Download, Lutosławski (composer)
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Special offer. Lutosławski: Concerto for Orchestra, Partita for Violin and Orchestra & Novelette
RecommendedChristian Tetzlaff (violin), Jouko Laivuori, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Nicholas Collon
This compelling release from conductor Nicholas Collon and the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra makes clear the evolutionary exuberance of Lutosławski’s creative development. — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2024, Orchestral Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Assorted Programs
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Special offer. Lutosławski: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3
RecommendedFinnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hannu Lintu
This magnificent new recording completes a strong symphonic portrait of the Polish modernist master…The Third Symphony comes first here in a coruscating performance. Hannu Lintu conducts with... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2020, Orchestral Choice
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Diapason d’Or, July/August 2020, Nouveauté
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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The Times Records of the Year, 2020
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Grammy Awards, 63rd Awards (2021), Nominee - Best Orchestral Performance
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Special offer. Lutosławski: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4; Jeux vénitiens
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hannu Lintu
Three key works, each from an essential point in Witold Lutosławski’s career, add up to a thrilling portrait of the modern Polish master. All are played with searing energy by the Finnish Radio... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2019, Recording of the Month
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2020, Finalist - Orchestral
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Gardner makes the most of the taut rhythmic energy in the music...all the colours of this showpiece [the Concerto for Orchestra] are brightly painted, with a virtuosity which is never empty,... — More…
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Sunday Times, 2010, Albums of the Year
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2010, Editor's Choice
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Gardner and the BBC Symphony, backed up by glittering sound, do [the Symphonic Variations] proud, from the folk-like opening flute theme, through its varied treatments...Lortie is an ideal soloist... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2012, Editor's Choice
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Krystian Zimerman & Sir Simon Rattle: Lutoslawski
RecommendedKrystian Zimerman (piano)
Berliner Philharmoniker, Simon Rattle
Zimerman injects both delicacy and virtuosity into the dialogue with Simon Rattle's orchestra, and also holds the key, as probably only a Pole could do, to the serious yet wistful undercurrents... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 21st August 2015
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2015, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2015, Winner - Musique Symphonique
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Lutosławski: Orchestral Works 4
Michael Collins (clarinet), Tasmin Little (violin)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner
[Little] finds the soft-edged energy of the Partita and traces a broad melodic arc in its central Largo. All the performers show their awareness of the work's indebtedness to Baroque gesture. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2013, Editor's Choice
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it is very good to have Salonen's version of the Second Symphony restored to the catalogue; he captures its elusive qualities, and the LA strings sound at their most potent here in the surging... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 18th March 2013
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Gramophone Awards, 1986, Winner - Contemporary
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Grammy Awards, 29th Awards (1986), Best Contemporary Classical Composition
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[the Penderecki's] not the sort of music that comes off if played half-heartedly, and the Royal String Quartet, with a detailed, clear recording, give it a natural precision and direction...[the... — More…