Dies ist ein beeindruckendes Kammermusikwerk von Witold Lutoslawski. Die fünf Sätze, aus denen das Werk besteht, basieren auf Volksliedern aus Nordpolen und bieten eine Vielzahl von Kontrasten. Dies...
For four violins. Edited by Irena Dubiska. Score and single parts.
The Holly And The Ivy arranged by Witold Lutoslawski for unison Voices and Piano.
Written in 1941, Lutoslawski's Paganini Variations For Two Pianos.
A unique compilation of Lutoslawski's piano pieces, especially suitable for the younger pianist. All the music is faithfully reproduced from the Polish originals.
First performed in April 1981 by Ronan Jablonski and Krystyna Brucinska in Warsaw.
First performed in 1970 by Mstislav Rostropovich, to whom the work is dedicated, with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra conducted by Edward Downes.
Composed at the request of the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra and first performed by Pinchas Zucherman and Marc Neikrug in January 1985 in Minnesota, USA, Duration c. 15 mins.
A short, 3 minute piece d'occasion written in 1951 for Tadeusz Ochlewski, director of Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne.
Written as a 70th birthday tribute to Paul Sacher and based on the letters of his name. The work was requested by Mstislav Rostropovich, who gave the first performance in May 1976.
After Chain II for Violin and Orchestra in (1985) and the orchestrated version of Partita in (1988), Lullaby For Anne-Sophie, for Violin and Piano, was the third piece composed by Witold Lutoslawski....
Lutoslawski: Strawchain & Other Songs was written in 1951 for Polish Radio, Strawchain & Other songs presents a series of contrasting songs about nature and people. Strawchain itself is a set of varia...
Three songs for SSA and piano based on Polish words about seasons and weather. Would make a useful short item to include in a Junior/Middle school concert.
Witold Lutos awski was a preeminent Polish musician during his last three decades and one of the major European composers of the 20th century. In the political whirlwinds of the second half of the cen...
For oboe and piano. Written as a tribute to the composer and pianist Alan Richardson (1904-1978). First performance given by Janet Craxton And Ian Brown in London, 1980.
First performed by Stefan Kamasa and Andrzej Orkisz in 1973.
For violin and piano. Commissioned by the 1994 International Violin Competition of Indianapolis. One of the composer's last works, dating from the same year as his 4th Symphony.
The critically acclaimed and final large-scale work of Lutoslawski, commissioned and first performed by the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra in February 1993, conducted by the composer. In 2 movemen...
Subito - literally meaning 'suddenly' - is a virtuosic scherzo filled with dazzling colours. The title itself defines the character of this work. Its expression is shaped by violent changes of tempo a...