Background
Lutoslawski, Witold was born on January 25, 1913 in Warsaw, Poland. Son of Jozef and Maria (Olszewska) Lutoslawski.
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This album continues the successful collaboration of Krystian Zimerman and Sir Simon Rattle; for their DG recording of Brahms Piano Concerto No. 1 with the Berliner Philharmoniker they received the German Record Critics' Award. Lutoslawskis Piano Concerto was completed in 1988 and is dedicated to Krystian Zimerman, who also first introduced it to Salzburg audiences in the same year, in 1992 DG released a first version of the concerto with Lutoslawski as conductor and the BBC Symphony Orchestra. The piece features extremely virtuosic demands, its dense pianistic gestures at times recall the piano concertos of Bartók and Prokofiev. Both the Piano Concerto and the Symphony No. 2 are inspired by the music of John Cage. The Symphony No. 2, created with techniques of limited aleatoricism (Lutoslawski) fascinates with its orchestral surfaces that offer an insight into their creators ability to organize sounds in a very precise way and their iridescent and colorful vitality. The Second Symphony received its first complete performance in Katowice on 9 June 1967, when the Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra was conducted by the composer. Supported by the Adam Mickiewicz Institute as part of the Polska Music program. Recording: Berlin, Philharmonie, Großer Saal, 9/2013 Executive Producer Deutsche Grammophon: Angelika Meissner Executive Producers Berliner Philharmoniker: Olaf Maninger, Robert Zimmermann Producer: Christoph Franke Recording Engineer (Tonmeister): René Möller Project Manager Deutsche Grammophon: Burkhard Bartsch Project Manager Berliner Philharmoniker: Felix Feustel Piano Technician: Thomas Hübsch Publishers: Chester Music Ltd. (Piano Concerto); Edition Wilhelm Hansen (Symphony No. 2); both administered by Internationale Musikverlage Hans Sikorski, Hamburg
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(On his fourth recording for harmonia mundi, GRAMMY-nomina...)
On his fourth recording for harmonia mundi, GRAMMY-nominated conductor Miguel Harth-Bedoya leads the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra in an all-orchestral program featuring Witold Lutoslawski's Concerto for Orchestra and Arnold Schoenberg's orchestration of Brahms's Piano Quartet No.1. With its use of folk melodies to generate tremendous momentum and dramatic impact, the Concerto for Orchestra established Lutoslawski as Poland's leading contemporary composer. Harth-Bedoya couples this powerful and complex score with Schoenberg's rich and colorful arrangement of one of Brahms's most popular chamber works.
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(Witold Lutoslawski (1913-1994) had a career that touched ...)
Witold Lutoslawski (1913-1994) had a career that touched on nearly all modes of composition in the 20th century, ranging from tonal, neoromantic works to atonal, serial, and downright unclassifiable pieces. This release of his piano music fully represents his compositional range--sonatas, works for two pianos, and works for voice. And, depending on your familiarity with Lutoslawski's music (and your taste), you'll find something here to your liking--which also means that there will be items that might not appeal to anyone at all. His Melodie Ludowe for Solo Piano ("Folk Melodies") of 1945 and Bukoliki of 1952 are quite appealing and part of the composer's neoromantic temperament; less so his discordant Five Songs of 1957. Nevertheless, all performances here are superb and would complement any Lutoslawski collection. --Paul Cook
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Lutoslawski, Witold was born on January 25, 1913 in Warsaw, Poland. Son of Jozef and Maria (Olszewska) Lutoslawski.
Degree piano State Conservatory Music, Warsaw, 1936. Degree in composition, Warsaw, 1937. Doctor (honorary), Cleveland Institute Music, 1971.
Doctor (honorary), Northwestern University, 1972. Doctor (honorary), Warsaw University, 1073. Doctor (honorary), Lancaster University, 1975.
Doctor (honorary), University Glasgow, 1977. Doctor (honorary), Copernicus University, 1980. Doctor, Durham University.
Doctor, Jagiellonian University, Cracow. Doctor, Baldwin-Wallace College. Doctor, Cambridge University, 1987.
Doctor, Royal Northern College Manchester, 1987. Doctor, Belfast University, 1987. Honorary Doctor, Chopin Music College, Warsaw, 1988.
Honorary Doctor, New England conservatory of Music, 1990. Honorary Doctor, University Humaines Science, Strasbourg, 1990. Doctor of Music (honorary), Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, 1991.
Composer, 1922; Cello Concerto, 1970, Preludes andFugue for 13 solo strings, 1972, Les espaces du sommeil for baritoneand orchestra, 1975, Mi-parti for orchestra, 1976, Novelette for orchestra, 1979, Double Concerto for oboe, harp and orchestra, 1980, Third Symphony, 1983, Chairn 1 for chamber orchestra, 1983, Partita for violin and piano, 1984, Chain 2, dialogue for violin and orchestra, 1985, Chain 3 for symphony orchestra, 1986. First public performance orchestra piece, 1933, performances, Europe, American, Asia, Australia, Africa. Teacher composition BerkshireMusic Center, Tanglewood, Massachusetts, 1962, Dartington, Devon, England, 1963, 64, Swedish Royal Academy Music, 1965, Aarhus, Denmark, 1968.
Conductor orchestras and Choris, 1963.
Member program committee Warsaw Autumn Festival, 1956-1974.
(On his fourth recording for harmonia mundi, GRAMMY-nomina...)
(Witold Lutoslawski (1913-1994) had a career that touched ...)
(This album continues the successful collaboration of Krys...)
(Symphony 2 / Piano Concerto)
Member program committee Warsaw Autumn Festival, 1956-1974. Fellow Association Norwigian Composers, Royal College Music London, Serbian Academy Science. Member Academy Scientiarum et Artium Europea, Polish Composers" Union (honorary.
Member, recipient prize 1959, 73), Association Professional Cokmposers (honorary London), Royal Swedish Academy Music, Freie Akademy der Künste, Hamburg, Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Deutsche Akademie der Künste zuBerlin, Bayerische Akademie der Schönen Künste, Munich, American Academy Arts and Letters, National Institute Arts and Letters, Royal Academy Music (London), Academy des Beaux Arts (Paris), Academy Européenne des Sciences, des Arts, et des Lettres, Academy Royale de Belgique, Academy Nazionale de Santa Cecilia (honorary Rome), International Society Contemporary Music (honorary), Konzert hausgesellschaft Vienna (honorary).
Married Maria Danuta Dygat, September 24, 1946.