Antoni Wit
ICAD 5017
Szymanowski: Symphony No.3
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Szymanowski: Symphony No.3 2009
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Szymanowski: Symphony No.3 2009
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Antoni Wit
Szymanowski: Symphony No.3, Op. 27 ‘Song of The Night’
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra / Rafał Bartmiński, tenor
(18 November 2009, Warsaw Philharmonic Hall)
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Szymanowski: Symphony No.4, Op. 60 ‘Symphonie Concertante’
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra / Jan Krzysztof Broja, piano
(18 November 2009, Warsaw Philharmonic Hall)
Superbly filmed for Polish Television, Antoni Wit’s performances of Szymanowski’s Third and Fourth Symphonies embody the distinguished and idiomatic conducting style for which he is widely recognised. An outstanding communicator, Wit exhibits exceptional attention to detail in his rendition of these two great works with his own orchestra and choir. The recording also benefits from DTS 5.1 surround sound.
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Catalogue Number: ICAD 5017
“...Wit and the Warsaw Philharmonic...give a finely graded, sensitively shaped performance. Rafał Bartmiński is an outstanding tenor with a wide range, and the chorus blends with an almost otherworldly sound, as it needs to in this kind of music. As a conductor, Wit alternates between small-scale, measured hand motions (usually supplicating upward from the floor rather than downward) and passionate side-to-side motion with outstretched arms waving, as if to push the orchestra in the direction he wants. ”
Fanfare - Aug 2011
“Wit captures the hothouse atmosphere of Szymanowski's Rumi-inspired Third Symphony and the folkloric inflections of the Fourth. Excellent soloists too in another outstanding film from the Warsaw Philharmonic.”
BBC Music Magazine - Jun 2011
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KAROL SZYMANOWSKI 1882–1937
Symphony No.3 ‘Pies´n´ o nocy’ for tenor, chorus and orchestra, op.27
The Song of the Night · Le Chant de la nuit · Das Lied der Nacht
1 Moderato assai (‘O, nie ´spij, druhu, nocy tej!’)
2 Allegretto tranquillo
3 Largo (‘Jak cicho. Inni ´spia˛…’)
Rafal Bartmin´ski tenor
Warsaw Philharmonic — The National Orchestra and Choir of Poland
Leader: Ewa Marczyk
Chorus master: Henryk Wojnarowski
ANTONI WIT
Symphony No.4 ‘Concertante’ for piano and orchestra, op.60
4 I Moderato, tempo comodo
5 II Andante molto sostenuto
6 III Allegro non troppo, ma agitato ed ansioso
Jan Krzysztof Broja piano
Warsaw Philharmonic — The National Orchestra of Poland
Leader: Ewa Marczyk
ANTONI WIT
TV Producer: Tomasz Kronenberg
Recorded live in the Warsaw Philharmonic Hall, Warsaw (Poland), 19 November 2009
Broadcast:
© 2009 The Warsaw Philharmonic Foundation and The National Audiovisual Institute
