Witold Lutosławski. Opera Omnia | box

A set of seven albums that have so far been released as part of the Witold Lutosławski.

A unique publishing series of the National Forum of Music and CD Accord. Opera omnia is a project presenting all the works Lutosławski. The releases in this series are top-notch in terms of performance, production and editing. The second part of the series received a Fryderyk 2011 award, and the first and third parts were nominated for this award in 2009 and 2012. 

“The repertoire presented within the Witold Lutosławski. Opera omnia series shows how Lutosławski’s work has been perceived by different generations of musicians. On the fourth disc of the series, the ninety-year-old maestro Stanisław Skrowaczewski conducts, and on the sixth disc the soloist is the twenty-five-year-old cellist Tomasz Daroch. Garrick Ohlsson, winner of the 1970 Chopin Competition in Warsaw, performed Lutosławski’s Piano Concerto for the first time only on the occasion of the Lutosławski Year in 2013.

Andrzej Kosendiak

 
Witold Lutosławski. Opera omnia 01 –  Chamber Music
Performers:
Lutosławski Quartet, Radosław Pujanek, Marcin Markowicz, Artur Rozmysłowicz, Maciej Młodawski, Krzysztof Jakowicz, Jakub Jakowicz, Andrzej Bauer, Bartosz Bednarczyk, Elżbieta Zawadzka, Jan Krzysztof Broja

Programme:

String Quartet, Recitativo e arioso for violin and piano, Bucolics for viola and cello, Grave for cello and piano, Subito for violin and piano, Sacher Variation for solo cello, Partita for violin and piano, Silesian Melodies for four violins

Witold Lutosławski. Opera omnia 02 – Symphonies Nos 2 and 4

Performers:
Jacek Kaspszyk, NFM Wrocław Philharmonic
Programme:
Symphony No 2, Symphony No 4

Witold Lutosławski. Opera omnia 03 – Preludes and Fugue – Double Concerto

Performers:
Ernst Kovacic, NFM Leopoldinum Orchestra, Nicolas Daniel, Lucy Wakeford, NFM Wrocław Philharmonic

Programme:
Preludes and Fugue for 13 string instruments, Double Concerto for oboe, harp and chamber orchestra

Witold Lutosławski. Opera omnia 04 – Concerto for Orchestra – Symphony No. 1  

Performers:
Stanisław Skrowaczewski, NFM Wrocław Philharmonic

Programme:
Concerto for Orchestra, Symphony No. 1

Witold Lutosławski. Opera omnia 05 – Blurring Trails,  Blazing Trails

Performers:
Jacek Kaspszyk, Agata Zubel, NFM Choir, NFM Wrocław Philharmonic

Programme:
Symphony No. 3, Lacrimosa for soprano, mixed choir and orchestra, Symphonic Variations, Silesian Triptych for soprano and orchestra

Witold Lutosławski. Opera omnia 06 – works with solo instruments
Performers:
Garrick Ohlsson, Tomasz Daroch, NFM Wrocław Philharmonic, Jacek Kaspszyk, Court-circuit, Jean Deroyer, Lutosławski Piano Duo

Programme:

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, Concerto for Cello and Orchestra, Fanfare for CUBE for brass quintet, Fanfare for University of Louisville for wind instruments and percussion, Prelude for Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Variations on a Theme by Paganini for two pianos

Witold Lutosławski. Opera omnia 07 – Songs for Children

Performers:
Andrzej Kosendiak, NFM Boys’ Choir, Lutosławski Quartet, LutosAir Quintet, Instrumentalists of the NFM Wrocław Philharmonic

Programme:
Idzie nocka for voice and chamber orchestra, Śpijże, śpij for voice and chamber orchestra, Wiosna – four children’s songs for voice and chamber orchestra, Już jest wiosna, Jak warszawski woźnica, Piosenka o złotym listku, Majowa nocka, Muszelka for voice and chamber orchestra, Srebrna szybka for voice and chamber orchestra, Children’s Songs for voice and instrumental ensemble, Słomkowy łańcuszek and other children’s pieces for soprano, flute, oboe, 2 clarinets nad bassoon