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I'm not sure how popular Lutoslawski is around here, but what are your 'Top 5 Favorite Works' from him?
Mine (in no particular order):
Symphony No. 4
Piano Concerto
Les Espaces du Sommeil
Silesian Triptych
Little Suite
Symphony #3
String Quartet
Piano Concerto
Cello Concerto
Concerto for Orchestra
Really though, his work is at an extraordinarily high level throughout. I can listen to just about anything and like it.
(BTW, I've managed to hear all of these live, except for the Piano Cto)
Lutoslawski has very little presence in my CD shelves: the PC and Second Symphony with Zimmerman/Rattle, and this one which may have slipped under your radar
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The cello concerto is the one that impressed me most, but I must confess he is not a composer who has drawn me on to explore more.
Quote from: Archaic Torso of Apollo on July 25, 2016, 06:38:53 PM
Symphony #3
String Quartet
Piano Concerto
Cello Concerto
Concerto for Orchestra
Really though, his work is at an extraordinarily high level throughout. I can listen to just about anything and like it.
There are a few works that give me some difficulty, but I pretty much agree. He was a remarkably consistent composer. I find that his works for voice and orchestra are some of the finest song cycles of the 20th Century. He had such an incredible ear for texture and provided just the right amount of atmosphere to these types of works. Nice list, btw.
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on July 25, 2016, 06:43:06 PM
Lutoslawski has very little presence in my CD shelves: the PC and Second Symphony with Zimmerman/Rattle, and this one which may have slipped under your radar
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The cello concerto is the one that impressed me most, but I must confess he is not a composer who has drawn me on to explore more.
I never have liked his
Symphony No. 2. I think that's really one of his weakest works IMHO. You really should give a listen to his works for voice and orchestra sometime. There's a recording with Edward Gardner on Chandos that's devoted to just to these works that I imagine would impress you.
Quote from: Mirror Image on July 25, 2016, 06:47:35 PM
I never have liked his Symphony No. 2. I think that's really one of his weakest works IMHO. You really should give a listen to his works for voice and orchestra sometime. There's a recording with Edward Gardner on Chandos that's devoted to just to these works that I imagine would impress you.
That would be this one?
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Wish listed.
Looking for it, I reminded myself I have this one.
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But the Dalbavie was what I liked best there.
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on July 25, 2016, 07:26:52 PM
That would be this one?
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Wish listed.
Yep, that would be the one. 8) Actually, it'd be nice if Chandos boxed up all of Gardner's Lutoslawski recordings. His series is one of the best out there.
Symphony #3
Six Children's Song
Cello Concerto
Symphony #4
Double Concerto for Oboe, Harp and Chamber Orchestra
Quote from: springrite on July 26, 2016, 04:50:42 AM
Symphony #3
Six Children's Song
Cello Concerto
Symphony #4
Double Concerto for Oboe, Harp and Chamber Orchestra
Nice list, Paul 8) I need to familiarize myself with
Six Children's Songs. I haven't heard that song cycle in ages. Looks like there's only one recording of it, too (on Naxos w/ Wit conducting).
Quote from: Mirror Image on July 26, 2016, 05:26:20 AM
Nice list, Paul 8) I need to familiarize myself with Six Children's Songs. I haven't heard that song cycle in ages. Looks like there's only one recording of it, too (on Naxos w/ Wit conducting).
That's the one I have.
I remember playing it when Kimi was two. Someone in the house said: "How could avant garde music be children's song! Change it to some normal children's songs!" Then 2 year-old Kimi said: "I like it!" Haha!
Quote from: springrite on July 26, 2016, 05:32:17 AM
That's the one I have.
I remember playing it when Kimi was two. Someone in the house said: "How could avant garde music be children's song! Change it to some normal children's songs!" Then 2 year-old Kimi said: "I like it!" Haha!
Kimi had a great ears even then. ;D
As an old-fashioned type, my picks are pretty dull...
Concerto for Orchestra
Twenty Polish Christmas Carols
Dance Preludes for clarinet and orchestra
Paganini Variations
Five Songs for female voice and 30 soloists
Quote from: Brian on July 26, 2016, 06:11:09 AM
As an old-fashioned type, my picks are pretty dull...
Concerto for Orchestra
Twenty Polish Christmas Carols
Dance Preludes for clarinet and orchestra
Paganini Variations
Five Songs for female voice and 30 soloists
Forgot the Paganini Variations. I just might replace the Double Concerto with it.
Partita for Violin and Orchestra
Dance Preludes for Clarinet and Orchestra
Symphonic Variations
Variations on a Theme by Paganini
Symphony No.1
Preludes and a Fugue for 13 solo strings
Symphony No. 3
Piano Concerto
Les Espaces du sommeil
Symphony No. 4
Chantefleurs et Chantefables Please don't tell me I'm the only one who really loves these. >:( In which case..."They're all mine, MINE, I TELL YOU!" :laugh:
Symphony 4
PC
Les Espaces du Sommeil
Double Concerto
I like the Concerto for Orchestra but don't know much more although I was actually in his company when he visited the university I studied at in the 1970s.
Chain III
Symphony No. 3
Jeux vénitiens
Mi-parti
Cello Concerto
Though I could easily swap any of them with Trois poèmes d'Henri Michaux, Preludes and Fugue or Symphony No. 4
There are still quite a few Lutoslawski works I don't know yet, but as it stands:
Concerto for Orchestra
Cello Concerto
Symphony no. 4
Musique funebre
Piano Sonata
Cello Concerto
Livres for Orchestra
Chain 3
Symphony 3
Piano Concerto
Quote from: kyjo on October 07, 2017, 05:37:11 AM
There are still quite a few Lutoslawski works I don't know yet, but as it stands:
Concerto for Orchestra
Cello Concerto
Symphony no. 4
Musique funebre
Piano Sonata
Nice list. I should get to know the
Cello Concerto better.
Cello concerto
Musique funèbre
String quartet
Preludes and Fugue for 13 strings
Mi-Parti
Quote from: SymphonicAddict on October 07, 2017, 12:22:11 PM
Cello concerto
Musique funèbre
String quartet
Preludes and Fugue for 13 strings
Mi-Parti
Nice list. I shamefully still do not own a recording of the
String Quartet. Any performance(s) you enjoy in particular that you can recommend?
Quote from: Mirror Image on October 07, 2017, 04:04:57 PM
Nice list. I shamefully still do not own a recording of the String Quartet. Any performance(s) you enjoy in particular that you can recommend?
So far, I only have this recording, which I enjoy a lot:
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Wild work, full of incredible sonorities.
Quote from: SymphonicAddict on October 08, 2017, 01:56:34 PM
So far, I only have this recording, which I enjoy a lot:
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Wild work, full of incredible sonorities.
Thanks, SymphonicAddict. My buddy Karlo (North Star) has that recording and thoroughly enjoys it. I can't say I know any of Penderecki's SQs.
Quote from: Mirror Image on October 08, 2017, 02:52:46 PM
Thanks, SymphonicAddict. My buddy Karlo (North Star) has that recording and thoroughly enjoys it. I can't say I know any of Penderecki's SQs.
My pleasure. Those Penderecki's quartets are worthy, too. They share similar characteristics with the Lutoslawski's, especially the Nos. 2 & 3.