Feliks Nowowiejski. Symphonies: II, III.

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

Currently, Feliks Nowowiejski is recognisable mainly as author of music to Maria Konopnicka’s Oath, alternatively as composer of organ and oratorio music. His symphonic output, overshadowed by the works of Karol Szymanowski, who was composing at the same time, is rarely performed and has not been presented to the wider audience in a form of CD yet. The present album, thanks to the efforts of the Poznań Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Łukasz Borowicz, fills this gap in the image of the Polish music of the interwar period. We display on it the symphonies Nos. 2 and 3 by Nowowiejski (the Symphony No. 1 is lost). The first of the pieces, with extended percussion parts, is a genuine apology of rhythm, while the Symphony No. 3, dedicated to Iris, the goddess of rainbow, enchants us with ingenious instrumental solutions – colours of the orchestra.

CD DUX 1446Total time: [73:19]

Feliks Nowowiejski

Symphony No. 2, Op. 52 (1938)

1. Andante mesto

[4:23]

2. Allegro moderato e molto ritmico

[3:05]

3. Grave - Allegro gaio

[5:37]

4. Moderato assai e molto ritmico

[2:56]

5. Adagio misterioso e molto tranquillo

[5:49]

6. Allegro vivace

[7:04]

7. Grave dramatico - Presto

[2:38]

Feliks Nowowiejski

III Symfonia op. 53 (1940)

8. Allegro molto vivo ed energico

[10:27]

9. Andante tranquillo con espressione

[6:56]

10. Scherzando (Tempo di Marcia)

[7:24]

11. Lento tranquillamente

[16:59]

Performers:
Łukasz Borowicz /conductor/
Orkiestra Symfoniczna Filharmonii Poznańskiej

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composers	Nowowiejski, Feliks ∎
performers	Borowicz, Łukasz ∎ , Orkiestra Symfoniczna Filharmonii Poznańskiej ∎
Releases Year	2017