OLIVER MESSIAEN
Turangalila Symphony / L'ascension Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra / Antoni Wit [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 1/Nov/2000 ] A major new recording of this monumental work |
WOJCIECH KILAR
Bram Stoker's Dracula / Death and the Maiden / King of the Last Days Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra / Antoni Wit (Conductor) [ Naxos Film Music Classics / CD - released 14/Nov/2006 ] Kilar had worked on over a hundred Polish films before scoring his first American film, Francis Ford Coppola’s Bram Stoker’s Dracula, followed by acclaimed scores for Roman Polanski’s Death and the Maiden and The Ninth Gate, typified by expressive... |
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra; Antoni Wit, conductor
Lutoslawski - Orchestral Works, Vol.5 (Includes Concerto for Orchestra & Poames d'Henri Michaux) [ Naxos / CD - released 4/Sep/2003 ] Witold Lutoslawski was born in Warsaw, Poland, in 1913, and was fortunate enough to study both the piano and composition privately. He was almost twenty before he entered the Warsaw Conservatory to conclude his education. He was taught composition the... |
VARESE
Arcana / Integrales / Deserts Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra / Christopher Lyndon-Gee, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 11/May/2004 ] |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: The Girlfriends (complete) / Rule Britannia / Salute to Spain Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra / Mark Fitz-Gerald [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] MARBECKS STAFF PICK: CD OF THE YEAR 2009 --"..conductor Mark Fitz-Gerald has done his job excellently, and he leads a sensitive and cogent performance of the 23 brief movements that comprise the complete score." (10 / 10 ClassicsToday) |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No 9 Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Michael Halasz [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 1/Jan/2000 ] "Once you hear the first few minutes of the opening movement, that rich gutty East European string tone, the burnished brass, the tangy woodwinds, you know that this is a fine Mahler orchestra" American Record Guide |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No 2 'Resurre Hanna Lisowska, Jadwiga Rappé, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Antoni Wit [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 1/Jan/2000 ] "The bottom line: this is one of the finest modern recordings of Mahler 2" Classical Express |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Complete Symphonies Lynda Russell (soprano) / Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Warsaw Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra, Warsaw Boys' Choir, Antoni Wit, Michael H [ Naxos / 15 CD Box Set - released 10/May/2017 ] "The excellent quality of the Katowice Orchestra of Polish Radio is impressively demonstrated...it stands comparison with any rival" Penguin Guide on No 6 |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No.9 Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Michael Halasz [ Naxos / 2 CD ] "Once you hear the first few minutes of the opening movement, that rich gutty East European string tone, the burnished brass, the tangy woodwinds, you know that this is a fine Mahler orchestra" American Record Guide |
TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 & The Storm Overture Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Antoni Wit [ Naxos / CD ] "For an indication of the high quality of Tchaikovskian perception and execution on offer here, start with the early symphonic poem based on Ostrovsky's The Storm." - CD Review |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 8, 'Symphony of a Thousand' Polish Radio Choir, Warsaw Boys Choir, Warsaw National Philharmonic Choir, Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra / Antoni Wit (Conductor) [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 9/May/2006 ] "Exceptional value … serious Mahlerians really should hear it" (MusicWeb Recording of the Month Oct 2006) |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 8, 'Symphony of a Thousand' BLU-RAY AUDIO ONLY Polish Radio Choir, Warsaw Boys Choir, Warsaw National Philharmonic Choir, Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra / Antoni Wit (Conductor) [ Naxos Blu-Ray Audio / Blu-ray Disc - released 30/Jun/2011 ] Try to imagine the whole universe beginning to ring and resound", was how Mahler himself described the impact of the closing pages of the Symphony. |
SZYMANOWSKI
Symphonies Nos 2-4 / Harnasie Polish Radio Chorus of Krakow / Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra / Jacek Kaspszyk / Jerzy Semkow / Antoni Wit [ EMI Gemini / 2 CD - released 21/Oct/2007 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) - "Excellent value. There's a touch of edge, a hint of congestion to the orchestral sound occasionally, but the playing throughout is first-class. Both conductors are perfectly at... |
LUTOSLAWSKI
Orchestra Works (Incls Symphonies 1 & 2 & Concerto for Orchestra) Polish Radio National Symphony orchestra / Witold Lutoslawski [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD - released 1/Mar/2009 ] 'It's my guess that posterity will judge Witold Lutowslaski among the supreme twentieth century musical colourists. All in all, this must surely count as the introduction to Lutoslawski's symphonic world.' Gramophone reviewing the original release |
HEISE
Drot Og Marsk (Complete Opera) Poul Elming / Bent Norup / Eva Johansson / Kurt Westi / Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra And Choir / Michael Schonwandt [ Chandos / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Oct/2008 ] 'I have rarely heard the Danish Radio Orchestra and Chorus perform at such a level of passion, precision and conviction. Under Michael Schonwandt's fiery baton they are primed to made the best possible case…' Fanfare |
VLADIMIR FRANZ
Goldilocks (complete ballet recorded in 2008) Prague National Ballet / Alexander Katsapov, Adela Pollertova, Viktor Konvalinka / Peter Vrabel (cond) [ Supraphon / DVD - released 20/Mar/2010 ] G - We invite you to the dance fairy-tale about the beautiful princess Goldilocks, the intrepid Jirík and a love that helps them overcome all the obstacles laid in their path. |
Antonin Dvorak
Kate & the Devil Prague National Theatre Orchestra [ Supraphon / 2 CD - released 28/Apr/2008 ] |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1, 'Classical' / Symphony No. 5 National Symphony Orchestra Of Ukraine / Theodore Kuchar [ Naxos / CD - released 9/Sep/1997 ] Sergey Prokofiev belongs to the generation of Russian musicians who completed their studies before the Communist Revolution of 1917. His early education had been at home, where he had tuition from Glière, before entering the St. Petersburg... |