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Witold Lutosławski
Person · male · Poland · Warsaw · born 1913 · died 1994 · recording since 1986
Polish composer and conductor (1913-1994)
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Also known as Lutoslawski, Witold · Witold Lutoslawski · Witold Lutoslawsky · Witold Lutotawski · 维托尔德·卢托斯瓦夫斯基
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Debut release: Lutoslawski conducts Lutoslawski: Symphony no. 3 / Les Espaces du Sommeil
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Album: Lutoslawski conducts Lutoslawski: Symphony no. 3 / Les Espaces du Sommeil
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Album: Lutoslawski Conducts Lutoslawski: Cello Concerto / Concerto for Oboe and Harp / Danses Préludes
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Album: Lutosławski: Dance Preludes / Blake: Concerto / Seiber: Concertino
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Album: Volume Six: Two Studies – Variations on a Theme of Paganini – - Five Songs – String Quartet – Epitaph – Grave – Partita
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Album: Symphonies nos. 1 & 2 / Symphonic Variations / Musique funèbre
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Album: Symphony no. 2 / Chantefleurs et chantefables / Piano Concerto
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Album: Szymanowski: Symphonies 2 & 3, Violin Concerto 2 / Lutoslawski: Concerto for Orchestra
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Album: Lutosławski Conducts Lutosławski: Partita / Chain 2 / Chain 3 / Novelette
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Album: Symphony no. 4 / Partita for Violin and Orchestra / Chain II / Funeral Music / Interlude
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Album: Symphony No. 2 / Little Suite / Symphonic Variations / Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
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Album: Symphony no. 3 / Paganini Variations / Paroles Tissées / Les Espaces Du Sommeil
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Album: Ronnefeld: Orchestersuite / Strawinsky: 4 Etüden für Orchester / Schostakowitsch: Symphonie Nr. 9 / Lutosławski: Chain I / Zimmermann: Sinfonie
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Album: Tvö píanó / Two Pianos: Le sacre du printemps / Variations on a theme by Paganini / Ma mère l'Oye / La valse
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Album: Symphony no. 1 / Chantefleurs et Chantefables / Silesian Tryptych / Jeux Vénitiens
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2000s
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Album: Preludes and Fugue for 13 Solo Strings / Three Postludes / Fanfares
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Album: Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra / Lutosławski: Concerto for Orchestra / Fanfare for Louisville
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Album: Wieniawski / Szymanowski: Violin Concertos / Lutoslawski: Chain 2
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2010s
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Album: Orchestral Works: Concerto for Orchestra / Symphony no. 3 / Chain 3
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Album: Orchestral Works 2: Symphonic Variations / "Paganini" Variations / Piano Concerto / Symphony no. 4
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Album: Orchestral Works 3: Symphony no. 2 / Grave / Cello Concerto / Mala suita
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Album: Orchestral Works, Volume 4: Symphony no. 1 / Partita / Chain 2 / Preludia taneczne
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Album: Dohnányi: Nursery Variations / Liszt: Totentanz / Rachmaninov: Paganini Rhapsody / Lutosławski: Paganini Variations
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Album: Liszt, Brahms, Lutosławski: Paganini Variations / Rachmaninov: Paganini Rhapsody
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Album: Kletzki: Violin Concerto / Szymanowski: Violin Concerto no. 2 / Lutosławski: Partita
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Album: Szymanowski: Overture, op. 12 / Lutosławski: Cello Concerto / Symphony no. 4
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Album: Concerto for Orchestra / Partita for Violin and Orchestra / Novelette
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Biography
English biography4,662 words · 14 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1371964179
Biography
Witold Roman Lutosławski (Polish: [ˈvitɔlt lutɔˈswafskʲi] ; 25 January 1913 – 7 February 1994) was a Polish composer and conductor. Among the major composers of 20th-century classical music, he is "generally regarded as the most significant Polish composer since Szymanowski, and possibly the greatest Polish composer since Chopin". His compositions—of which he was a notable conductor—include representatives of most traditional genres, aside from opera: symphonies, concertos, orchestral song cycles, other orchestral works, and chamber works. Among his best known works are his four symphonies, the Variations on a Theme by Paganini (1941), the Concerto for Orchestra (1954), and his cello concerto (1970).
During his youth, Lutosławski studied piano and composition in Warsaw. His early works were influenced by Polish folk music and demonstrated a wide range of rich atmospheric textures. His folk-inspired music includes the Concerto for Orchestra (1954)—which first brought him international renown—and Dance Preludes (1955), which he described as a "farewell to folklore". From the late 1950s he began developing new, characteristic composition techniques. He introduced limited aleatoric elements, while retaining tight control of his music's material, architecture, and performance. He also evolved his practice of building harmonies from small groups of musical intervals.
During World War II, after narrowly escaping German capture, Lutosławski made a living playing the piano in Warsaw bars. After the war, Stalinist authorities banned his First Symphony for being "formalist": accessible only to an elite. Rejecting anti-formalism as an unjustified retrograde step, Lutosławski resolutely strove to maintain his artistic integrity, providing artistic support to the Solidarity movement throughout the 1980s. He received numerous awards and honours, including the Grawemeyer Award and a Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal. In 1994, Lutosławski was awarded Poland's highest honour, the Order of the White Eagle.
Early years (1913–1938)
Witold Roman Lutosławski was born on 25 January 1913, in Warsaw, Poland. His parents were both born into the Polish landed nobility; they owned estates in the area of Drozdowo. His father Józef was involved in the Polish National Democratic Party ("Endecja"), and the Lutosławski family became intimate with its founder, Roman Dmowski (Witold Lutosławski's middle name was Roman). Józef Lutosławski studied in Zürich, where in 1904 he met and married a fellow student, Maria Olszewska, who later became Lutosławski's mother. Józef pursued his studies in London, where he acted as correspondent for the National-Democratic newspaper, Goniec. He continued to be involved in National Democracy politics after returning to Warsaw in 1905, and took over the management of the family estates in 1908. Witold Roman Lutosławski, the youngest of three brothers, was born in Warsaw shortly before the outbreak of World War I.
In 1915, with Russia at war with Germany, Prussian forces drove towards Warsaw. The Lutosławskis travelled east to Moscow, where Józef remained politically active, organising Polish Legions ready for any action that might liberate Poland (which had been divided over a century earlier—Warsaw was part of Tsarist Russia). Dmowski's strategy was for Russia to guarantee security for a new Polish state. In 1917, the February Revolution forced the Tsar to abdicate, and the October Revolution started a new Soviet government that made peace with Germany. Józef's activities were now in conflict with the Bolsheviks, who arrested him and his brother Marian. Thus, although fighting stopped on the Eastern Front in 1917, the Lutosławskis were prevented from returning home. The brothers were interned in Butyrskaya prison in central Moscow, where Witold—by then aged five—visited his father. Józef and Marian were executed by a firing squad in September 1918, some days before their scheduled trial.
After the war, the family returned to the newly independent Poland, only to find their estates ruined. After his father's death, other members of the family played an important part in Witold's early life, especially Józef's half-brother Kazimierz Lutosławski, a priest and politician.
At age six, Lutosławski started two years of piano lessons in Warsaw. After the Polish-Soviet War the family left Warsaw to return to Drozdowo, but after a few years of running the estates with limited success, his mother returned to Warsaw. She worked as a physician, and translated books for children from English. In 1924, Lutosławski entered secondary school (Stefan Batory Gymnasium) while continuing piano lessons. A performance of Karol Szymanowski's Third Symphony deeply affected him. In 1925, he started violin lessons at the Warsaw Music School. In 1931, he enrolled at Warsaw University to study mathematics, and in 1932 he formally joined the composition classes at the Conservatory. His only composition teacher was Witold Maliszewski, a renowned Polish composer who had been a pupil of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. Lutosławski was given a strong grounding in musical structures, particularly movements in sonata form. In 1932, he gave up the violin, and in 1933 he discontinued his mathematics studies to concentrate on the piano and composition. As a student of Jerzy Lefeld, he gained a diploma for piano performance from the Conservatory in 1936, after presenting a virtuoso program including Schumann's Toccata and Beethoven's fourth piano concerto. His diploma for composition was awarded by the same institution in 1937.
World War II (1939–1945)
Military service followed; Lutosławski was trained in signalling and radio operating in Zegrze near Warsaw. He completed his Symphonic Variations in 1939. The work was premiered by the Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Grzegorz Fitelberg, with the performance broadcast on radio on 9 March 1939. Like most young Polish composers, Lutosławski wanted to continue his education in Paris. His plans for further musical study were dashed in September 1939, when Germany invaded western Poland and Russia invaded eastern Poland. Lutosławski was mobilised with the radio unit for the Kraków Army. He was soon captured by German soldiers, but escaped while being marched to prison camp, walking 250 miles (400 km) back to Warsaw. Lutosławski
LutosławskiSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 8 tracks1Concerto for Orchestra: I. Intrada6:552Concerto for Orchestra: II. Capriccio notturno e arioso5:243Concerto for Orchestra: III. Passacaglia, toccata e corale15:364Little Suite (Mała suita): I. Fujarka (Piccolo)2:385Little Suite (Mała suita): II. Hurra polka1:266Little Suite (Mała suita): III. Piosenka (Song)2:437Little Suite (Mała suita): IV. Taniec (Dance)2:458Symphony no. 418:43's brother was captured by Russian soldiers and later died in a Siberian labour camp.
To earn a living, Lutosławski joined "Dana Ensemble", the first Polish revellers, as an arranger-pianist, singing in "Ziemiańska Cafe". He then formed a piano duo with friend and fellow composer Andrzej Panufnik, performing together in Warsaw cafés. Their repertoire consisted of a wide range of music in their own arrangements, including the first incarnation of Lutosławski's Variations on a Theme by Paganini, a transcription of the 24th Caprice for solo violin by Niccolò Paganini. Defiantly, they sometimes played Polish music (the Nazis banned Polish music in Poland—including that of Frédéric Chopin), and composed Resistance songs. Listening in cafés was the only way in which the Poles of German-occupied Warsaw could hear live music; putting on concerts was impossible since the Germans occupying Poland prohibited any organised gatherings. In café Aria, where they played, Lutosławski met his future wife Maria Danuta Bogusławska, a sister of the writer Stanisław Dygat.
Lutosławski left Warsaw in July 1944 with his mother, just a few days before the Warsaw Uprising. During the complete destruction of the city by Germans after the failure of the uprising, most of his music was lost, as were the family's Drozdowo estates. He was able to salvage only a few scores and sketches; of the 200 or so arrangements that Lutosławski and Panufnik had worked on for their piano duo, only Lutosławski's Variations on a Theme by Paganini survived. Lutosławski returned to the ruins of Warsaw after the Polish-Soviet treaty in April 1945.
Post-war years (1946–1955)
During the postwar years, Lutosławski worked on his First Symphony—sketches of which he had salvaged from Warsaw—which he had started in 1941. It was first performed in 1948, conducted by Fitelberg. To provide for his family, he also composed music that he termed functional, such as the Warsaw Suite (written to accompany a silent film depicting the city's reconstruction), sets of Polish Carols, and the study pieces for piano, Melodie Ludowe ("Folk Melodies").
In 1945, Lutosławski was elected as secretary and treasurer of the newly constituted Union of Polish Composers (ZKP—Związek Kompozytorów Polskich). In 1946, he married Danuta Bogusławska. The marriage was a lasting one, and Danuta's drafting skills were of great value to the composer: she became his copyist, and solved some of the notational challenges of his later works.
In 1947, the Stalinist political climate led to the adoption and imposition by the ruling Polish United Workers' Party of the tenets of socialist realism. The political authorities condemned new compositions deemed to be non-conformist. This artistic censorship, which ultimately came from Stalin personally, was to some degree prevalent over the whole Eastern bloc, and was reinforced by the 1948 Zhdanov decree. By 1948, the ZKP was taken over by musicians willing to follow the party line on musical matters. Lutosławski resigned from the committee, implacably opposed to the ideas of socialist realism.
Lutoslawski's First Symphony was proscribed as "formalist", and he found himself shunned by the Soviet authorities, a situation that continued throughout the era of Khrushchev, Brezhnev, Andropov and Chernenko. In 1954, the climate of musical oppression drove his friend Andrzej Panufnik to defect to the United Kingdom. Against this background, Lutosławski was content to compose pieces for which there was social need, but in 1954 this earned him—much to the composer's chagrin—the Prime Minister's Prize for a set of children's songs. He commented: "[I]t was for those functional compositions of mine that the authorities decorated me ... I realised that I was not writing indifferent little pieces, only to make a living, but was carrying on an artistic creative activity in the eyes of the outside world."
It was his substantial and original Concerto for Orchestra of 1954 that established Lutosławski as an important composer of art music. The work, commissioned in 1950 by the conductor Witold Rowicki for the newly reconstituted Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, earned the composer two state prizes in the following year.
