DOBROWOLSKI • MUSIC FOR ORCHESTRA

DUX 1554 / BR 1053
• Music for String Orchestra and Four Groups of Wind Instruments (1964) • Music for Strings, Two Groups of Wind Instruments and Two Loudspeakers (1966-67) • Amar. Music for Orchestra No. 2 (1970) • Music for Orchestra No. 3 (1972-73) • A-LA. Music for Orchestra No. 4 (1974) • Music for Orchestra No. 6 (1981-82)

• Dofinansowano ze środków Ministra Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego pochodzących z Funduszu Promocji Kultury w ramach programu "Muzyczny ślad" realizowanego przez Instytut Muzyki i Tańca •

It is tempting to see the history of Polish contemporary music as a succession of simple oppositions. Avant-garde versus reaction, sonorism versus New Romanticism, tape versus orchestra. The case of Andrzej Dobrowolski (1921–1990) undermines these dialectical systems and breaks free from the established order (similarly to the cases of Tomasz Sikorski or Roman Haubenstock-Ramati). The composer translates electroacoustic textures into instruments and creates intensive atmospheres through minimalistic modifications. Dobrowolski’s series of Musics for different ensembles demonstrates a very consistent process of expanding his own original world of sound. However, the structures are only seemingly stable and clear—it is worthwhile to listen to them more deeply and in isolation. A crystal seen from different angles and in different light—arèse’s metaphor proves very useful in describing the works of the Polish composer.

CD DUX 1554 / BR 1053Total time: [48:52]

Andrzej Dobrowolski

Music for String Orchestra and Four Groups of Wind Instruments (1964) 616745

1. Music for String Orchestra and Four Groups of Wind Instruments (1964)

[06:42]

Andrzej Dobrowolski

Music for Strings, Two Groups of Wind Instruments and Two Loudspeakers (1966-67) 616746

2. Music for Strings, Two Groups of Wind Instruments and Two Loudspeakers (1966-67)

[06:21]

Andrzej Dobrowolski

Amar. Music for Orchestra No. 2 (1970) 616747

3. Amar. Music for Orchestra No. 2 (1970)

[07:50]

Andrzej Dobrowolski

Music for Orchestra No. 3 (1972-73) 616748

4. Music for Orchestra No. 3 (1972-73)

[08:34]

Andrzej Dobrowolski

A-LA. Music for Orchestra No. 4 (1974) 616749

5. A-LA. Music for Orchestra No. 4 (1974)

[09:56]

Andrzej Dobrowolski

Music for Orchestra No. 6 (1981-82) 616750

6. Music for Orchestra No. 6 (1981-82)

[09:29]

Performers:
National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra
The Kraków Polish Radio and Television Orchestra
The Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra

composers	Dobrowolski, Andrzej ∎
performers	National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra ∎ , The Kraków Polish Radio and Television Orchestra ∎ , The Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra ∎
Releases Year	2018