Witold Lutosławski
Witold Lutosławski is undoubtedly one of the greatest composers of the 20th century. To many, he was a role model both as a man and as an artist; his music remains a perfect example of “contemporary classical style”. Lutosławski’s work from the period spanning 1957–1994 provide answers to the most important problems faced by the contemporary art of composition – those associated with harmony, melody, and form. Lutosławski solved these problems, developing the main elements of his style: twelve-note harmony, controlled aleatoricism, two-part form and “thin textures”. At the same time, he was able to produce a perfect blend of intellectual psychological calculation with the emotional content of his work. His answers to the above formal problems are striking in their ingenuity, elegance, and sophistication; their importance to contemporary music cannot be overstated.
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- Bartók, Béla
- Cafes
- Cage, John
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- Chance
- Chord-aggregate
- Drozdowo
- Evolution of style
- Folklore
- Form, two-part
- Formalism
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- Socialist realism
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- Twelve-note system
- Venetian Games
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Witold Lutosławski
Trio for oboe, clarinet and bassoon
trio
czas trwania 11 min 53 sek
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Witold Lutosławski
Symphony No. 1
symphony
czas trwania 25 min 08 sek
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Witold Lutosławski
Variations on a Theme of Paganini – author’s transcription for piano and orchestra
variations
czas trwania 11 min 21 sek
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Witold Lutosławski
Six Children’s Songs
children’s or mass song
czas trwania 12 min 56 sek
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Witold Lutosławski
Wind is raging in our empty room (perf. Kalina Jędrusik)
tango
czas trwania 4 min 04 sek
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Witold Lutosławski
The Warsaw cabman
waltz
czas trwania 3 min 21 sek
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Witold Lutosławski
Little Suite for chamber orchestra
suite
czas trwania 9 min 50 sek
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Witold Lutosławski
Kiosk by the Vistula / Kiosk of the invalid
waltz
czas trwania 4 min 19 sek
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Witold Lutosławski
Symphonic Variations
variations
czas trwania 9 min 20 sek
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Witold Lutosławski
The circus is coming
waltz
czas trwania 2 min 40 sek
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Witold Lutosławski
Symphony No. 2
symphony
czas trwania 27 min 51 sek
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Witold Lutosławski
To Arms
children’s or mass song
czas trwania 1 min 31 sek
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Witold Lutosławski
Fanfare for Los Angeles Philharmonic
fanfare
czas trwania 0 min 59 sek
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Witold Lutosławski
Concerto for Orchestra (dir. Witold Lutosławski)
concerto
czas trwania 30 min 36 sek
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Witold Lutosławski
Variations on a Theme of Paganini
variations
czas trwania 5 min 19 sek
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Witold Lutosławski
I am not expecting anyone today
slow-fox
czas trwania 3 min 49 sek
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Witold Lutosławski
Symphony No. 4
symphony
czas trwania 23 min 58 sek
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Witold Lutosławski
The witch
fokstrot
czas trwania 3 min 24 sek
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Witold Lutosławski
Ten Polish Dances for chamber orchestra
suite
czas trwania 13 min 59 sek
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Witold Lutosławski
String Quartet
string quartet
czas trwania 27 min 01 sek
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Witold Lutosławski
String Overture (dir. Grzegorz Fitelberg)
overture
czas trwania 5 min 04 sek
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Witold Lutosławski
Sonata for piano (perf. Agnieszka Kopińska)
sonata
czas trwania 26 min 56 sek
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Witold Lutosławski
The captain’s ballad
tango
czas trwania 3 min 04 sek
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Witold Lutosławski
Bucolics – author’s arrangement for viola and cello
cycle of miniatures
czas trwania 6 min 26 sek
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Witold Lutosławski
Funeral Music for string orchestra
other
czas trwania 14 min 17 sek
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Witold Lutosławski
Twenty Polish Christmas Carols (selection) – version for three recorders
Christmas carol
czas trwania 8 min 29 sek
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Witold Lutosławski
Concerto for Orchestra (dir. Jan Krenz)
concerto
czas trwania 29 min 11 sek
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Witold Lutosławski
I am not expecting anyone today (perf. Hanna Banaszak)
slow-fox
czas trwania 6 min 31 sek
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