Maturity (1956–1967)
Stalin's death in 1953 allowed a certain relaxation of the cultural totalitarianism in Russia and its satellite states. By 1956, political events had led to a partial thawing of the musical climate, and the Warsaw Autumn Festival of Contemporary Music was founded. Conceived as a biennial festival, it has been held annually ever since 1958 (except under Martial law in 1982 when, in protest, the ZKP refused to organise it). The first performance of his Musique funèbre (in Polish, Muzyka żałobna, English Funereal Music or Music of Mourning) took place in 1958. It was written to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the death of Béla Bartók, but took the composer four years to complete. This work brought international recognition, and the annual ZKP prize and the International Rostrum of Composers prize in 1959. Lutosławski's harmonic and contrapuntal thinking were developed in this work, and in the Five songs of 1956–57, as he introduced his twelve-note system, he realised the fruits of many years of thought and experiment. Another new feature of his compositional technique became a Lutosławski signature: he introduced randomness into the exact synchronisation of various parts of the musical ensemble in Jeux vénitiens ("Venetian games"). These harmonic and temporal techniques became part of every subsequent work, and were integral to his style.
In a departure from his usually serious compositions in 1957 to 1963, Lutosławski also composed light music under the pseudonym Derwid. Mostly waltzes, tangos, foxtrots and slow-foxtrots for voice and piano, these pieces are in the genre of Polish actors' songs. Their place in Lutosławski's output may be seen as less incongruous in light of his own performances of cabaret music during the war, as well as his relationship by marriage to his wife's sister-in-law, the famous Polish cabaret singer Kalina Jędrusik.
In 1963, Lutosławski fulfilled a commission for the Music Biennale Zagreb, his Trois poèmes d'Henri Michaux for chorus and orchestra. It was the first work he had written for a commission from abroad, and brought him further international acclaim. It earned him a second State Prize for music (Lutosławski was not cynical about the award this time), and he gained an agreement for the international publication of his music with Chester Music, then part of the Hansen publishing house. His String Quartet was first performed in Stockholm in 1965, followed the same year by the first performance of his orchestral song-cycle Paroles tissées. This shortened title was suggested by the poet Jean-François Chabrun, who had published the poems as Quatre tapisseries pour la Châtelaine de Vergi. The song cycle is dedicated to the tenor Peter Pears, who first performed it at the 1965 Aldeburgh Festival with the composer conducting. (The Festival was founded and organised by Benjamin Britten, with whom the composer formed a lasting friendship.)
Shortly after this, Lutosławski started work on his Second Symphony, which had two premieres: Pierre Boulez conducted the second movement, Direct, in 1966, and when the first movement, Hésitant, was finished in 1967, the composer conducted a complete performance in Katowice. The Second Symphony is very different from a conventional classical symphony in structure, with Lutosławski using his many compositional innovations to build a large-scale, dramatic work worthy of the name. In 1968, the Symphony earned Lutosławski first prize from the International Music Council's International Rostrum of Composers, his third such award, confirming his growing international reputation. In 1967, Lutosławski was awarded the Léonie Sonning Music Prize, Denmark's highest musical honour.
International renown (1967–1982)
The Second Symphony, and Livre pour orchestre and a Cello Concerto that followed, were composed during a particularly traumatic period in LutosławskiLutosławskiSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 8 tracks1Concerto for Orchestra: I. Intrada6:552Concerto for Orchestra: II. Capriccio notturno e arioso5:243Concerto for Orchestra: III. Passacaglia, toccata e corale15:364Little Suite (Mała suita): I. Fujarka (Piccolo)2:385Little Suite (Mała suita): II. Hurra polka1:266Little Suite (Mała suita): III. Piosenka (Song)2:437Little Suite (Mała suita): IV. Taniec (Dance)2:458Symphony no. 418:43's life. His mother died in 1967, and in 1967–70 there was a great deal of unrest in Poland. This sprang first from the suppression of the theatre production Dziady, which sparked a summer of protests; later, in 1968, the use of Polish troops to suppress the liberal reforms in Czechoslovakia's Prague Spring, and the Gdańsk Shipyards strike of 1970—which led to a violent clampdown by the authorities, both caused significant political and social tension in Poland. Lutosławski did not support the Soviet regime, and these events have been postulated as reasons for the increase in antagonistic effects in his work, particularly the Cello Concerto of 1968–70 for Rostropovich and the Royal Philharmonic Society. Indeed, Rostropovich's own opposition to the Soviet regime in Russia was just coming to a head (he shortly afterwards declared his support for the dissident Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn). Lutosławski himself did not hold the view that such influences had a direct effect on his music, although he acknowledged that they impinged on his creative world to some degree. In any case, the Cello Concerto was a great success, earning both Lutosławski and Rostropovich accolades. At the work's première with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Arthur Bliss presented Rostropovich with the Royal Philharmonic Society's gold medal.
In 1973, Lutosławski attended a recital given by the baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau with the pianist Sviatoslav Richter in Warsaw; he met the singer after the concert and this inspired him to write his extended orchestral song Les Espaces du sommeil ("The spaces of sleep"). This work, Preludes and Fugue, Mi-Parti (a French expression that roughly translates as "divided into two equal but different parts"), Novelette, and a short piece for cello in honour of Paul Sacher's seventieth birthday, occupied Lutosławski throughout the 1970s, while in the background he was working away at a projected Third symphony and a concertante piece for the oboist Heinz Holliger. These latter pieces were proving difficult to complete, as Lutosławski struggled to introduce greater fluency into his sound world and to reconcile tensions between the harmonic and melodic aspects of his style, and between foreground and background. The Double Concerto for oboe, harp and chamber orchestra—commissioned by Sacher—was finally finished in 1980, and the Third Symphony in 1983. In 1977, he received the Order of the Builders of People's Poland. In 1983, he received the Ernst von Siemens Music Prize.
During this period, Poland was undergoing yet more upheaval: in 1980, the influential movement Solidarność was created, led by Lech Wałęsa; and in 1981, martial law was declared by General Wojciech Jaruzelski. From 1981 to 1989, Lutosławski refused all professional engagements in Poland as a gesture of solidarity with the artists' boycott. He refused to enter the Culture Ministry to meet any of the ministers, and was careful not be photographed in their company. In 1983, as a gesture of support, he sent a recording of the first performance (in Chicago) of the Third Symphony to Gdańsk to be played to strikers in a local church. In 1983, he was awarded the Solidarity prize, of which Lutosławski was reported to be more proud than any other of his honours.
Final years (1983–1994)
Through the mid-1980s, Lutosławski composed three pieces called Łańcuch ("Chain"), which refers to the way the music is constructed from contrasting strands that overlap like the links of a chain. Chain 2 was written for Anne-Sophie Mutter (commissioned by Sacher), and for Mutter he also orchestrated his slightly earlier Partita for violin and piano, providing a new linking Interlude, so that when played together the Partita, Interlude, and Chain 2 form his longest work.
In 1985, the Third Symphony earned Lutosławski the first Grawemeyer Prize from the University of Louisville, Kentucky. The significance of the prize lay not just in its prestige but in the size of its financial award (then US$150,000). The award is intended to remove recipients' financial concerns for a period to allow them to concentrate on serious composition. In a gesture of altruism, Lutosławski announced that he would use the fund to set up a scholarship to enable young Polish composers to study abroad; Lutosławski also directed that his fee from the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra for Chain 3 should go to this scholarship fund.
In 1986, Lutosławski was presented (by Michael Tippett) with the rarely awarded Royal Philharmonic Society's Gold Medal during a concert in which Lutosławski conducted his Third Symphony; also that year a major celebration of his work was made at the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival. In addition, he was awarded honorary doctorates at several universities worldwide, including Cambridge.
At this time Lutosławski was writing his Piano Concerto for Krystian Zimerman, commissioned by the Salzburg Festival. His earliest plans to write a piano concerto dated from 1938; he was himself in his younger days a virtuoso pianist. It was a performance of this work and the Third Symphony at the Warsaw Autumn Festival in 1988 that marked the composer's return to the conductor's podium in Poland, after substantive talks had been arranged between the government and the opposition.
Around 1990 Lutosławski also worked on a fourth symphony and his orchestral song-cycle Chantefleurs et Chantefables for soprano. The latter was first performed at a Prom concert in London in 1991, and the Fourth Symphony in 1993 in Los Angeles. In between, and after initial reluctance, Lutosławski took on the presidency of the newly reconstituted Polish Cultural Council, which was set up after the 1989 legislative elections led to the end of communist rule in Poland.
In 1993, Lutosławski continued his busy schedule, travelling to the United States, England, Finland, Canada and Japan, and sketching a violin concerto, but by the first week of 1994 it was clear that cancer had taken hold, and after an operation the composer weakened quickly and died on 7 February, aged 81. He had, a few weeks before, been awarded Poland's highest honour, the Order of the White Eagle (only the second person to receive this since the collapse of communism in Poland—the first had been Pope John Paul II). He was cremated; his wife Danuta died shortly afterwards.
Music
Lutosławski described musical composition as a search for listeners who think and feel the same way he did—he once called it "fishing for souls".
Folk influence
LutosławskiLutosławskiSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 8 tracks1Concerto for Orchestra: I. Intrada6:552Concerto for Orchestra: II. Capriccio notturno e arioso5:243Concerto for Orchestra: III. Passacaglia, toccata e corale15:364Little Suite (Mała suita): I. Fujarka (Piccolo)2:385Little Suite (Mała suita): II. Hurra polka1:266Little Suite (Mała suita): III. Piosenka (Song)2:437Little Suite (Mała suita): IV. Taniec (Dance)2:458Symphony no. 418:43's works up until and including the Dance Preludes (1955) show the influence of Polish folk music, both harmonically and melodically. Part of his art was in transforming folk music, rather than quoting it exactly. In some cases, such as the Concerto for Orchestra, folk music is unrecognisable as such without careful analysis. As Lutosławski developed the techniques of his mature compositions, he stopped using folk material explicitly, although its influence remained as subtle features until the end. As he said, "[in those days] I could not compose as I wished, so I composed as I was able", and about this change of direction he said, "I was simply not so interested in it [using folk music]". Also, Lutosławski was dissatisfied with composing in a "post-tonal" idiom: while composing the first symphony, he felt that this was for him a cul-de-sac. As such, Dance Preludes would prove to be his final composition centered around folk music; he described it as a "farewell to folklore".
Pitch organisation
In Five Songs (1956–57) and Musique funèbre (1958) Lutosławski introduced his own brand of twelve-tone music, marking his departure from the explicit use of folk music. His twelve-tone technique allowed him to build harmony and melody from specific intervals (in Musique funèbre, augmented fourths and semitones). This system also gave him the means to write dense chords without resorting to tone clusters, and enabled him to build towards these dense chords (which often include all twelve notes of the chromatic scale) at climactic moments. LutosławskiLutosławskiSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 8 tracks1Concerto for Orchestra: I. Intrada6:552Concerto for Orchestra: II. Capriccio notturno e arioso5:243Concerto for Orchestra: III. Passacaglia, toccata e corale15:364Little Suite (Mała suita): I. Fujarka (Piccolo)2:385Little Suite (Mała suita): II. Hurra polka1:266Little Suite (Mała suita): III. Piosenka (Song)2:437Little Suite (Mała suita): IV. Taniec (Dance)2:458Symphony no. 418:43's twelve-note techniques were thus completely different in conception from Arnold Schoenberg's tone-row system, although Musique funèbre does happen to be based on a tone row. This twelve-note intervallic technique had its genesis in earlier works such as Symphony No. 1, and Variations on a Theme by Paganini.
Aleatory technique
Although Musique funèbre was internationally acclaimed, his new harmonic techniques led to something of a crisis for Lutosławski, during which he still could not see how to express his musical ideas. Then on 16 March 1960, listening to Polish Radio broadcast on new music, he happened to hear John Cage's Concert for Piano and Orchestra. Although he was not influenced by the sound or the philosophy of the music, Cage's explorations of indeterminacy set off a train of thought that resulted in Lutosławski finding a way to retain the harmonic structures he wanted while introducing the freedom for which he was searching. His Three Postludes were hastily rounded off (he had intended to write four) and he moved on to compose works in which he explored these new ideas.
In works from Jeux vénitiens, Lutosławski wrote long passages in which the parts of the ensemble are not to be synchronised exactly. At cues from the conductor, each instrumentalist may be instructed to move straight on to the next section, to finish their current section before moving on, or to stop. In this way, the random elements within compositionally controlled limits defined by the term aleatory are carefully directed by the composer, who controls the architecture and harmonic progression of the piece precisely. Lutosławski notated the music exactly; there is no improvisation, no choice of parts is given to any instrumentalist, and there is thus no doubt about how the musical performance is to be realised.
For his String Quartet, Lutosławski had produced only the four instrumental parts, refusing to bind them in a full score, because he was concerned that this would imply that he wanted notes in vertical alignment to coincide, as is the case with conventionally notated classical ensemble music. The LaSalle Quartet, however, specifically requested a score from which to prepare for the first performance. Bodman Rae relates that Danuta Lutosławska solved this problem by cutting up the parts and sticking them together in boxes (which Lutosławski called mobiles), with instructions on how to signal in performance when all of the players should proceed to the next mobile. In his orchestral music, these problems of notation were not so difficult, because the instructions on how and when to proceed are given by the conductor. Lutosławski's called this technique of his mature period "limited aleatorism".
