Feliks Nowowiejski Symphonic Works

DUX 1425
• Overture to the oratorio The Return of the Prodigal Son, Op. 3 (1902) • Beatrix Symphonic poem, Op. 17 No. 1 (1903) • Nina and Pergolesi Symphonic fantasy, Op. 17 No. 2 (1903) • Overture to the opera The Legend of the Baltic Sea, Op. 28 (1924) • Overture to the opera-ballet The King of the Winds, Op. 37 (1927)

A significant part of Feliks Nowowiejski’s works, particularly major pieces, remained in manuscripts and it went into oblivion soon after the composer’s death (1946), as if it were encoded in oblivion. This state of affairs remained until the recent years when a part of Polish music community began to recognise severe gaps in the knowledge about the works of our composers. It is also the ensemble of the Opole Philharmonic under the direction of Przemysław Neumann that makes a significant contribution to decoding Feliks Nowowiejski’s music. The present album, including symphonic pieces of the author of Oath, which have been rarely performed and are almost absent in the recording industry, is a testimony of it. These are extremely interesting, selected symphonic works, composed with uncommon panache, plenty of melodic invention, pompous climaxes and profound Romantic aesthetics.

CD DUX 1425Total time: [77:51]

Feliks Nowowiejski

Overture to the oratorio The Return of the Prodigal Son, Op. 3 (1902)

1. Uwertura do oratorium Powrót Syna Marnotrawnego op. 3 | Overture to the oratorio The Return of the Prodigal Son, Op. 3 (1902)

[13:38]

Feliks Nowowiejski

Beatrix Symphonic poem, Op. 17 No. 1 (1903)

2. Beatrycze Poemat symfoniczny op. 17 nr 1 | Beatrix Symphonic poem, Op. 17 No. 1 (1903)

[20:11]

Feliks Nowowiejski

Nina and Pergolesi Symphonic fantasy, Op. 17 No. 2 (1903)

3. Nina i Pergolesi Fantazja symfoniczna op. 17 nr 2 | Nina and Pergolesi Symphonic fantasy, Op. 17 No. 2 (1903)

[18:19]

Feliks Nowowiejski

Overture to the opera The Legend of the Baltic Sea, Op. 28 (1924)

4. Uwertura do opery Legenda Bałtyku op. 28 | Overture to the opera The Legend of the Baltic Sea, Op. 28 (1924)

[12:37]

Feliks Nowowiejski

Overture to the opera-ballet The King of the Winds, Op. 37 (1927)

5. Uwertura do opery-baletu Król Wichrów op. 37 | Overture to the opera-ballet The King of the Winds, Op. 37 (1927)

[13:06]

Performers:
Andrzej Krawiec /violin solo/
Przemysław Neumann /conductor/
Orkiestra Symfoniczna Filharmonii Opolskiej
Andrzej Szajda /double bass/

Recommendations

Feliks Nowowiejski. Symphonies: II, III.

DUX 1446
• Symphony No. 2, Op. 52 (1938) • III Symfonia op. 53 (1940)

Piotr Przedbora GUITAR EVOL.2UTION

DUX 1386
• Concerto in D major, BWV 972 (ar. | arr. by Judicaël Perroy) • Introduction and Variations on a Theme by Mozart, Op. 9 • Elegie • Air varié de l’opera de Bellini „I Capuleti e i Montecchi” • Invierno Porteno from Las Cuatro Estaciones Portenas (ar. | arr. by Sergio Assad) • I Suite Espanola op. 47

Henryk Mikołaj Górecki Symphony No. 3 “Symphony of Sorrowful Songs”

DUX 1459
• Symphony No. 3 “Symphony of Sorrowful Songs” for soprano solo and orchestra, Op. 36 (1976)

Justyna Gabzdyl. Chopin, Szymanowski.

DUX 1393/1394
• Métopes Op. 29 • Masques. Three poems for piano Op.34 (1915-1916) • Ballade in G minor Op. 23 No. 1 • Ballade in F major Op. 38 • Ballade in A flat major Op.47 • Ballade in F minor Op. 5

composers	Nowowiejski, Feliks ∎
performers	Krawiec, Andrzej ∎ , Neumann, Przemysław ∎ , Orkiestra Symfoniczna Filharmonii Opolskiej ∎ , Szajda, Andrzej ∎
Releases Year	2017