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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- Absolute music
- Action, musical
- Aesthetics
- Aleatory technique
- Bartók, Béla
- Cafes
- Cage, John
- Chain
- Chance
- Chord-aggregate
- Drozdowo
- Evolution of style
- Folklore
- Form, two-part
- Formalism
- Functional music
- Homes
- Innovation
- Mathematics
- Mobile
- Musical past
- Orchestra
- Private life
- Socialist realism
- Surrealism
- Twelve-note system
- Venetian Games
- Warsaw Autumn
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Witold Lutosławski
Grave. Metamorphoses – author’s version for cello and string orchestra
other
czas trwania 6 min 10 sek
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Witold Lutosławski
Grave. Metamorphoses for cello and piano
other
czas trwania 6 min 18 sek
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Witold Lutosławski
Five Songs for voice and piano
song cycle
czas trwania 10 min 01 sek
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- Witold Lutosławski Dance Preludes – author’s version for 9 instruments cycle of miniatures
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Witold Lutosławski
Silesian Triptych for soprano and orchestra
song cycle
czas trwania 10 min 50 sek
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Witold Lutosławski
Folk Melodies – arrangement of nos. 1, 5, 8, 10, 12 for guitar by José de Azpiazu
cycle of miniatures
czas trwania 8 min 27 sek
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- Witold Lutosławski Folk Melodies – author’s arrangement of nos. 9-12 for 4 violins cycle of miniatures
- Witold Lutosławski Folk Melodies – author’s arrangement of nos. 1, 2, 11, 12 for string orchestra cycle of miniatures
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Witold Lutosławski
Folk Melodies. Twelve Easy Pieces for Piano
cycle of miniatures
czas trwania 10 min 23 sek
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- Witold Lutosławski 50 Polyphonic Pieces