SACD, Lutosławski (composer)
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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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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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Gardner's control of [the Second], not least its eventual disintegration, is highly compelling...the Cello Concerto receives a superbly concentrated performance here from the soloists Paul Watkins...[Grave]... — More…
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Christian Poltéra plays Dutilleux & Lutoslawski
Christian Poltéra (cello)
ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jac van Steen
…Christian Poltéra inevitably courts comparison with the 1975 EMI disc of Rostropovich, for whom both works were written. …in technique there's nothing to choose between them. …the most notable... — More…
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Martin Fröst: Dances to a Black Pipe
Martin Fröst (clarinet)
Australian Chamber Orchestra, Richard Tognetti
almost every piece is a novelty in Martin Fröst's dance-themed programme...This partnership of soloists and orchestra is an inspired one, not least in the smaller-scale pieces...There is a quirky... — More…
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