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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- Composer Title Genre/form Duration
- Witold Lutosławski Various pieces in transcriptions and paraphrases for two pianos (with Andrzej Panufnik)
- Witold Lutosławski Prelude and Aria for piano prelude, aria
- Witold Lutosławski Double Fugue for orchestra fugue
- Witold Lutosławski Ballet music for Janusz Makarczyk’s play “Haroun al-Rashid” for orchestra other
- Witold Lutosławski Juvenilia
- Witold Lutosławski Unfinished works
- Witold Lutosławski Music for radio broadcasts (1945–1960)
- Witold Lutosławski Music for Theatre Plays (1931–1960)
- Witold Lutosławski Jingle for the Polish Radio Białystok station fanfare
- Witold Lutosławski Jingle for the Polish Radio Lublin station fanfare
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Witold Lutosławski
Tarantella for baritone and piano
song
czas trwania 4 min 29 sek
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Witold Lutosławski
Flowersongs and Flowertales for soprano and orchestra
song cycle
czas trwania 21 min 14 sek
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Witold Lutosławski
Concerto for piano and orchestra
concerto
czas trwania 25 min 04 sek
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- Witold Lutosławski The Holy and the Ivy Christmas carol
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Witold Lutosławski
Partita – author’s version for violin and orchestra with piano obligato
partita
czas trwania 17 min 58 sek
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Witold Lutosławski
Partita for violin and piano (perf. P. Piekutowska)
partita
czas trwania 15 min 39 sek
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Witold Lutosławski
Chain 1 for chamber ensemble
other
czas trwania 9 min 51 sek
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- Witold Lutosławski Lord Tennyson Song song
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Witold Lutosławski
Spaces of Sleep for baritone and orchestra (dir. Stanisław Wisłocki)
other
czas trwania 15 min 53 sek
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Witold Lutosławski
Concerto for cello and orchestra (perf. A. Bauer)
concerto
czas trwania 25 min 58 sek
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Witold Lutosławski
Three Poems of Henri Michaux for 20-voice mixed choir and orchestra (dir. W. Lutosławski)
song cycle
czas trwania 21 min 23 sek
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Witold Lutosławski
Three Pieces for the Young for piano
cycle of miniatures
czas trwania 4 min 13 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 A July Garland for baritone, male choir and orchestra cantata
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Witold Lutosławski
The Snowslide for tenor and piano
song
czas trwania 3 min 43 sek
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- Witold Lutosławski Courtship for solo voices, choir and small orchestra suite
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Witold Lutosławski
Interlude for orchestra
interlude
czas trwania 6 min 30 sek
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- Witold Lutosławski Not for You for soprano and piano song