Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra
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Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2 & Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1
Sviatoslav Richter
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Stanislaw Wislocki
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Polish Music For Cello and Orchestra
Marcin Zdunik (cello), Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrzej Boreyko
Marcin Zdunik brings clean, elegant playing and reserves of warmth to all the solo parts, also making the case for the Gdańsk-born Henryk Hubertus Jabłonski’s C-67, a compact score sitting between... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2023, Concerto Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Concerto
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Dvořák: Requiem, Op. 89
Christiane Libor (soprano), Ewa Wolak (alto), Daniel Kirch (tenor) & Janusz Monarcha (bass)
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir, Antoni Wit
The Warsaw Philharmonic Choir are in fine collective voice...The quartet of soloists are magnificent...Orchestrally, this is a stunning performance. Perfectly blended woodwind are clearly focused... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2015, Editor's Choice
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Penderecki: Fonogrammi, Partita & Horn Concerto
RecommendedUrszula Janki (flute), Jennifer Montone (horn), Michal Pindakiewicz (electric guitar), Konrad Kubicki (bass guitar), Barbara Witkowska (harp), Jerzy Cembrzynski (double bass)
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Antoni Wit
the performances of the earlier pieces here are better recorded and generally better played than in the composer’s own recordings made when the techniques demanded by the music were clearly... — More…
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Grammy Awards, 55th Awards (2012), Best Classical Compendium
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Szymanowski - Symphonies Nos. 2 and 3
Ewa Marczyk (violin solo), Ryszard Minkiewicz (tenor)
Warsaw Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra, Antoni Wit
Szymanowski's Symphony No. 2 shows him beginning to approach his first maturity as a composer… In Symphony No. 3, composed five years later, the mature Szymanowski has arrived. Again, this... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2008, Editor's Choice
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Penderecki: Piano Concerto ‘Resurrection’ & Flute Concerto
Barry Douglas (piano), Łukasz Długosz (flute)
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Antoni Wit
Douglas is ideally suited to this big-boned music, and relishes its darkly imposing and sometimes splashy textures...Wit draws a kaleidoscope performance, making this another valuable addition... — More…
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The Pianist
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Janusz Olejniczak (piano), Andrzej Szpilman (piano), Hanna Wolczeska
Warsaw Philharmonic National Orchestra of Poland, Tadeusz Strugala
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Janacek: Glagolitic Mass & Sinfonietta
Christiane Libor (soprano), Ewa Marciniec (alto), Timothy Bentch (tenor), Wojciech Gierlach (bass) & Jarosław Malanowicz (organ)
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, with Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Antoni Wit
There are many attractive aspects to this performance, not least the heroic tenor of Timothy Bench and the full-throated singing of the sopranos and altos. Too often, however, the delivery of... — More…
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Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op. 45
Christiane Libor (soprano) & Thomas E. Bauer (baritone)
Warsaw Philharmonic Choir & Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Antoni Wit
This is a choir-led performance of the German Requiem...the Warsaw Philharmonic Choir...is always here the centre of gravity, creating the music's existential continuum and arising to sombre... — More…
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Górecki: Concerto-Cantata
Carol Wincenc (flute) & Anna Górecka (piano), Anna Górecka (piano)
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Antoni Wit
The Concerto-Cantata (1992) receives its premiere recording here, and the Warsaw Philharmonic does it full justice, playing equally convincingly and intensely in the severe, concentrated slow... — More…
