Opera Omnia 05

The album includes an exceptionally diverse programme – as well as symphonic music, we also have the touching Lacrimosa performed by the Wrocław soprano and composer Agata Zubel, the NFM Choir and the NFM Wrocław Philharmonic conducted by Jacek Kaspszyk.

Album premiere: 2013

Publishers:  National Forum of Music, CD Accord

Conductor: Jacek Kaspszyk

Performers: Agata Zubel, NFM Choir, NFM Wrocław Philharmonic

The fifth album in our anthology has a special structure. The undoubted centre of gravity is the Third Symphony with its central ‘E’, widely, although not unanimously, considered to be Lutosławski’s greatest work, showered with awards ranging from the independent laurel of Solidarity to the first Grawemeyer Award. The composition is supplemented with works that come from decades before. The Symphony was completed in 1983. The Silesian Triptych and the Little Suite date back to the ‘socialist realism’ years. From before World War II are the Symphonic Variations and Lacrimosa. The Variations marked the composer’s actual debut on the large stage, while Lacrimosa was part of his diploma thesis at the Conservatory.

Rafał Augustyn

The unique series ‘Witold Lutosławski. Opera omnia’, released by the NFM and CD Accord, is a project presenting all the works of this outstanding Polish composer. The albums in this series are exclusive in terms of performance, production and editing.