre (Polish Radio National Symphony · Witold Lutosławski) (1978-1994) RM | Serie Matrix – 3 | FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

WITOLD LUTOSLAWSKI (1913-1994)

Symphonic Variations    8:52
Symphony No. 1   
Musique Funèbre    13:30
Symphony No. 2   

Composed, Conductor – Witold Lutosławski
Orchestra – Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra

LUTOSLAWSKI : Cello Concerto · Concerto for Oboe and Harp · Danses Preludes (Lutoslawski · Schiff · Holliger · Brunner) (1986) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

WITOLD LUTOSLAWSKI (1913-1994)

Cello Concerto    23:05 *
Dance Preludes For Clarinete Solo, Harp, Piano, Percussion And String Orchestra    9:31 **
Concerto For Oboe, Harp And Chamber Orchestra    18:23 ***

Cello – Heinrich Schiff *
Clarinet – Eduard Brunner **
Conductor, Composed By – Witold Lutoslawski
Harp – Ursula Holliger ***
Oboe – Heinz Holliger ***
Orchestra – Symphonie-Orchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks

RACHMANINOV · LUTOSLAWSKI · RAVEL : Music for Two Piano (Martha Argerich · Nelson Freire) (1982) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

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BARTÓK · LUTOSLAWSKI : Concerto for Orchestra (Andrew Davis · Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra) (1996) FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

BELA BARTÓK (1881-1945)
Concerto for Orchestra, Sz. 116, BB 127

WITOLD LUTOSLAWSKI (1913-1994)
Concerto for Orchestra    

Conductor – Andrew Davis
Orchestra –  Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

DUTILLEUX, LUTOSLAWSKI : Works for Cello & Orchestra (Poltéra-Van Steen) (2008) SACD / FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

On this CD, Swiss cellist Christian Poltéra tackles the complete cello works by two of the leading independent-minded European modernists of the mid- to late-twentieth century, Henri Dutilleux and Witold Lutoslawski. Each of the works was written at the instigation of Mstislav Rostropovich, a concerto from each composer, both of which he premiered in 1970, and a solo cello tribute from each, written in 1975 in honor of the Swiss conductor and new music advocate, Paul Sacher. Dutilleux took the title of his concerto, Toute un monde lointain… (A Whole Distant World…), as well as the names of the movements, from the poetry of Baudelaire, the mystery and sensuality of whose writing is reflected in the music. While it has the harmonic sophistication characteristic of postwar European music, Dutilleux's five-movement concerto clearly falls in the lineage of Debussy in its evocative delicacy, essentially lyrical character, and gossamer but colorful orchestration. Lutoslawski's concerto, while idiomatically not too far from Dutilleux's, is more aggressive and emphatic, with a more traditionally competitive relationship between the soloist and the orchestra. These concertos are canonical cello works of the late twentieth century, but the solo pieces are also attractive and idiomatically written, and deserve to be better known. Poltéra delivers committed, virtuosic performances, but he doesn't quite have the radiant tone to make the Dutilleux shimmer and glisten as it can. The ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, led by Jac van Steen, is likewise more persuasive in the more formally and timbrally straightforward Lutoslawski concerto. The sound of BIS' SACD is clean, detailed, and vivid, but particularly in the Dutilleux, it could benefit from more warmth. by Stephen Eddins 
Tracklist:
Toute un monde lointain, for cello and orchestra
Henri Dutilleux
Trois Strophes sur le nom de Sacher, for cello solo
Henri Dutilleux
Concerto for cello and orchestra
Witold Lutosławski
Credits:
Maighread McCrann - Orchestra Leader
ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
Christian Poltéra - Cello
Jac van Steen - Conductor

LISZT, BRAHMS, LUTOSLAWSKI : Paganini Variations; RACHMANINOV : Paganini Rhapsody (Tzimon Barto) 2xCD (2014) FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

LUTOSLAWSKI : Symphonies, Nos. 2 & 4 (Roman Kofman) (1997) APE (image+.cue), lossless

Lutoslawski : Complete Music for Violin and Piano, Szymanowski : Myths, Janáček : Violin sonata

The lives of the three Eastern European composers on this disc spanned almost 150 years (1854 1994), a period of dramatic historical change, political turmoil and radical developments in Western music.

Janácek, Lutoslawski and Szymanowski each left significant and very personal musical legacies, rich with inspiring melodies, harmonies and rhythms. 

Praised by The Strad for the 'striking athleticism, musical insight, expressive embellishment and elegiac lyricism' of her playing, Boston-born violinist Ariadne Daskalakis is sensitively accompanied by the equally renowned Russian-born Israeli pianist Miri Yampolsky, her frequent recital partner.

Tracklist
1 Recitativo E Arioso 3:16
2 Subito 4:44
Szymanowski - Myths, Op.30 (18:36)
3 No.1 The Fountains Of Arethusa 5:06
4 No.2 Narcissus 6:09
5 No.3 Dryads And Pan 7:13
6 Partita: Allegro Giusto; Ad Libitum; Largo; Ad Libitum; Presto 15:22
Janáček - Violin Sonata, JW VII/7 (15:01)
7 I. Con Moto 4:13
8 II. Ballada: Con Moto 4:28
9 III. Allegretto 2:10
10 IV. Adagio 4:04
Composed by –
Karol Szymanowski (tracks: 3-5), 
Leoš Janáček (tracks: 7-10), 
Witold Lutoslawski (tracks: 1-2, 6) 
Credits
Piano – Miri Yampolsky
Violin – Ariadne Daskalakis

Lutoslawski : Complete Music for Violin and Piano, 

Szymanowski : Myths, 

Janáček : Violin Sonata

[2009] Naxos / CBR320 / scans