Both Lutosławski's harmonic and aleatory processes are illustrated by example 1, an excerpt from Hésitant, the first movement of the Symphony No. 2. At number 7, the conductor gives a cue to the flutes, celesta and percussionist, who then play their parts in their own time, without any attempt to synchronise with the other instrumentalists. The harmony of this section is based on a 12-note chord built from major seconds and perfect fourths. After all the instrumentalists have finished their parts, a two-second general pause is indicated ("P.G. 2" at top right of the example). The conductor then gives a cue at number 8 (and indicates the tempo of the following section) for two oboes and the cor anglais. They each play their part, again with no attempt to synchronise with the other players. The harmony of this part is based on the hexachord F♯–G–A♭–C–D♭–D, arranged in such a way that the harmony of the section never includes any sixths or thirds. When the conductor gives another cue at number 9, the players each continue until they reach the repeat sign, and then stop: they are unlikely to end the section at the same time. This "refrain" (from numbers 8 to 9) recurs throughout the movement, slightly altered each time, but always played by double-reed instruments that do not play elsewhere in the movement: Lutosławski thus also carefully controls the orchestral palette.
Late style
The combination of LutosławskiLutosławskiSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 8 tracks1Concerto for Orchestra: I. Intrada6:552Concerto for Orchestra: II. Capriccio notturno e arioso5:243Concerto for Orchestra: III. Passacaglia, toccata e corale15:364Little Suite (Mała suita): I. Fujarka (Piccolo)2:385Little Suite (Mała suita): II. Hurra polka1:266Little Suite (Mała suita): III. Piosenka (Song)2:437Little Suite (Mała suita): IV. Taniec (Dance)2:458Symphony no. 418:43's aleatory techniques and his harmonic discoveries allowed him to build up complex musical textures. According to Bodman Rae, in his later works Lutosławski evolved a more mobile, simpler, harmonic style, in which less of the music is played with an ad libitum coordination. This development first appeared in the brief Epitaph for oboe and piano, around the time Lutosławski was struggling to find the technical means to complete his Third Symphony. In chamber works for just two instrumentalists the scope for aleatory counterpoint and dense harmonies is significantly less than for orchestra.
Lutosławski's formidable technical developments grew out of his creative imperative; that he left a body of major compositions is a testament to his resolution of purpose in the face of the anti-formalist authorities under which he formulated his methods.
Legacy
In the 21st century, Lutosławski is generally considered the most important Polish composer since Szymanowski, and perhaps the most outstanding since Chopin. This evaluation was not apparent after World War II, when Panufnik was more highly regarded in Poland. The success of LutosławskiLutosławskiSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 8 tracks1Concerto for Orchestra: I. Intrada6:552Concerto for Orchestra: II. Capriccio notturno e arioso5:243Concerto for Orchestra: III. Passacaglia, toccata e corale15:364Little Suite (Mała suita): I. Fujarka (Piccolo)2:385Little Suite (Mała suita): II. Hurra polka1:266Little Suite (Mała suita): III. Piosenka (Song)2:437Little Suite (Mała suita): IV. Taniec (Dance)2:458Symphony no. 418:43's Concerto for Orchestra and Panufnik's 1954 defection to England brought Lutosławski to the forefront of modern Polish classical music. Initially, he was coupled with his younger contemporary Krzysztof Penderecki, due to their music's shared stylistic and technical characteristics. When Penderecki's reputation declined in the 1970s, Lutosławski emerged as the major Polish composer of his time and among the most significant 20th-century European composers. His four symphonies, the Variations on a Theme by Paganini (1941), the Concerto for Orchestra (1954), and a cello concerto (1970) are his best known works.
Awards and honours
See The Witold Lutosławski Society for a comprehensive list.
Order of Polonia Restituta, 1953
Order of the Banner of Labour, 1955
Związek Kompozytorów Polskich (ZKP) Prize, 1959
First Prize of the International Music Council's International Rostrum of Composers, 1959
Koussevitzky Prix Mondial du Disque (France), 1964
Grand Prix du Disque de Académie Charles Cros (France), 1965
Jurzykowski Prize (United States), 1966
Herder Prize (Germany/Austria), 1967
Léonie Sonning Music Prize (Denmark), 1967
First Prize of the International Music Council's International Rostrum of Composers, 1968
Grand Prix du Disque de Académie Charles Cros (France), 1971
Prix Maurice Ravel (France), 1971
Honorary member of the Polish Composers' Union, 1971
Wihuri Sibelius Prize (Finland), 1973
Honorary degree of the University of Warsaw, 1973
Koussevitzky Prix Mondial du Disque (France), 1976
Order of the Builders of People's Poland, 1977
Honorary degree of the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, 1980
Ernst von Siemens Music Prize (Germany), 1983
Honorary doctorate, Durham University 1983
Honorary degree of the Jagiellonian University, 1984
Queen Sofía Composition Prize (Spain), 1985
Grawemeyer Award (United States), 1985
Koussevitzky Prix Mondial du Disque (France), 1986
Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal (United Kingdom), 1986
Grammy Award for Best Classical Contemporary Composition, 1987
Honorary doctorate, University of Cambridge, 1987
Honorary degree of the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music, 1988
Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts, 1993
Polar Music Prize (Sweden), 18 May 1993
Kyoto Prize (Japan), 1993
Honorary doctorate, McGill University, 30 October 1993
Order of the White Eagle (Poland), 1994
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Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
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| Wikipedia language versions | 48 | 96.3th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 85 | 97.3th |
| Studio albums | 67 | 99.6th |
| Awards recorded | 24 | 99.7th |
| Timeline events | 79 | 99.5th |
| Recording span (years) | 8 | 22.9th |
| Genres | 7 | 93th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (85 release groups · 67 studio albums)
Albums · 67
Lutoslawski conducts Lutoslawski: Symphony no. 3 / Les Espaces du Sommeil
1986 · studio album
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1Symphony no. 330:162“Les Espaces du sommeil”14:10Lutoslawski Conducts Lutoslawski: Cello Concerto / Concerto for Oboe and Harp / Danses Préludes
1987 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 51:40
1Cello Concerto23:052Dance Preludes: No. 1. Allegro molto1:023Dance Preludes: No. 2. Andantino2:454Dance Preludes: No. 3. Allegro giocoso1:245Dance Preludes: No. 4. Andante3:146Dance Preludes: No. 5. Allegro molto - Presto1:437Concerto for Oboe, Harp, and Chamber Orchestra: I. Rapsodico4:538Concerto for Oboe, Harp, and Chamber Orchestra: II. Dolente6:529Concerto for Oboe, Harp, and Chamber Orchestra: III. Marciale e grotesco6:42Lutosławski: Dance Preludes / Blake: Concerto / Seiber: Concertino
1987 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 46:41
1Dance Preludes: I. Allegro molto1:032Dance Preludes: II. Andantino2:293Dance Preludes: III. Allegro giocoso1:144Dance Preludes: IV. Andante3:105Dance Preludes: V. Allegro molto1:396Concertino for Clarinet and String Orchestra: I. Toccata (Allegro)2:407Concertino for Clarinet and String Orchestra: II. Variazioni semplici (Andante)3:428Concertino for Clarinet and String Orchestra: III. Scherzo (Allegro)2:499Concertino for Clarinet and String Orchestra: IV. Recitativo (Introduzione) (Rubato)2:5710Concertino for Clarinet and String Orchestra: V. Finale (Allegro)3:2411Clarinet Concerto: I. Invocation: Recitativo - Moderato, molto deciso7:5112Clarinet Concerto: II. Ceremony: Recitativo - Lento serioso7:1413Clarinet Concerto: III. Round Dance: Vivace6:291987 · studio album
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1Cello Concerto "Tout un monde lointain": I. Énigme (Très libre et flexible)6:562Cello Concerto "Tout un monde lointain": II. Regard (Extrêmement calme)7:153Cello Concerto "Tout un monde lointain": III. Houles (Large et ample)4:304Cello Concerto "Tout un monde lointain": IV. Miroirs (Lent et extatique)5:415Cello Concerto "Tout un monde lointain": V. Hymne (Allegro)4:466Cello Concerto23:241989 · studio album
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1Lacrimosa3:382Sinfonie No. 1: Allegro giusto4:373Sinfonie No. 1: Poco adagio10:214Sinfonie No. 1: Allegretto misterioso4:275Sinfonie No. 1 Allegro vivace5:196Konzert für Orchester: Intrada7:567Konzert für Orchester: Capriccio notturno ed Arioso5:568Konzert für Orchester: Passacaglia, Toccata a Corale16:449Funeral Music: Prologue - Metamorphosis - Apoogee - Epilogue14:031989 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 1:15:08
1Two Studies for Piano4:252Variations on a Theme of Paganini for 2 Pianos6:103Five Songs for Female Voice and Orchestra, After the Poems of Kazimiera Iłłakowicz: Sea3:454Five Songs for Female Voice and Orchestra, After the Poems of Kazimiera Iłłakowicz: Wind1:145Five Songs for Female Voice and Orchestra, After the Poems of Kazimiera Iłłakowicz: Winter3:056Five Songs for Female Voice and Orchestra, After the Poems of Kazimiera Iłłakowicz: Knights1:227Five Songs for Female Voice and Orchestra, After the Poems of Kazimiera Iłłakowicz: Orthodox Church Bells2:078String Quartet25:359Epitaph for Oboe and Piano5:2510Grave for Cello and Piano7:0011Partita for Violin and Piano: I. Allegro Giusto, II. Ad Libitum, III. Largo, IV. Ad Libitum and V. Presto15:00Concerto for Orchestra / Funeral Music / Venetian Games
1990 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 57:10
1Concerto for Orchestra: Intrada7:502Concerto for Orchestra: Capriccio notturno e Arioso5:533Concerto for Orchestra: Passacaglia, Toccata e Corale16:454Funeral Music14:065Venetian Games: I3:196Venetian Games: II1:457Venetian Games: III3:038Venetian Games: IV4:291991 · studio album
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Tracklist · 2 tracks · 23:57
1String Quartet: Introductory Movement8:342String Quartet: Main Movement15:23Piano Concerto / Chain 3 / Novelette
1992 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 55:16
1Concerto for Piano and Orchestra: 1. ♩. = ca. 110 - attacca5:382Concerto for Piano and Orchestra: 2. Presto - attacca4:393Concerto for Piano and Orchestra: 3. ♪ = ca. 85 - attacca7:244Concerto for Piano and Orchestra: 4. ♩ = ca. 848:105Chain 3: 1. Presto4:386Chain 3: 2. Presto (13)4:597Chain 3: 3. (38)2:178Novelette: I. Announcement1:449Novelette: II. First Event2:5710Novelette: III. Second Event3:3811Novelette: IV. Third Event2:1112Novelette: V. Conclusion7:01Concerto for Orchestra / Symphony no. 3
1993 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 58:17
1Concerto for Orchestra: Intrada - Allegro maestoso7:222Concerto for Orchestra: Cappricio notturno e arioso vivace5:573Concerto for Orchestra: Passacaglia toccata e corale andante con moto17:064Symphony no. 3: Vivo - Lento1:095Symphony no. 3: Vivo - Stesso movimento1:516Symphony no. 3. Vivo - Stesso movimento2:227Symphony no. 3: Vivo - Stesso movimento1:548Symphony no. 3: Adagio1:379Symphony no. 3: Vivo4:3810Symphony no. 3: Tempo I4:4811Symphony no. 3: Meno mosso2:0212Symphony no. 3: Vivo - Poco mitenuto4:0913Symphony no. 3: Poco lento3:22Symphonies nos. 1 & 2 / Symphonic Variations / Musique funèbre
