Music Director Thomas Søndergård conducts the Royal Scottish National Orchestra in Bacewicz, Lutoslawski & Szymanowski, a program showcasing three leading composers from twentieth-century Poland.
Polish music was flourishing at that time, yet the country was going through unimaginable political turmoil, having to endure the Nazi and Communist occupations. Despite this, composers Szymanowski, Bacewicz and Lutosławski reshaped Polish musical identity, each with their own language.
Moving from her early neo-classical style towards something more complex, bold and colourful, Bacewicz wrote the defiant Overture for Orchestra in occupied Poland in 1943. In the sensual King Roger (1926), performed here in a new arrangement by Ian Farrington, Szymanowski blended late Romanticism with Mediterranean and Polish influences. Lutosławski pushed Polish music beyond Romanticism, embracing folk traditions and modern techniques. His Symphony No. 3 (1983) became a powerful symbol of freedom in Poland and marked a key moment in his late symphonic style.
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Thomas Søndergård, Conductor
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| SKU | CKD758 |
| Qualities | DSD 512 fs, DSD 256 fs, DSD 128 fs, DSD 64 fs, DXD 24 Bit, WAV 96 kHz, FLAC 192 kHz |
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| Recording Engineer | Philip Hobbs |
| Release Date | March 28, 2025 |
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Colin’s Column
A distinguished addition to its discography […] full-circle satisfaction, realised with assurance in this gripping thirty-two-minute account …
BBC Radio 3
Completely wonderful, that pure blast of orchestral energy! What a fantastic upbeat to the rest of your afternoons.
Gramophone
Sondergärd’s recording is a welcome addition to the interpretation history of this masterpiece, radiant and teeming with energy, as if the Danish conductor wanted to liberate this music from the tragic tenor of Polish history.
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