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Pawel Szymanski - a checklist of recordings
I’ve been unable to find an up-to-date, on-line list of recordings of works by Paweł Szymański so I’m putting one together here. As in the case of the two previous ones (Bacewicz and Karło… more →
Fantastical melancholy
Pawel Szymanski - a checklist of recordings
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maciek wrote 3 months ago: I’ve been unable to find an up-to-date, on-line list of recordings of works by Paweł Szymański … more →
Pawel Szymanski x 4 on NInA
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maciek wrote 3 months ago: I’ve only noticed this today and it is news that deserves not only to be passed on, but to be … more →
Polish Season in the UK is about to start
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maciek wrote 7 months ago: For quite a while now I’ve been meaning to mention the upcoming “Polska!Year” (arg … more →
Schaeffer (on film) wins prestigious award
maciek wrote 7 months ago: SOLO, a documentary about the famous avantgarde composer (and dramatist) Bogusław Schaeffer by Polis … more →
Karlowicz photographs
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maciek wrote 9 months ago: PWM (the largest score publisher in Poland) has started a site dedicated to Mieczyslaw Karlowicz. Th … more →
Two Bacewicz PREMIERES on Monday!
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maciek wrote 9 months ago: Grażyna Bacewicz between (left to right) her Polish composition teacher Kazimierz Sikorski and colle … more →
Mieczyslaw Karlowicz on CD (another checklist)
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maciek wrote 9 months ago: Today is another important 100th anniversary in Polish music. I shall celebrate the Mieczysław Karło … more →
Bacewicz and Bacevičutė
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maciek wrote 10 months ago: OK, here goes. In celebration of the Bacewicz centenary. Grazyna Bacewicz did not have an extremely … more →
Wiłkomirska's Szymanowski
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maciek wrote 10 months ago: …and nobody else’s! Wanda Wilkomirska, possibly the greatest Polish violinist of the 20t … more →
Grażyna Bacewicz on vinyl
maciek wrote 10 months ago: I’ve decided the previous post was too cluttered, so I’m moving at least some of it here … more →
Grazyna Bacewicz recordings – a (very long) checklist
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maciek wrote 10 months ago: Grażyna Bacewicz died 40 years ago today. She would have been 60 years old in less than 3 weeks. Whi … more →
London Sinfonietta chanelling Warsztat Muzyczny
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maciek wrote 1 year ago: Somehow I’ve managed to leave out what promises to be perhaps the most exciting concert of the … more →
4th Polish Music Festival in Cracow
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maciek wrote 1 year ago: I don’t think anyone reading this blog actually listens to these webcasts but a promise is a p … more →
New Wojciech Kilar piece
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maciek wrote 1 year ago: This month will see no less than 3 premieres of pieces by Wojciech Kilar! [For those not sure who I' … more →
Józef Koffler's Piano Concerto
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maciek wrote 1 year ago: So who wrote the first ever 12-tone piano concerto? Well, I wouldn’t stake my life on it, but … more →
Krystyna Moszumańska-Nazar (1924-2008)
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maciek wrote 1 year ago: This is a somewhat belated obituary for Krystyna Moszumanska-Nazar, the Polish composer who died mor … more →
Cellovator
maciek wrote 1 year ago: Well, to make a long story short: this CD is fantastic! If not for any other reason, it’s wort … more →
Profil Ensemble at Warsaw Autumn
maciek wrote 1 year ago: Just a quick update re Warsaw Autumn retransmissions. The 20th September 19:30 concert will be aired … more →
More live webcasts from Warsaw Autumn 2008
maciek wrote 1 year ago: The Polish Radio is a bit disappointing this year. Maybe my memory is playing tricks on me, but I se … more →