1994 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 1:18:41
1Symphonic Variations8:562Symphony no. 1: I. Allegro giusto4:553Symphony no. 1: II. Poco adagio9:334Symphony no. 1: III. Allegro misterioso4:455Symphony no. 1: IV. Allegro vivace5:346Musique funèbre13:357Symphony no. 2: I. Hésitant15:428Symphony no. 2: II. Direct15:41Blacher: 5. Streichquartett / Lutosławski: String Quartet
1994 · studio album
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Tracklist · 3 tracks · 43:56
1String Quartet no. 5 ("Variationen über einen divergierenden c-Moll Dreiklang")18:322String Quartet: I. Introductory Movement9:203String Quartet: II. Main Movement16:04Symphonies nos. 3 & 4 / Les Espaces du sommeil
1994 · studio album
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1Symphony no. 4 (1993)21:022Les Espaces du sommeil (1975)15:133Symphony no. 3 (1972-1983)31:361995 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 51:39
1Violakonzert: I.4:542Violakonzert: II.11:513Violakonzert: III.15:434Chain II für Violine und Orchester: I. Ad libitum4:165Chain II für Violine und Orchester: II. A Battuta4:366Chain II für Violine und Orchester: III. Ad libitum5:367Chain II für Violine und Orchester: IV. A Battuta4:43Symphony no. 2 / Chantefleurs et chantefables / Piano Concerto
1996 · studio album
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Tracklist · 16 tracks · 1:13:15
1Fanfare for Los Angeles Philharmonic0:532Concerto for Piano & Orchestra: I. ♩. = ca 1105:313Concerto for Piano & Orchestra: II. Presto. ♩ = ca 1604:434Concerto for Piano & Orchestra: III. Largo. ♪ = ca 857:435Concerto for Piano & Orchestra: IV. ♩ = ca 847:526Chantefleurs et chantefables: I. La Belle-de-nuit2:207Chantefleurs et chantefables: II. La Sauterelle1:298Chantefleurs et chantefables: III. La Véronique2:179Chantefleurs et chantefables: IV. L'Églantine, l’aubépine et la glycine1:3210Chantefleurs et chantefables: V. La Tortue1:5811Chantefleurs et chantefables: VI. La Rose2:2112Chantefleurs et chantefables: VII. L'Alligator2:2313Chantefleurs et chantefables: VIII. L'Angélique2:5114Chantefleurs et chantefables: IX. Le Papillon1:3015Symphony no. 2: I. Hésitant13:4116Symphony no. 2: II. Direct14:11Szymanowski: Symphonies 2 & 3, Violin Concerto 2 / Lutoslawski: Concerto for Orchestra
1996 · studio album
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Tracklist · 15 tracks · 2:19:30
Disc 11Symphony no. 2 in B flat major, op. 19, M24: Movement 111:212Symphony no. 2 in B flat major, op. 19, M24: Movement 218:033Symphony no. 3 ("The Song of the Night"), op. 27, M36: I. Moderato assai7:564Symphony no. 3 ("The Song of the Night"), op. 27, M36: II. Vivace scherzando6:395Symphony no. 3 ("The Song of the Night"), op. 27, M36: III. Largo9:116Violin Concerto no. 2, op. 61, M71 : Movement 112:227Violin Concerto no. 2, op. 61, M71 : Movement 24:058Violin Concerto no. 2, op. 61, M71 : Movement 32:229Violin Concerto no. 2, op. 61, M71 : Movement 43:15Disc 21Concerto for Orchestra: I. Intrada6:442Concerto for Orchestra: II. Capriccio, Notturno e Ariso5:363Concerto for Orchestra: III. Passacaglia, Toccata e Corale15:134Paroles tissées15:215Paganini Variations8:466Musique funèbre12:36Lutosławski Conducts Lutosławski: Partita / Chain 2 / Chain 3 / Novelette
1996 · studio album
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Tracklist · 17 tracks · 1:04:32
1Partita pour violin et orchestre : I. Allegro giusto4:162Partita pour violin et orchestre : II. Ad Libitum1:123Partita pour violin et orchestre : III. Largo6:234Partita pour violin et orchestre : IV. Ad Libitum0:485Partita pour violin et orchestre : V. Presto4:006Chain 2, dialogue pour violon et orchestre : I. Ad libitum3:507Chain 2, dialogue pour violon et orchestre : II. A Battuta5:018Chain 2, dialogue pour violon et orchestre : III. Ad Libitum4:599Chain 2, dialogue pour violon et orchestre : IV. A Battuta - Ad Libitum - A Battuta4:3610Chain 3 pour orchestre : I. Presto4:3911Chain 3 pour orchestre : II. Presto (13)4:5912Chain 3 pour orchestre : III. (38)2:2013Novelette pour orchestre: I. Announcement1:4514Novelette pour orchestre: II. First Event2:5715Novelette pour orchestre: III. Second Event3:3916Novelette pour orchestre: IV. Third Event2:1017Novelette pour orchestre: V. Conclusion6:58Symphony no. 4 / Partita for Violin and Orchestra / Chain II / Funeral Music / Interlude
1996 · studio album
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Tracklist · 15 tracks · 1:16:30
1Funeral Music for Strings: I. Prologue4:112Funeral Music for Strings: II. Metamorphoses4:353Funeral Music for Strings: III. Apogeum0:404Funeral Music for Strings: IV. Epilogue4:035Chain II: Dialogue for Violin and Orchestra: I. Ad libitum4:016Chain II: Dialogue for Violin and Orchestra: II. A battuta5:227Chain II: Dialogue for Violin and Orchestra: III. Ad libitum5:288Chain II: Dialogue for Violin and Orchestra: IV. A battuta - Ad libitum - A battuta4:229Interlude6:2410Partita for Violin and Orchestra: I. Allegro giusto4:3511Partita for Violin and Orchestra: II. Ad libitum0:5812Partita for Violin and Orchestra: III. Largo6:1413Partita for Violin and Orchestra: IV. Ad libitum0:4814Partita for Violin and Orchestra: V. Presto4:1115Symphony no. 420:381996 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 49:53
1Symphonie Nr. 4 für Klavier und Orchester, op. 60 (Sinfonia concertante): I. Moderato9:562Symphonie Nr. 4 für Klavier und Orchester, op. 60 (Sinfonia concertante): II. Andante molto sostenuto7:393Symphonie Nr. 4 für Klavier und Orchester, op. 60 (Sinfonia concertante): III. Allegro non troppo6:564Konzert für Klavier und Orchester: I. 𝅘𝅥𝅭 = ca. 1105:595Konzert für Klavier und Orchester: II. 𝅘𝅥 = ca. 1604:336Konzert für Klavier und Orchester: III. 𝅘𝅥𝅮 = ca. 856:377Konzert für Klavier und Orchester: IV. 𝅘𝅥 = ca. 848:13Symphony No. 2 / Little Suite / Symphonic Variations / Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
1996 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 1:17:25
1Symphonic Variations9:202Mała suita: I. Fujarka2:413Mała suita: II. Hurra Polka1:334Mała suita: III. Piosenka2:395Mała suita: IV. Taniec3:236Symphony No. 2: I. Hésitant14:317Symphony No. 2: II. Direct16:448Concerto for piano and orchestra: I. I6:079Concerto for piano and orchestra: II. II5:0610Concerto for piano and orchestra: III. III7:1311Concerto for piano and orchestra: IV. IV8:08Symphony no. 3 / Paganini Variations / Paroles Tissées / Les Espaces Du Sommeil
1997 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 1:12:41
1Variations on a Theme of Paganini9:502Paroles tissées: First Tapestry: 'Un chat qui s'émerveille'. Moderato3:133Paroles tissées: Second Tapestry: 'Quand le jour a rouvert les branches du jardin'. Quieto3:134Paroles tissées: Third Tapestry: 'Mille chevaux hors d'haleine'. Allegro molto4:075Paroles tissées: Fourth Tapestry: 'Dormez cette pâleur nous est venue de loin'. Moderato5:176Les Espaces du Sommeil15:277Symphony no. 331:341998 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 1:05:06
1Trois danses pour hautebois, harpe, quintette solo et orchestre à cordes: Seguiriya: Molto moderato7:222Trois danses pour hautebois, harpe, quintette solo et orchestre à cordes: Soledad: Lento7:173Trois danses pour hautebois, harpe, quintette solo et orchestre à cordes: Rumba: Allegro4:044Double Concerto for Oboe, Harp and Chamber Orchestra: I. Rapsodico5:085Double Concerto for Oboe, Harp and Chamber Orchestra: II. Dolente7:086Double Concerto for Oboe, Harp and Chamber Orchestra: III. Marziale e grotesco7:017Symphonie concertante pour hautebois et orchestre à cordes: I. Allegro con moto9:548Symphonie concertante pour hautebois et orchestre à cordes: II. Adagio ma non troppe9:249Symphonie concertante pour hautebois et orchestre à cordes: III. Allegro brillante7:48Cello Concerto / Livre pour orchestre / Novelette / Chain III
1998 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 1:13:05
1Livre pour orchestre20:382Concerto for Cello and Orchestra23:423Novelette: I. Announcement1:564Novelette: II. First Event2:475Novelette: III. Second Event3:356Novelette: IV. Third Event1:587Novelette: V. Conclusion6:338Chain no. 311:56Concerto for Orchestra / Three Poems / Mi-Parti
1998 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 1:10:51
1Concerto for Orchestra: I. Intrada7:182Concerto for Orchestra: II. Capriccio notturno ed arioso5:513Concerto for Orchestra: III. Passacaglia toccata e corale16:184Three Poems by Henri Michaux: 1. Pensées7:065Three Poems by Henri Michaux: 2. Repos dans le malheur6:436Three Poems by Henri Michaux: 3. Le Grand Combat7:467Mi-Parti for Symphony Orchestra14:308Overture for Strings5:191999 · studio album
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Tracklist · 23 tracks · 2:38:43
Disc 11Symphony no. 330:222Concerto for Orchestra: I. Intrada: Allegro maestoso7:513Concerto for Orchestra: II. Capriccio notturno e Arioso: Vivace - Stesso movimento5:524Concerto for Orchestra: III. Passacaglia, Toccata e Chorale: Andante con moto - Allegro giusto - Molto allegro - Presto16:455Venetian Games: I.3:196Venetian Games: II.1:457Venetian Games: III.3:038Venetian Games: IV.4:379Variations on a Theme of Paganini5:11Disc 21Cello Concerto23:052Dance Preludes: No. 1. Allegro molto1:033Dance Preludes: No. 2. Andantino2:454Dance Preludes: No. 3. Allegro giocoso1:245Dance Preludes: No. 4. Andante3:146Dance Preludes: No. 5. Allegro molto - Presto1:437Concerto for Oboe, Harp & Chamber Orchestra: I. Rapsodico4:538Concerto for Oboe, Harp & Chamber Orchestra: II. Dolente6:519Concerto for Oboe, Harp & Chamber Orchestra: III. Marciale e grotesco6:4210Les Espaces du sommeil14:1611Funeral Music: I. Prologue4:2112Funeral Music: II. Metamorphoses4:3113Funeral Music: III. Apogee0:3814Funeral Music: IV. Epilogue4:321999 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 1:07:52
1Orchestersuite aus der Oper »Die Ameise«: Satz 3. Più mosso1:362Orchestersuite aus der Oper »Die Ameise«: Satz 4. Andante - Allegro9:0634 Etüden für Orchester: I. Danse: Con moto1:0344 Etüden für Orchester: II. Excentrique: Moderato2:2354 Etüden für Orchester: III. Cantique: Largo3:2064 Etüden für Orchester: IV. Madrid: Allegro con moto2:247Symphonie Nr. 9 Es-dur, op. 70: I. Allegro5:128Symphonie Nr. 9 Es-dur, op. 70: II. Moderato6:519Symphonie Nr. 9 Es-dur, op. 70: III. Presto2:5610Symphonie Nr. 9 Es-dur, op. 70: IV. Largo3:0011Symphonie Nr. 9 Es-dur, op. 70: V. Allegretto6:3212Chain I9:3113Sinfonie in einem Satz für großes Orchester13:581999 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 1:09:57
1Tilgrigði um stef eftir Paganini/Variations on a Theme by Paganini5:442Vorblót: Dýrkun jarðar/The Rite of Spring: Adoration of the Earth15:453Vorblót: Fórnin/The Rite of Spring: The Sacrifice18:504Gæsamamma: 1. Pavane Þyrnirósu / Mother Goose: Pavane de la Belle au bois dormant1:425Gæsamamma: 2. Tumi þumall / Mother Goose: Petit Poucet3:426Gæsamamma: 3. Laideronnette, keisaraynja musteranna / Mother Goose: Laideronnette, Imératrice des Pagodes3:247Gæsamamma: 4. Fríða og dýrið / Mother Goose: Les entretiens de la Belle et la Bête4:318Gæsamamma: 5. ·alfagarðurinn / Mother Goose: Le jardin féérique3:229La Valse12:57Symphony no. 1 / Chantefleurs et Chantefables / Silesian Tryptych / Jeux Vénitiens
1999 · studio album
