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)

LUBRICH, RUDNICK • MUSIC IN THE TIMES OF BREAKTHROUGH • FIRLUS

DUX 1741
• Introduction and Passacaglia in B flat minor, Op. 20 (1911) • Ciaccona in E minor, Op. 73 No. 3 (1945?) • Fantasy in F minor (1919) • Drei Stimmungsbilder, Op. 24 (1912) • Sonata No. 5 in D minor, Op. 62 (1903?)

BACEWICZ • PIANO MUSIC • SOCHACKA

DUX 1689
• Piano Sonata No. 2 (1953) • Two Piano Etudes (1952) • Piano Sonata No. 1 (1949) • Concert Etude (1949) • Piano Sonata (1930)

ŁUKASZEWSKI, PRZYBYLSKI, HERDZIN • HARMONIA POLONICA NOVA • BARAN, PERUCKI, DYS, SMOLIŃSKI

DUX 1715
• Concerto for accordion and string orchestra (2018) • Concerto festivo for two positive organs and chamber orchestra, Op. 45 (2008) • Concerto for harmonica and string orchestra (2019)

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