Lutoslawski: Symphony No. 1

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Juxtaposing Lutospawski's early Symphony No 1 with the late Chantefleurset Chantefables reinforces the fundamentally French associations of this composer's very personal musical voice; to contemplate... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Catalogue No: 8554283
Label: Naxos
Length: 72 minutes

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Lutosławski: Symphony No. 1

Work length25:16

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Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Antoni Wit

Allegro giusto

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Poco adagio

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Allegretto misterioso

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Allegro vivace

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Lutosławski: Silesian Triptych

Work length9:40

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Olga Pasichnyk (soprano)
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Antoni Wit

Oj, mi sie owiesek

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Ich, w tej studni

Track length3:31

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Kukuleczka kuka

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Lutosławski: Jeux vénitiens

Work length13:14

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Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Antoni Wit

Part I

Track length3:06

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Part II

Track length1:58

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Part III

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Part IV

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Lutosławski: Chantefleurs et Chantefables

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Olga Pasichnyk (soprano)
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Antoni Wit

I La belle-de-nuit (The Marvel of Peru)

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II La sauterelle (The Grasshopper)

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III La veronique (The Speedwell)

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IV L' eglantine, l' aubepine et la glycine (The Wild Rose, the Hawthorn and the Wisteria)

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V La tortue ( The Tortoise)

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VI La rose (The Rose)

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VII L' alligator (The Alligator)

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VIII L' angelique (The Angelica)

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IX Le papillon (The Butterfly)

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Lutosławski: Three Postludes

Work length3:58

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Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Antoni Wit

Postludium I

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2010

Juxtaposing Lutospawski's early Symphony No 1 with the late Chantefleurset Chantefables reinforces the fundamentally French associations of this composer's very personal musical voice; to contemplate how the symphony's exuberant embrace of a Roussel-like idiom was complemented, more than 40 years later, by the subtle Ravellian overtones of Chantefleurs et Chantefables is to recognise that the radical gestures of Jeuxvénetiens (1961) have worn less well than Lutospawski's more 'conservative' qualities.
Indeed, the wild piano cadenza in Jeux vénetiens now evokes the high jinks of Ibert's Divertissement rather than the liberated avant-garde ethos of more determinedly progressive musical minds.
The downbeat ending is far more memorable.
Olga Pasiecznik's singing is outstanding, especially in Chantefleurs, where she easily surpasses Dawn Upshaw in subtlety and Antoni Wit turns in strongly characterised, wellshaped accounts of all the scores. The playing is eloquent as well as energetic, and although, as with earlier Naxos volumes, the recordings are rather glassy and generalised, the music's range of colour and variety of texture is never in doubt. With such a well-filled disc, why did Naxos decide to include the first of the Three Postludes? The composer himself was clearly happy for the piece to appear on its own, but in a series with pretensions to completeness the full set is surely a must.

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