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Tracklist · 21 tracks · 1:12:38
1Symphony no. 1: I. Allegro giusto5:312Symphony no. 1: II. Poco adagio9:533Symphony no. 1: III. Allegretto misterioso4:334Symphony no. 1: IV. Allegro vivace5:225Silesian Triptych: I. "Oj, mi się owiesek"3:026Silesian Triptych: II. "Ich, w tej studni"3:307Silesian Triptych: III. "Kukułeczka kuka"3:088Jeux vénitiens: I3:079Jeux vénitiens: II1:5810Jeux vénitiens: III3:1411Jeux vénitiens: IV4:5712Chantefleurs et Chantefables: I. La Belle-de-nuit2:4513Chantefleurs et Chantefables: II. La Sauterelle1:3214Chantefleurs et Chantefables: III. La Véronique2:2315Chantefleurs et Chantefables: IV. L'Églantine, l'Aubépine et la Glycine1:4116Chantefleurs et Chantefables: V. La Tortue2:0517Chantefleurs et Chantefables: VI. La Rose2:3218Chantefleurs et Chantefables: VII. L'Alligator2:4719Chantefleurs et Chantefables: VIII. L'Angélique2:4420Chantefleurs et Chantefables: IX. Le Papillon1:5321Postludium I4:011999 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks
1Piano Concerto: Entrata1Piano Concerto: Molto tranquillo - Attacca3Piano Concerto: Molto Agitato4Piano Concerto: Ca 110 Attacca5Piano Concerto: Presto - Attacca6Piano Concerto: Ca 85 - Attacca3Piano Concerto: Ca 848Piano ConcertoPreludes and Fugue for 13 Solo Strings / Three Postludes / Fanfares
2001 · studio album
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Tracklist · 16 tracks · 59:08
1Three Postludes: Postlude no. 13:592Three Postludes: Postlude no. 25:223Three Postludes: Postlude no. 37:224Preludes and Fugue for 13 Solo Strings: Prelude 12:225Preludes and Fugue for 13 Solo Strings: Prelude 21:376Preludes and Fugue for 13 Solo Strings: Prelude 33:327Preludes and Fugue for 13 Solo Strings: Prelude 42:288Preludes and Fugue for 13 Solo Strings: Prelude 52:059Preludes and Fugue for 13 Solo Strings: Prelude 62:2410Preludes and Fugue for 13 Solo Strings: Prelude 73:5811Preludes and Fugue for 13 Solo Strings: Fugue16:5812Mini Overture3:0913Fanfare for Louisville1:1014Fanfare for CUBE0:2515Prelude for G. S. M. D.1:4916Fanfare for the University of Lancaster0:28Partita / Chain 2 / Piano Concerto
2002 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 1:00:44
1Concerto for Piano and Orchestra: I. 110 - attacca5:382Concerto for Piano and Orchestra: II. Presto - attacca4:393Concerto for Piano and Orchestra: III. 85 - attacca7:244Concerto for Piano and Orchestra: IV. 848:085Partita for Violin and Orchestra: I. Allegro giusto4:146Partita for Violin and Orchestra: II. Ad libitum1:127Partita for Violin and Orchestra: III. Largo6:238Partita for Violin and Orchestra: IV. Ad libitum0:479Partita for Violin and Orchestra: V. Presto3:5910Chain 2, Dialogue for Violin and Orchestra: I. Ad libitum3:5011Chain 2, Dialogue for Violin and Orchestra: II. A battuta5:0112Chain 2, Dialogue for Violin and Orchestra: III. Ad libitum4:5913Chain 2, Dialogue for Violin and Orchestra: IV. A battuta - Ad libitum - A battuta4:30Double Concerto / Dance Preludes / Chain I
2003 · studio album
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Tracklist · 18 tracks · 58:16
1Dance Preludes: I. Allegro molto1:032Dance Preludes: II. Andantino2:353Dance Preludes: III. Allegro giocoso1:204Dance Preludes: IV. Andante3:115Dance Preludes: V. Allegro molto1:456Double Concerto: I. Rapsodico5:077Double Concerto: II. Dolente6:548Double Concerto: III. Marziale e grotesco6:249Grave: Metamorphoses for Cello and String Orchestra5:4810Chain I9:2211Two Children's Songs: I. The Belated Nightingale2:4212Two Children's Songs: II. About Mr Tralalinski2:2913Six Children's Songs: I. Dance0:5914Six Children's Songs: II. The Four Seasons2:1115Six Children's Songs: III. Kitten1:4516Six Children's Songs: IV. Grzes is going through the village1:3617Six Children's Songs: V. A Brook2:2318Six Children's Songs: VI. The Bird's Gossips0:42Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra / Lutosławski: Concerto for Orchestra / Fanfare for Louisville
2006 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 1:11:33
1Concerto for Orchestra: I. Intrada7:192Concerto for Orchestra: II. Capriccio, Notturno e Arioso6:283Concerto for Orchestra: III. Passacaglia, Toccata e Corale16:134Fanfare for Louisville1:365Concerto for Orchestra: I. Introduzione10:386Concerto for Orchestra: II. Giucco delle coppie6:487Concerto for Orchestra: III. Elegia7:538Concerto for Orchestra: IV. Intermezzo interrotto4:149Concerto for Orchestra: V. Finale10:24Wieniawski / Szymanowski: Violin Concertos / Lutoslawski: Chain 2
2007 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 1:00:22
1Violin Concerto no. 2 in D minor, op. 22: I. Allegro moderato11:562Violin Concerto no. 2 in D minor, op. 22: II. Romance. Andante non troppo4:543Violin Concerto no. 2 in D minor, op. 22: III. Allegro con fuoco - Allegro moderato6:124Violin Concerto no. 2, op. 6119:425Chain II: I. Ad libitum3:526Chain II: II. A battuta4:417Chain II: III. Ad libitum4:478Chain II: IV. A battuta - Ad libitum - A battuta4:182008 · studio album
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Tracklist · 21 tracks · 3:48:18
Disc 11Symphonic Variations8:562Symphony no. 1: I. Allegro giusto4:553Symphony no. 1: II. Poco adagio9:334Symphony no. 1: III. Allegro misterioso4:455Symphony no. 1: IV. Allegro vivace5:346Musique funèbre (1958)13:357Symphony no. 2: I. Hésitant15:428Symphony no. 2: II. Direct15:41Disc 21Concerto for Orchestra: I. Intrada. Allegro maestoso6:542Concerto for Orchestra: II. Capriccio notturno e Arioso. Vivace6:063Concerto for Orchestra: III. Passacaglia, Toccata e Corale. Andante con moto - Allegro giusto15:344Jeux venétiens13:055Livre pour orchestre21:196Mi-parti14:35Disc 31Preludes and Fugue for 13 solo strings: Preludes nos. 1-717:072Preludes and Fugue for 13 solo strings: Fugue16:333Trois poèmes d’Henri Michaux: I. Pensées7:164Trois poèmes d’Henri Michaux: II. Le grand combat5:425Trois poèmes d’Henri Michaux: III. Repos dans le malheur7:236Paroles tissées14:007Postlude no. 14:03Piano Music of Salonen, Stucky and Lutoslawski
2008 · studio album
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Tracklist · 16 tracks · 1:11:35
1Four Album Leaves: I. Contemplativo, tempo rubato2:562Four Album Leaves: II. Meccanico1:133Four Album Leaves: III. Sereno, luminoso2:054Four Album Leaves: IV. Presto giocoso1:395Sonata for Piano: I. Allegro10:326Sonata for Piano: II. Adagio ma non troppo7:417Sonata for Piano: III. Andante - Allegrretto8:318Yta II6:559Three Preludes: I. Libellula Meccanica3:3010Three Preludes: II. Chorale3:0311Three Preludes: III. Invenzione a due voci2:3512Dichotomie: I. Mecanisme9:2313Dichotomie: II. Organisme8:0014Three Little Variations for David: I. Giocoso0:5615Three Little Variations for David: II. Sognando1:5216Three Little Variations for David: III. Molto vivo0:44Lutoslawski dirigiert Lutoslawski
2008 · studio album
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Tracklist · 3 tracks · 1:05:17
1Musique funèbre, Prolog - Metamorphosen - Apogaeum - Epilog14:282Chain II, Ad libitum - A battuta - Ad libitum - A battuta/ad libitum/a battuta19:013Sinfonie Nr. 3, Vivo - Lento - Vivo - Lento/Vivo/Presto/Poco lento/Allegro31:482009 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 1:09:59
1Toute un monde lointain…: I. Énigme. Très libre et flexible6:432Toute un monde lointain…: II. Regard. Extrêmement calme7:473Toute un monde lointain…: III. Houles. Large et ample4:364Toute un monde lointain…: IV. Miroirs. Lent et extatique6:595Toute un monde lointain…: V. Hymne. Allegro4:566Trois strophes sur le nom de Sacher: I. Un poco indeciso3:497Trois strophes sur le nom de Sacher: II. Andante sostenuto2:588Trois strophes sur le nom de Sacher: III. Vivace2:519Concerto for Cello and Orchestra: Introduction5:3110Concerto for Cello and Orchestra: Four Episodes6:4311Concerto for Cello and Orchestra: Cantilena5:5912Concerto for Cello and Orchestra: Finale7:0213Sacher Variation for Cello Solo4:05Orchestral Works: Concerto for Orchestra / Symphony no. 3 / Chain 3
2010 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 1:09:55
1Symphony no. 3: Vivo - Lento - Vivo - Lento - Vivo - Stesso movimento - Lento3:432Symphony no. 3: Vivo - Stesso movimento - Lento2:403Symphony no. 3: Vivo - Stesso movimento - Adagio - Piu mosso - Lento4:374Symphony no. 3: Vivo - Poco meno mosso - Meno mosso4:485Symphony no. 3: Tempo I5:046Symphony no. 3: Meno mosso - Tempo I - Meno mosso - Tempo I - Meno mosso - Ancora meno mosso - Piu largo - Tempo I - Lento - Vivo - Lento - Vivo3:007Symphony no. 3: A tempo - Poco meno mosso - Presto - Stesso movimento - Poco lento - Allegro7:078Chain 311:039Concerto for Orchestra: I. Intrada. Allegro maestoso6:3910Concerto for Orchestra: II. Capriccio, Notturno e Arioso. Vivace - Stesso movimento - Stesso movimento5:4711Concerto for Orchestra: IIIa. Passacaglia, Toccata e Corale. Andante con moto -5:4712Concerto for Orchestra: IIIb. Allegro giusto (alle breve) - Poco sostenuto - Quasi stesso movimento - Molto allegro (quasi alla breve) - Presto9:40Orchestral Works 2: Symphonic Variations / "Paganini" Variations / Piano Concerto / Symphony no. 4
2011 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 1:07:23
1Symphonic Variations: Andante -1:422Symphonic Variations: Allegro - Stesso movimento -2:413Symphonic Variations: Adagio - Andante -3:224Symphonic Variations: Allegro non troppo - Subito poco meno mosso - Vivace1:535Piano Concerto: I. ♩. = c. 110 - ♩ = c. 70 -5:416Piano Concerto: II. Presto (♩ = c. 160) - Poco meno mosso - Lento -4:417Piano Concerto: III. ♪ = c. 85 - Largo (♩ = 40 – 45) - Più mosso - Ancora più mosso - Ancora più mosso - Tempo I - Pochino meno mosso - Tempo I -8:138Piano Concerto: IV. ♩ = c. 84 - Poco meno mosso - Più mosso (♩ = c. 110) - Più mosso (♩ = c. 120) - Ancora più mosso (♩ = c. 130) - Presto (♩ = c. 165)7:529Variations on a Theme of Paganini8:5310Symphony no. 4: ♩ = c. 55 - ♩ = c. 80 - ♪ = c. 160 - Tempo I (♩ = c. 55) - ♪ = c. 160 - Tempo I (♩ = c. 55) - ♪ = c. 160 -7:0911Symphony no. 4: ♩. = c. 85 - ♩. = c. 115 - Tempo I (♩. = c. 85) - Un poco meno mosso (♩. = c. 75) - Tempo I (♩. = c. 85) -5:0412Symphony no. 4: Lento (♩. = c. 60) - Tempo I (♩. = c. 85) - ♩. = c. 100 - Poco meno mosso (♩. = c. 70) -6:1213Symphony no. 4: ♩. = c. 70 - ♩ = c. 60 -3:0514Symphony no. 4: ♩ = c. 160 - 1700:55Gold Collection: Centenary Edition
2012 · studio album
2012 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 1:00:45
1Musique funèbre: à la mémoire de Béla Bartók13:552Romanian Folk Dances, BB 766:263Divertimento, BB 118: Allegro non troppo9:034Divertimento, BB 118: Molto adagio9:485Divertimento, BB 118: Allegro assai7:32627 Two- and Three-Part Choruses, BB 111: Hussar1:43727 Two- and Three-Part Choruses, BB 111: Don't Leave Here!1:47827 Two- and Three-Part Choruses, BB 111: Loafer's Song0:46927 Two- and Three-Part Choruses, BB 111: Wandering2:311027 Two- and Three-Part Choruses, BB 111: Bread-Baking2:211127 Two- and Three-Part Choruses, BB 111: Only Tell Me3:231227 Two- and Three-Part Choruses, BB 111: Jeering1:30Orchestral Works 3: Symphony no. 2 / Grave / Cello Concerto / Mala suita
2012 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 1:10:02
1Mala suita: I. Fujarka (Fife). Allegretto – Poco meno – Poco lento2:442Mala suita: II. Hurra polka (Hurrah Polka). Vivace1:333Mala suita: III. Piosenka (Song). Andante molto sostenuto2:504Mala suita: IV. Tanlec (Dance). Allegro molto – Poco più largo – Tempo I – Presto3:155Concerto for Cello and Orchestra: I. Introduction -4:156Concerto for Cello and Orchestra: II. Episodes -7:347Concerto for Cello and Orchestra: III. Cantilena -6:278Concerto for Cello and Orchestra: IV. Finale5:469Grave5:4610Symphony no. 2: Hésitant –14:3011Symphony no. 2: Direct15:222013 · studio album
