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Polish composer and conductor (1913-1994)
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Commemorations 2024 (Death: Witold Lutosławski)
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2024-03-08 17:39:07
This week’s concerts by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra launch a significant […]
2024-02-07 00:00:00
Lutosławski: Concerto for Orchestra, Cello Concerto (Wit)
Witold Lutosławski (1913-1994)Concerto for OrchestraCello ConcertoRafał Kwiatkowski celloWarsaw Philharmonic Symphony OrchestraAntoni WitDUX 0499 (2005)[flac, cue, log, scans]On the 30th anniversary of Lutosławski's death.# Lutoslawski
2024-01-25 18:01:16
Lutoslawski was the leading progressive figure in Polish music of the second half of the twentieth c
2024-01-22 15:45:25
Mozart, 2024
This Week in Classical Music: January 22, 2024. Mozart. The main event of this week is Mozart’s birthday, on January 27th. Wolfgang Amadeus was born in 1756 in Salzburg. One of the greatest composers in history, he excelled in practically every genre of classical music. His operas are of the highest order (just think of the Magic Flute, Don Giovanni, the Marriage of Figaro, or Così fan tutte, but then there are several operas, though not as popular, such as La clemenza di Tito, The Abduction from the Seraglio, or Idomeneo, that would make any other composer proud). His symphonies are the pinnacle of the orchestral music of the Classical period, and so are his piano concertos. His violin concertos were written when he was very young (the last one, no. 5, “Turkish” was completed when Mozart was 19) but were already very good. He wrote many piano sonatas that […]
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