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Tracklist · 18 tracks · 1:18:48
1Lacrimosa for Soprano Solo and Orchestra3:402Trois poèmes d’Henri Michaux: I. Pensées7:083Trois poèmes d’Henri Michaux: II. Le grand combat5:464Trois poèmes d’Henri Michaux: III. Repos dans le malheur7:075Paroles Tissees: I. A Cat That Is in Wonder3:496Paroles Tissees: II. When Day Has Opened Again the Garden Branches3:347Paroles Tissees: III. A Thousand Horses Out of Breath4:228Paroles Tissees: IV. Sleep This Pallor Comes to Us From Afar5:209Les espaces du Sommeil17:4210Chantefleurs et Chantefables: I. The Marvel of Peru2:4511Chantefleurs et Chantefables: II. The Grasshopper1:2712Chantefleurs et Chantefables: III. The Speedwell2:3313Chantefleurs et Chantefables: IV. The Wild Rose, the Hawthorn and the Wisteria1:4214Chantefleurs et Chantefables: V. The Tortoise2:0115Chantefleurs et Chantefables: VI. The Rose2:2916Chantefleurs et Chantefables: VII. The Alligator2:4917Chantefleurs et Chantefables: VIII. The Angelica2:4518Chantefleurs et Chantefables: IX. The Butterfly1:49Orchestral Works, Volume 4: Symphony no. 1 / Partita / Chain 2 / Preludia taneczne
2013 · studio album
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Tracklist · 18 tracks · 1:11:03
1Symphony no. 1: I. Allegro giusto - Poco meno mosso - Tempo I - Poco meno mosso - Poco sostenuto e poi accelerando - Tempo I - Un poco meno mosso4:362Symphony no. 1: II. Poco adagio - Pochissimo più mosso - Tempo I - Poco più largo - A tempo ma molto sostenuto - Lento10:213Symphony no. 1: III. Allegretto misterioso - A tempo ma poco meno mosso (Tempo II) - Tempo I4:284Symphony no. 1: IV. Allegro vivace - Subito meno mosso - Poco più vivo - Tempo I - Subito mosso - Tempo I - Poco meno mosso - Poco lento - Tempo I5:255Partita: I. Allegro giusto - Un poco meno mosso - Ancora meno mosso - Tempo I4:226Partita: II. Ad libitum -1:057Partita: III. Largo - Poco meno mosso - A tempo - Meno mosso -6:328Partita: IV. Ad libitum -0:559Partita: V. Presto - Poco meno mosso - Tempo I - Ad libitum - Presto4:0110Chain 2: I. Ad libitum4:2011Chain 2: II. A battuta. Crotchet=c. 150 [Tempo I] - Tempo II - Tempo III4:5512Chain 2: III. Ad libitum5:4513Chain 2: IV. A battuta. Vivace - Ad libitum - A battuta. Presto - Più mosso, furioso4:2614Preludia taneczne: Allegro molto0:5715Preludia taneczne: II. Andantino - Un poco più vivo - Tempo I - Poco meno mosso2:3516Preludia taneczne: III. Allegro giocoso1:1617Preludia taneczne: IV. Andante - Tranquillo3:2618Preludia taneczne: V. Allegro molto - Poco più tranquillo - Avvivando poco a poco - Presto1:382013 · studio album
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Tracklist · 26 tracks · 56:49
1Piano Sonata: Allegro11:272Piano Sonata: Adagio ma non troppo8:513Piano Sonata: Andante – Allegretto8:314Dwie etiudy: Allegro1:585Dwie etiudy: Non troppo allegro2:456Melodie Ludowe for Piano: 1. Ach, mój Jasieńko. Sostenuto0:417Melodie Ludowe for Piano: 2. Hej, od Krakowa jadę. Allegretto0:428Melodie Ludowe for Piano: 3. Jest drożyna, jest. Andantino1:019Melodie Ludowe for Piano: 4. Pastereczka. Allegretto0:5310Melodie Ludowe for Piano: 5. Na jabłoni jabłko wisi. Moderato0:3311Melodie Ludowe for Piano: 6. Od Sieradza płynie rzeka. Allegretto1:4612Melodie Ludowe for Piano: 7. Panie Michale. Poco sostenuto1:2313Melodie Ludowe for Piano: 8. W polu lipeńka. Sostenuto0:5614Melodie Ludowe for Piano: 9. Zalotny. Allegretto0:4615Melodie Ludowe for Piano: 10. Gaik. Allegro vivace0:3816Melodie Ludowe for Piano: 11. Gąsior. Andantino0:5917Melodie Ludowe for Piano: 12. Rektor. Allegro1:0218Bukoliki: 1. Allegro vivace1:0319Bukoliki: 2. Allegretto sostenuto0:5620Bukoliki: 3. Allegro molto0:4821Bukoliki: 4. Andantino1:3522Bukoliki: 5. Allegro marciale1:2423Trzy utwory dla młodzieży: 1. Czteropalcówka. Allegro0:5824Trzy utwory dla młodzieży: 2. Melodia. Andante con moto2:3725Trzy utwory dla młodzieży: 3. Marsz. Allegro1:4426Inwencja: Allegretto0:52Music for Clarinet and Orchestra
2013 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 1:09:37
1Ariel's Music: I. Elegy13:292Ariel's Music: II. Circumstances13:563Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra: Variation I: Con moto —3:274Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra: Variation II: Poco più mosso —2:445Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra: Variation III: Assai lento —4:166Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra: Variation IV: Vivo1:477Clarinet Concerto15:298Dance Preludes: I. Allegro molto1:019Dance Preludes: II. Andantino2:4410Dance Preludes: III. Allegro giocoso1:1711Dance Preludes: IV. Andante3:5812Dance Preludes: V. Allegro molto1:4413An Australian Holiday3:452013 · studio album
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Tracklist · 17 tracks · 1:13:16
1Variations on a Nursery Song, op. 25: Introduzione (Maestoso)3:402Variations on a Nursery Song, op. 25: Tema (Allegro)0:543Variations on a Nursery Song, op. 25: Var. 1. Poco più mosso0:404Variations on a Nursery Song, op. 25: Var. 2. Risoluto0:325Variations on a Nursery Song, op. 25: Var. 31:236Variations on a Nursery Song, op. 25: Var. 4. Molto meno mosso (Allegretto moderato)1:127Variations on a Nursery Song, op. 25: Var. 5. Più mosso1:008Variations on a Nursery Song, op. 25: Var. 6. Ancora più mosso (Allegro)0:469Variations on a Nursery Song, op. 25: Var. 7. Walzer (Tempo giusto)2:0710Variations on a Nursery Song, op. 25: Var. 8. Alla marcia (Allegro moderato)1:3311Variations on a Nursery Song, op. 25: Var. 9. Presto – Andante rubato1:5512Variations on a Nursery Song, op. 25: Var. 10. Passacaglia (Adagio non troppo)3:5613Variations on a Nursery Song, op. 25: Var. 11. Choral (Maestoso)1:3214Variations on a Nursery Song, op. 25: Finale fugato (Allegro vivace – Tempo del tema – Molto allegro)3:1215Totentanz, S. 126. Paraphrase on “Dies Irae” for piano and orchestra16:5616Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, op. 4323:1617Paganini Variations, for Piano & Orchestra8:422014 · studio album
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Tracklist · 3 tracks · 38:51
1String Quartet: I. Introductory Movement9:592String Quartet: II. Main Movement16:393String Quartet no. 212:13Liszt, Brahms, Lutosławski: Paganini Variations / Rachmaninov: Paganini Rhapsody
2014 · studio album
Kletzki: Violin Concerto / Szymanowski: Violin Concerto no. 2 / Lutosławski: Partita
2014 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 1:15:18
1Violin Concerto in G, op. 19: I. Allegro moderato16:052Violin Concerto in G, op. 19: II. Andante espressivo6:413Violin Concerto in G, op. 19: III. Allegro giocoso12:304Violin Concerto no. 2, op. 61: Moderato, molto tranquillo -12:205Violin Concerto no. 2, op. 61: Allegramente, molto energico -3:526Violin Concerto no. 2, op. 61: Andantino, molto tranquillo -2:277Violin Concerto no. 2, op. 61: Tempo I3:248Partita (version for violin and orchestra): I. Allegro giusto4:289Partita (version for violin and orchestra): II. Ad libitum1:1610Partita (version for violin and orchestra): III. Largo7:1111Partita (version for violin and orchestra): IV. Ad libitum0:4812Partita (version for violin and orchestra): V. Presto4:16Piano Concerto / Symphony no. 2
2015 · studio album
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Tracklist · 6 tracks · 52:23
1Concerto for Piano and Orchestra: 1. ♩. = ca. 1105:542Concerto for Piano and Orchestra: 2. Presto - Poco meno mosso - Lento4:403Concerto for Piano and Orchestra: 3. ♪ = ca. 85 - Largo7:574Concerto for Piano and Orchestra: 4. ♩ = ca. 84 - Presto7:425Symphony no. 2: 1. Hésitant12:276Symphony no. 2: 2. Direct13:43Béla Bartók / Alfred Schnittke / Witold Lutosławski
2016 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 1:01:53
1Sonata no. 2, Sz 76: I. Molto moderato8:482Sonata no. 2, Sz 76: II. Allegretto12:573Sonata no. 2 "Quasi una sonata"22:374Partita for Violin and Piano: I. Allegro giusto4:115Partita for Violin and Piano: II. Ad libitum1:106Partita for Violin and Piano: III. Largo7:137Partita for Violin and Piano: IV. Ad libitum0:508Partita for Violin and Piano: V. Presto4:07Szymanowski: Overture, op. 12 / Lutosławski: Cello Concerto / Symphony no. 4
2016 · studio album
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Tracklist · 3 tracks · 59:30
1Concert Overture, op. 1213:152Cello Concerto24:273Symphony no. 421:482018 · studio album
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Tracklist · 31 tracks · 1:09:41
1Piano Sonata: I. Allegro13:012Piano Sonata: II. Adagio ma non troppo8:173Piano Sonata: III. Andante - Allegretto8:584Bukoliki: I. Allegro vivace1:145Bukoliki: II. Allegretto sostenuto1:116Bukoliki: III. Allegro molto0:497Bukoliki: IV. Andantino1:318Bukoliki: V. Allegro marciale1:2993 Pieces for the Young: No. 1, Four-finger Exercise0:58103 Pieces for the Young: No. 2, An Air1:47113 Pieces for the Young: No. 3, March1:4112Pocałunek Roksany1:2813Zimowy Walc3:0214Melodie ludowe: No. 1, Ach mój Jasieńko0:3215Melodie ludowe: No. 2, Hej, od Krakowa jadę0:4316Melodie ludowe: No. 3, Jest drożyna, jest0:5117Melodie ludowe: No. 4, Pastereczka0:5818Melodie ludowe: No. 5, Na jabłoni jabłko wisi0:4719Melodie ludowe: No. 6, Od Sieradza płynie rzeka1:4120Melodie ludowe: No. 7, Panie Michale1:3221Melodie ludowe: No. 8, W polu lipeńka1:2422Melodie ludowe: No. 9, Zalotny1:1123Melodie ludowe: No. 10, Gaik0:3424Melodie ludowe: No. 11, Gąsior0:5125Melodie ludowe: No. 12, Rektor1:20262 Studies: No. 1, Allegro2:14272 Studies: No. 2, Non troppo allegro3:0028Invention (Undated)1:1929Invention (1968)1:0330Zasłyszana melodyjka2:0931Miniatura2:06Symphonies nos. 1 & 4 / Jeux vénitiens
2018 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 57:07
1Symphony no. 1: I. Allegro giusto4:582Symphony no. 1: II. Poco adagio9:403Symphony no. 1: III. Allegretto misterioso4:364Symphony no. 1: IV. Allegro vivace5:245Jeux vénitiens: I2:246Jeux vénitiens: II1:497Jeux vénitiens: III3:118Jeux vénitiens: IV4:349Symphony no. 420:312018 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 52:38
1Cello Concerto: I. Introduction5:362Cello Concerto: II. 4 Episodes7:143Cello Concerto: III. Cantilena5:394Cello Concerto: IV. Finale6:295Cello Concerto "Tout un monde lointain": I. Énigme. Très libre et flexible7:026Cello Concerto "Tout un monde lointain": II. Regard. Extrêmement calme5:567Cello Concerto "Tout un monde lointain": III. Houles. Large et ample4:278Cello Concerto "Tout un monde lointain": IV. Miroirs. Lent et extatique5:229Cello Concerto "Tout un monde lointain": V. Hymne. Allegro4:532020 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 1:01:35
1Symphony no. 3: Vivo - Lento - Vivo - Lento - Vivo - Stesso movimento - Lento4:112Symphony no. 3: Vivo - Stesso movimento - Lento2:573Symphony no. 3: Vivo - Stesso movimento - Adagio - Piu mosso - Lento5:014Symphony no. 3: Vivo - Poco meno mosso - Meno mosso4:495Symphony no. 3: Tempo I4:456Symphony no. 3: Meno mosso - Tempo I - Meno mosso - Tempo I - Meno mosso - Ancora meno mosso - Piu largo - Tempo I - Lento - Vivo - Lento - Vivo3:097Symphony no. 3: A tempo - Poco meno mosso - Presto - Stesso movimento - Poco lento - Allegro8:158Symphony no. 2: I. Hésitant13:479Symphony no. 2: II. Direct14:41Shostakovich / Schnittke / Lutosławski
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Tracklist · 6 tracks · 54:52
1Piano Concerto no. 1 for Piano, Trumpet & Strings, op. 35: 1. Allegretto5:262Piano Concerto no. 1 for Piano, Trumpet & Strings, op. 35: 2. Lento8:003Piano Concerto no. 1 for Piano, Trumpet & Strings, op. 35: 3. Moderato1:164Piano Concerto no. 1 for Piano, Trumpet & Strings, op. 35: 4. Allegro con brio6:345Concerto for Piano and String Orchestra, op. 13625:186Variations on a Theme of Paganini8:182020 · studio album
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Tracklist · 20 tracks · 1:13:18
1Piano Concerto no. 5 in E-flat major, op. 73 “Emperor”: 1 Allegro18:192Piano Concerto no. 5 in E-flat major, op. 73 “Emperor”: 2 Adagio un poco mosso6:513Piano Concerto no. 5 in E-flat major, op. 73 “Emperor”: 3 Rondo. Allegro9:164Prelude and Fugue in B-flat minor, op. 87 no. 16: Prelude2:185Prelude and Fugue in B-flat minor, op. 87 no. 16: Fugue6:526Prelude and Fugue in D minor, op. 87 no. 24: Prelude2:577Prelude and Fugue in D minor, op. 87 no. 24: Fugue6:568Bukoliki: 1. Allegro vivace1:029Bukoliki: 2. Allegretto sostenuto0:5010Bukoliki: 3. Allegro molto0:3411Bukoliki: 4. Andantino1:1312Bukoliki: 5. Allegro marciale1:2213Suite of Preludes: 1. Animato1:1914Suite of Preludes: 2. Affetuoso1:5515Suite of Preludes: 3. Agitato1:0616Suite of Preludes: 4. Teneramente2:2017Suite of Preludes: 5. Veloce1:1018Suite of Preludes: 6. Capriccioso0:5819Suite of Preludes: 7. Furioso1:2520Nocturne no. 20 in C-sharp minor, op. posth4:352023 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 1:10:22
1Suite from the Ballet Kratt: I. Introduction / Peasant Dance / Dance of the Goblin5:042Suite from the Ballet Kratt: II. Long Dance / Peasant Waltz / Buck Dance6:533Suite from the Ballet Kratt: III. Interlude / Dance of the Exorcists / The Goat / The Cock / Dance of the Northern Lights11:414Concerto for String Orchestra: I. Allegro4:425Concerto for String Orchestra: II. Andante4:576Concerto for String Orchestra: III. Vivo4:577Music for Strings: I. Moderato5:518Music for Strings: II. Allegro3:379Music for Strings: III. Adagio6:5610Musique funèbre: Prologue4:4511Musique funèbre: Metamorphosis5:0512Musique funèbre: Apogeum0:5313Musique funèbre: Epilogue5:01Concerto for Orchestra / Partita for Violin and Orchestra / Novelette
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 59:58
1Concerto for Orchestra: I. Intrada. Allegro maestoso7:152Concerto for Orchestra: II. Capriccio notturno ed arioso. Vivace5:463Concerto for Orchestra: III. Passacaglia, toccata e corale. Andante con moto - Allegro giusto15:414Partita (version for violin and orchestra): I. Allegro giusto3:545Partita (version for violin and orchestra): II. Ad libitum0:516Partita (version for violin and orchestra): III. Largo6:347Partita (version for violin and orchestra): IV. Ad libitum0:458Partita (version for violin and orchestra): V. Presto3:229Novelette: I. Announcement1:4210Novelette: II. First Event2:3111Novelette: III. Second Event3:2112Novelette: IV. Third Event2:0613Novelette: V. Conclusion6:10Bacewicz / Lutosławski / Szymanowski
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 59:53
1Overture for Orchestra5:452Symphony no. 3: I. Vivo16:023Symphony no. 3: II. Poco meno mosso8:374Symphony no. 3: III. A tempo7:375Symphonic Fantasy on “King Roger”: I. Lento assai4:226Symphonic Fantasy on “King Roger”: II. Andante tranquillissimo e dolce2:217Symphonic Fantasy on “King Roger”: III. Poco vivace3:408Symphonic Fantasy on “King Roger”: IV. Andante3:179Symphonic Fantasy on “King Roger”: V. Tempo moderato8:12Trois poèmes d'Henri Michaux / Postludium / Streichquartett
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A1Trois poèmes d'Henri MichauxA2PostludiumBStreichquartettPiano Concerto / Symphony no. 3
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1Piano Concerto: I. ca 110 attacca5:212Piano Concerto: II. Presto - attacca4:553Piano Concerto: III. 𝅘𝅥𝅮 = ca 85 - attacca6:403Piano Concerto: IV. 𝅘𝅥 = ca 848:015Symphony no. 330:23Moussorgsky: Tableaux d'une exposition / Lutosławski: Concerto pour orchestre
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Tracklist · 18 tracks · 1:00:16
1Tableaux d'une exposition : Promenade1:262Tableaux d'une exposition : Gnomus2:263Tableaux d'une exposition : Promenade0:544Tableaux d'une exposition : Il vecchio castello4:165Tableaux d'une exposition : Promenade0:306Tableaux d'une exposition : Tuileries1:097Tableaux d'une exposition : Bydlo2:268Tableaux d'une exposition : Promenade0:489Tableaux d'une exposition : Ballet des petits poussins dans leurs coques1:1210Tableaux d'une exposition : Samuel Goldenberg und Schmuyle2:0911Tableaux d'une exposition : Limoges : le marché1:3112Tableaux d'une exposition : Catacombe : Sepulchrum Romanum1:4713Tableaux d'une exposition : Cum mortuis in lingua mortua2:1014Tableaux d'une exposition : La Cabane de Baba-Yaga sur des pattes de poules3:1515Tableaux d'une exposition : La grande porte de Kiev5:2216Concerto pour orchestre : Intrada (Allegro maestoso)7:2917Concerto pour orchestre : Capriccio, Notturno e Arioso (Vivace)5:4418Concerto pour orchestre : Passacaglia, Toccata e Corale (Andante con moto - Allegro giusto)15:42Duo Pianists Perform Works by Britten, Martinu, Brahms, Lutokowski
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 51:35
A1Introduction and Rondo alla burlesca8:30A2Mazurka Elegiaca6:30A3Trois Danses Tchéques: Allegro4:00A4Trois Danses Tchéques: Andante moderato5:00A4Trois Danses Tchéques: Allegro5:10B1Variations on a Theme by Haydn17:25B2Variations on a Theme by Paganini5:00
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| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Chaîne 2 / Petite Suite / Musique funèbre / Jeux vénetiensSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 14 tracks · 54:071Chaîne 2: I3:43 2Chaîne 2: II4:50 3Chaîne 2: III5:12 4Chaîne 2: IV4:12 5Petite Suite: Fujarka. Allegretto2:42 6Petite Suite: Hurra Polka. Vivace1:43 7Petite Suite: Piosenka. Andante molto sustenuto3:06 8Petite Suite: Taniec. Allegro molto3:25 9Musique funèbre: Prolog3:20 10Musique funèbre: Metamorfozy - Apogeum - Epilog9:02 11Jeux vénetiens: I2:51 12Jeux vénetiens: II1:35 13Jeux vénetiens: III3:58 14Jeux vénetiens: IV4:28 | Compilation | 1988 | |
| 1992 | Symphonies nos. 1 & 2 / Symphonic Variations / Musique funèbre / Concerto for Orchestra / Jeux vénitiens / Livre pour orchestre / Mi-partiSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 14 tracks · 2:36:14Disc 1 1Symphonic Variations8:56 2Symphony no. 1: I. Allegro guisto4:55 3Symphony no. 1: II. Poco adagio9:33 4Symphony no. 1: III. Allegro misterioso4:45 5Symphony no. 1: IV. Allegro vivace5:34 6Musique funèbre13:35 7Symphony no. 2: I. Hésitant15:42 8Symphony no. 2: Il. Direct15:41 Disc 21Concerto for Orchestra: I: Intrada (Allegro maestoso)6:54 2Concerto for Orchestra: II. Capriccio notturno e Arioso (Vivace)6:06 3Concerto For Orchestra: III. Passacaglia, Toccata e Corale (Andante con moto - Allegro giusto)15:34 4Jeux vénitiens13:05 5Livre pour orchestre21:19 6Mi-parti14:35 | Compilation | 1992 | |
| 1996 | Selected WorksSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 15 tracks · 55:371Uwertura smyczkowa5:25 2Muzyka żałobna: Prolog3:49 3Muzyka żałobna: Metamorfozy4:39 4Muzyka żałobna: Apogeum0:51 5Muzyka żałobna: Epilog4:23 6Gry weneckie na orkiestre: I Mov2:58 7Gry weneckie na orkiestre: II Mov1:57 8Gry weneckie na orkiestre: III Mov3:26 9Gry weneckie na orkiestre: IV Mov5:04 10Partita na skrzypce i orkiestre: Allegro giusto4:04 11Partita na skrzypce i orkiestre: Ad libitum1:03 12Partita na skrzypce i orkiestre: Largo attaca6:31 13Partita na skrzypce i orkiestre: Ad libitum0:47 14Partita na skrzypce i orkiestre: Presto3:41 15Interludium na orkiestre6:59 | Compilation | 1996 | |
| 1997 | Streichquartett / Streichquartett Nr.4 / Notturno (Quartetto III)Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 4 tracks · 1:00:221Streichquartett: I.8:40 2Streichquartett: II.14:47 3Streichquartett Nr.413:43 4Notturno (Quartetto III)23:12 | Compilation | 1997 | |
| 1998 | Lutosławski's Last ConcertSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 20 tracks · 1:15:381Partita for Violin and Orchestra: I. Allegro giusto4:31 2Partita for Violin and Orchestra: II. Ad libitum1:19 3Partita for Violin and Orchestra: III. Largo6:46 4Partita for Violin and Orchestra: IV. Ad libitum0:57 5Partita for Violin and Orchestra: V. Presto4:15 6Interlude7:13 7Chain II: I. Ad libitum4:00 8Chain II: II. A battuta5:14 9Chain II: III. Ad libitum5:37 10Chain II: IV. A battuta - Ad libitum - A battuta4:48 11Chantefleurs et Chantefables: I. La Belle-de-nuit2:22 12Chantefleurs et Chantefables: II. La Sauterelle1:49 13Chantefleurs et Chantefables: III. La Véronique2:33 14Chantefleurs et Chantefables: IV. L'Églantine, l'Aubèpine et la Glycine1:45 15Chantefleurs et Chantefables: V. La Tortue2:16 16Chantefleurs et Chantefables: VI. La Rose2:25 17Chantefleurs et Chantefables: VII. L'Alligator2:59 18Chantefleurs et Chantefables: VIII. L'Angélique2:41 19Chantefleurs et Chantefables: IX. Le Papillon2:07 20Chain I10:01 | Live | 1998 | |
| 2004 | Orchestral Works / Songs / String QuartetSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 18 tracks · 2:07:58Disc 1 1Preludes and Fugue for 13 solo strings: Preludes nos. 1-717:07 2Preludes and Fugue for 13 solo strings: Fugue16:33 3Trois poèmes d’Henri Michaux: I. Pensées7:16 4Trois poèmes d’Henri Michaux: II. Le grand combat5:42 5Trois poèmes d’Henri Michaux: III. Repos dans le malheur7:23 6Paroles tissées14:00 7Postlude no. 14:03 Disc 21Five Songs for Soprano and Orchestra: I. Morze2:32 2Five Songs for Soprano and Orchestra: II. Wiatr1:10 3Five Songs for Soprano and Orchestra: III. Zima2:53 4Five Songs for Soprano and Orchestra: IV. Rycerze1:28 5Five Songs for Soprano and Orchestra: V. Dzwony2:05 6Cello Concerto: I. Introduction4:35 7Cello Concerto: II. Four episodes6:31 8Cello Concerto: III. Cantilena5:48 9Cello Concerto: IV. Finale5:35 10String Quartet: I. Introductory movement8:41 11String Quartet: II. Main movement14:36 | Compilation | 2004 | |
| 2005 | Twenty Polish Christmas Carols / Lacrimosa / Five SongsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 26 tracks · 54:201Twenty Polish Christmas Carols: Angels to the Shepherds Came2:02 2Twenty Polish Christmas Carols: Hey! We Rejoice Now0:48 3Twenty Polish Christmas Carols: When the Christ Unto Us Is Born2:04 4Twenty Polish Christmas Carols: Just After Midnight1:28 5Twenty Polish Christmas Carols: God Is Born2:18 6Twenty Polish Christmas Carols: Our Lovely Lady3:23 7Twenty Polish Christmas Carols: Hurrying to Bethlehem0:54 8Twenty Polish Christmas Carols: In a Manger2:06 9Twenty Polish Christmas Carols: Jesus There Is Lying1:31 10Twenty Polish Christmas Carols: We Are Shepherds1:42 11Twenty Polish Christmas Carols: Lullaby, Jesus1:58 12Twenty Polish Christmas Carols: Hey, on This Day1:13 13Twenty Polish Christmas Carols: Jesus Lovely Flower3:49 14Twenty Polish Christmas Carols: Hey La, Hey La, Shepherds There You Are2:28 15Twenty Polish Christmas Carols: What to Do With This Child?1:44 16Twenty Polish Christmas Carols: Hey, Hey, Lovely Lady Mary2:23 17Twenty Polish Christmas Carols: This Is Our Lord's Birthday1:56 18Twenty Polish Christmas Carols: Shepherds, Can You Tell?1:55 19Twenty Polish Christmas Carols: Infant So Tiny2:12 20Twenty Polish Christmas Carols: Holy Lady Mary (Wandered Through the World Wide)2:17 21Lacrimosa3:37 22Five Songs: I. "The Sea"2:48 23Five Songs: II. "The Wind"1:08 24Five Songs: III. "Winter"2:57 25Five Songs: IV. "Knights"1:31 26Five Songs: V. "Church Bells"2:08 | Compilation | 3 October 2005 | |
| 2006 | Concertos for OrchestraSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 8 tracks · 1:06:221Concerto for Orchestra: I. Introduzione9:47 2Concerto for Orchestra: II. Giuoco delle coppie6:47 3Concerto for Orchestra: III. Elegia7:12 4Concerto for Orchestra: IV. Intermezzo interrotto4:30 5Concerto for Orchestra: V. Finale9:43 6Concerto for Orchestra: I. Intrada6:45 7Concerto for Orchestra: II. Capriccio notturno e Arioso5:52 8Concerto for Orchestra: III. Passacaglia, Toccata e Corale15:46 | Compilation | 2006 | |
| 2008 | BBC Music, Volume 16, Number 5: Concertos for OrchestraSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 8 tracks · 1:07:591Concerto for Orchestra: I. Introduzione10:06 2Concerto for Orchestra: II. Giuoco delle coppie6:37 3Concerto for Orchestra: III. Elegia7:12 4Concerto for Orchestra: IV. Intermezzo interrotto4:13 5Concerto for Orchestra: V. Finale10:05 6Concerto for Orchestra: I. Intrada7:09 7Concerto for Orchestra: II. Capriccio notturno e Arioso6:32 8Concerto for Orchestra: III. Passacaglia, Toccata e Corale16:05 | Compilation | January 2008 | |
| 2011 | Sibelius: Symphony no. 5 / Pohjola's Daughter / Lutoslawski: Concerto for OrchestraSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 7 tracks · 1:10:271Pohjola's Daughter, op. 4912:14 2Symphony no. 5 in E-flat major, op. 82: Tempo molto moderato - Allegro moderato12:59 3Symphony no. 5 in E-flat major, op. 82: Andante mosso, quasi allegretto8:30 4Symphony no. 5 in E-flat major, op. 82: Allegro molto - Un pochettino largamento9:07 5Concerto for Orchestra: Intrada: Allegro maestoso6:37 6Concerto for Orchestra: Capriccio notturno e arioso: Vivace5:42 7Concerto for Orchestra: Passacaglia, toccata e corale: Andante con moto - Allegro giusto15:18 | Live | 2011 | |
| 2011 | Lutoslawski / Szymanowski / A. TchaikovskySearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 7 tracks · 1:19:551Concerto for Orchestra: I. Intrada: Allegro maestoso7:19 2Concerto for Orchestra: II. Capriccio notturno e arioso: Vivace6:08 3Concerto for Orchestra: III. Passacaglia, toccata e corale: Andante con moto16:11 4Symphony no. 3, op. 27 "Song of the Night": I. Moderato assai7:16 5Symphony no. 3, op. 27 "Song of the Night": II. Vivace scherzando7:39 6Symphony no. 3, op. 27 "Song of the Night": III. Largo8:37 7Symphony no. 4, op. 7826:45 | Live | 13 June 2011 | |
| 2011 | Vocal Works: Chantefleurs et Chantefables / Les Espaces du sommeil / Paroles tissées / Sleep, sleep / Lacrimosa / Silesian TriptychSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 21 tracks · 1:06:501Tryptyk śląski - I. Allegro non troppo. 'Oj mi się owiesek wysypywa'2:57 2Tryptyk śląski - II. Andante quieto. 'Ach, w tej studni żródło bije'3:23 3Tryptyk śląski - III. Allegro vivace. 'Kukułeczka kuka'3:02 4Lacrimosa4:07 5Paroles tissées - ‘Un chat qui s’émerveille’. (♩ = c. 84) –3:12 6Paroles tissées - ‘Quand le jour a rouvert les branches du jardin’. Quieto – Andante con moto – Quieto – Andante con moto –3:30 7Paroles tissées - ‘Mille chevaux hors d’haleine’. Allegro molto – Lento – Lento, accelerando – Poco meno mosso –4:19 8Paroles tissées - ‘Dormez cette pâleur nous est venue de loin’. Quieto5:21 9Śpijże, śpij2:04 10Les Espaces du sommeil - ‘Dans la nuit il y a naturellement les sept merveilles’. ♩ = c. 58 –5:42 11Les Espaces du sommeil - ‘Il y a toi l’immolée, toi que j’attends’. Tranquillo –4:47 12Les Espaces du sommeil - ‘Il y a toi sans doute que je ne connais pas’. ♩ = c. 152 – Meno mosso – [Tempo I] – Lento – Allegro4:41 13Chantefleurs et Chantefables (1990) - La Belle-de-nuit. 𝅘𝅥𝅭 = c. 752:32 14Chantefleurs et Chantefables (1990) - La Sauterelle. 𝅘𝅥𝅭 = c. 1001:26 15Chantefleurs et Chantefables (1990) - La Véronique. 𝅘𝅮 = c. 1002:40 16Chantefleurs et Chantefables (1990) - L’Églantine, l’aubépine et la glycine. 𝅘𝅥 = c. 1401:43 17Chantefleurs et Chantefables (1990) - La Tortue. 𝅘𝅥 = c. 551:57 18Chantefleurs et Chantefables (1990) - La Rose. 𝅘𝅮 = c. 802:34 19Chantefleurs et Chantefables (1990) - L’Alligator. 𝅘𝅥 = c. 1202:46 20Chantefleurs et Chantefables (1990) - L’Angélique. 𝅘𝅥 = c. 702:23 21Chantefleurs et Chantefables (1990) - Le Papillon. 𝅘𝅥 = c. 1601:44 | Compilation | 30 August 2011 | |
| 2013 | The SymphoniesSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 9 tracks · 1:45:481Fanfare for Los Angeles Philharmonic0:55 2Symphony no. 1: I. Allegro giusto5:10 3Symphony no. 1: II. Poco adagio9:27 4Symphony no. 1: III. Allegretto misterioso4:21 5Symphony no. 1: IV. Allegro vivace5:31 6Symphony no. 2: I. Hésitant13:41 7Symphony no. 2: II. Direct14:13 8Symphony no. 331:28 9Symphony no. 421:02 | Compilation | 18 January 2013 | |
| 2013 | Symphonies / Concertos / Choral and Vocal WorksSearch SpotifySearch YouTube Music | Compilation | 27 August 2013 | |
| 2016 | LutosławskiSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 8 tracks · 56:101Concerto for Orchestra: I. Intrada6:55 2Concerto for Orchestra: II. Capriccio notturno e arioso5:24 3Concerto for Orchestra: III. Passacaglia, toccata e corale15:36 4Little Suite (Mała suita): I. Fujarka (Piccolo)2:38 5Little Suite (Mała suita): II. Hurra polka1:26 6Little Suite (Mała suita): III. Piosenka (Song)2:43 7Little Suite (Mała suita): IV. Taniec (Dance)2:45 8Symphony no. 418:43 | Live | 18 March 2016 | |
| 2018 | Lutoslawski: Vocal & Orchestral WorksSearch SpotifySearch YouTube Music | Compilation | February 2018 | |
| 2020 | Harp ConcertosSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 45 tracks · 5:25:20Disc 1 1Harp Concerto in B-Flat Major, HWV 294: I. Andante - Allegro4:18 2Harp Concerto in B-Flat Major, HWV 294: II. Larghetto5:30 3Harp Concerto in B-Flat Major, HWV 294: III. Allegro moderato2:41 4Concerto For Flute, Harp & Orchestra In C Major KV 299: I. Allegro9:35 5Concerto For Flute, Harp & Orchestra In C Major KV 299: II. Andantino8:10 6Concerto For Flute, Harp & Orchestra In C Major KV 299: III. Rondeau, Allegro9:38 1Concerto in C Major for Harp and Orchestra: 1. Allegro brillante10:58 2Concerto in C Major for Harp and Orchestra: 2. Andante lento4:07 3Concerto in C Major for Harp and Orchestra: 3. Rondeau. Allegro agitato7:09 Disc 21Harp Concerto in A Major: I. Allegro molto6:37 2Harp Concerto in A Major: II. Larghetto9:10 3Harp Concerto in A Major: III. Rondo. Allegretto3:33 4Harp Concerto in C Major: I. Allegro moderato6:28 5Harp Concerto in C Major: II. Adagio9:45 6Harp Concerto in C Major: III. Allegro3:15 7Partita in F Major: I. Presto3:49 8Partita in F Major: II. Adagio un poco7:02 9Partita in F Major: III. Menuetto2:43 10Partita in F Major: IV. Finale. Allegro4:05 11Harp Concerto in G Major: I. Allegro3:50 12Harp Concerto in G Major: II. Andante4:37 13Harp Concerto in G Major: III. Vivace5:11 Disc 31Harp Concerto No. 6 in F Major, Op. 9: I. Allegro moderato11:05 2Harp Concerto No. 6 in F Major, Op. 9: II. Romanza5:55 3Harp Concerto No. 6 in F Major, Op. 9: III. Vivace7:02 4Harp Concerto in E-Flat Major, Op. 15: I. Allegro15:03 5Harp Concerto in E-Flat Major, Op. 15: II. Larghetto teneramente3:51 6Harp Concerto in E-Flat Major, Op. 15: III. Rondo. Allegro molto6:06 7Concertante for Violin & Harp in G Major, WoO 13: I. Allegro9:50 8Concertante for Violin & Harp in G Major, WoO 13: II. Adagio4:44 9Concertante for Violin & Harp in G Major, WoO 13: III. Rondo. Allegretto7:10 Disc 41Harp Concerto in E Minor, Op. 182: I. Allegro moderato11:20 2Harp Concerto in E Minor, Op. 182: II. Adagio5:34 3Harp Concerto in E Minor, Op. 182: III. Finale-Scherzo: Allegro vivace7:22 4Morceau de concert in G Major, Op. 15413:20 5Koncertstück in G-Flat Major, Op. 3913:33 6Variações Concertantes, Op. 4011:09 Disc 51Concerto for Harp and Orchestra, Op. 25: 1. Allegro giusto8:35 2Concerto for Harp and Orchestra, Op. 25: 2. Molto moderato6:44 3Concerto for Harp and Orchestra, Op. 25: 3. Liberamente capriccioso vivace7:33 4Concerto for Oboe, Harp & Strings: I. Andante e rubato10:43 5Concerto for Oboe, Harp & Strings: II. Vivace8:10 6Double Concerto for Oboe, Harp & Chamber Orchestra: I. Rapsodico5:07 7Double Concerto for Oboe, Harp & Chamber Orchestra: II. Dolente6:54 8Double Concerto for Oboe, Harp & Chamber Orchestra: III. Marziale e grotesco6:19 | Compilation | December 2020 |
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| 2016 | 2016-04-28: Harpa, Reykjavík, IcelandSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 2:00:541Osborne likur Shostakovitsj2:00:54 | 28 April 2016 |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Witold Lutosławski head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 48 | 96.3th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 85 | 97.3th |
| Studio albums | 67 | 99.6th |
| Awards recorded | 24 | 99.7th |
| Timeline events | 79 | 99.5th |
| Recording span (years) | 8 | 22.9th |
| Genres | 7 | 93th |
Awards & honours
| Year | Award | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Herder Prize | won | |
| 1967 | Léonie Sonning Music Prize | won | |
| 1971 | Maurice Ravel Prize | won | |
| 1973 | Wihuri Sibelius Prize | won | |
| 1973 | honorary doctor of the University of Warsaw | won | |
| 1983 | Ernst von Siemens Music Prize | won | |
| 1983 | honorary doctor of Durham University | won | |
| 1984 | honorary doctor of the Jagiellonian University of Krakow | won | |
| 1985 | Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition | won | |
| 1986 | Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal | won | |
| 1987 | honorary doctorate from the University of Cambridge | won | |
| 1992 | honorary doctor of the University of Strasbourg-II | won | |
| 1993 | Kyoto Prize in Arts and Philosophy | won | |
| — | Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres | won | |
| — | Honorary Member of the International Society for Contemporary Music | won | |
| — | Knight of the Order of Polonia Restituta | won | |
| — | Medal of the 10th Anniversary of People's Poland | won | |
| — | Medal of the 30th Anniversary of People's Poland | won | |
| — | Order of the Builders of People's Poland | won | |
| — | Order of the White Eagle | won | |
| — | Pour le Mérite | won | |
| — | Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order | won | |
| — | Work Flag Order, 1st class | won | |
| — | Work Flag Order, 2nd class | won |
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · retrieved 11 October 2026
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https://musicbrainz.org/artist/af4c43d3-c0e0-421e-ac64-000329af0435discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/af4c43d3-c0e0-421e-ac64-000329af0435core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q156472genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q156472seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witold_Lutos%C5%82awskibiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witold_Lutos%C5%82awskibiography—wikipedia-pl · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witold_Lutos%C5%82awski
Why this artist is in the database
- List of composers by name
Tier rule: historic figure (48 language versions, career ended)
Image: no portrait · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q156472 · MusicBrainz: af4c43d3-c0e0-421e-ac64-000329af0435
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