SINFONIETTA NOVA BY SINFONIETTA CRACOVIA • POLISH MODERN MUSIC

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• Sinfonietta concertante for Wind Quintet and String Orchestra, Op. 67 (2024) • Duel. Concerto for Two Violins, String Orchestra and Percussion (2025) • Quintetto per archi n. 2. Krzysztof Penderecki in memoriam, version for String Orchestra (2023) • Pure Voices for String Orchestra and Fixed Electronics (2023)

DUX 2196Total time: [78:00]

Mikołaj Piotr Górecki

Sinfonietta concertante for Wind Quintet and String Orchestra, Op. 67 (2024)619610

1. Sinfonietta concertante na kwintet dęty i orkiestrę smyczkową op. 67 | for Wind Quintet and String Orchestra, Op. 67 (2024)

[13:57]

Mikołaj Majkusiak

Duel. Concerto for Two Violins, String Orchestra and Percussion (2025)619611

2. Allegro ben ritmico

[6:21]

3. Lento, inquieto

[9:23]

4. Presto con fuoco, danzabile

[6:04]

Joanna Wnuk-Nazarowa

Quintetto per archi n. 2. Krzysztof Penderecki in memoriam, version for String Orchestra (2023)619612

5. Adagio

[6:56]

6. Moderato

[3:10]

7. Scherzo intermittente – Trio

[4:04]

8. Presto

[5:05]

Aleksandra Słyż

Pure Voices for String Orchestra and Fixed Electronics (2023)619613

9. Pure Voices na orkiestrę smyczkową i elektronikę | for String Orchestra and Fixed Electronics (2023)

[22:35]

Performers:
Maciej Lulek /violin/ [2-4]
Piotr Tarcholik /violin/ [2-4]
Cracow Wind Quintet [1] /Katarzyna Kurowska-Mleczko - flute, Piotr Pyc - obój oboe (guest), Roman Widaszek - clarinet, Paweł Solecki - bassoon Tadeusz Tomaszewski - horn/
Sinfonietta Cracovia [1-9]
Michał Krężlewski /conductor/ [1-9]

Recommendations

Alone in the Castle • Introspective Italian Music for the Renaissance Harpsichord

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• Toccata seconda • Canzon francese • Frais e gagliard • Per dolor me bagno il viso • Recerchare • La non vol esser piu mia (Andrea Antico, Frottole…) • Padoana prima • Gagliarda prima • Hor ch’el ciel et la terra • Canzon sopra Susanna • Io mi sono gioveneta • Canzon • La pose boreal • Seconda breve canzon • Canzone detta la Berenice • Ricercada • Canzon detta la Diana • Fantasia del primo tono • Tenore del passo e mezzo con sei mutanze • Ricercar quarto • Canzon seconda • Padoana terza dita la Finetta • Fuga Secunda a quattro

Symphony of Sounds

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• The Hounds of Spring (1980) • Colors for Trombone Solo (1998) • Ride (2003) • Whispers from Beyond (2016) • Aquarium, Op. 5 (1989) • The Magic Mountain (2018)

Belle époque

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• Lyrisches Andante [Andante liryczne/Lyric Andante] for String Orchestra, WoO III/7 (1898) • Efekt motyla – „Hommage à Puccini” na smyczki for Strings (2024) • Serenade op. 2 • Morgen! [Tomorrow!] for Mezzo-Soprano and String Orchestra, Op. 27 No. 4 (1894) (words by John Henry Mackay; transcribed by Patryk Matusiak) • Cäcilie [Cecilia] for Mezzo-Soprano and String Orchestra, Op. 27 No. 2 (1894) (words by Heinrich Hart; transcribed by Patryk Matusiak) • On the Calm, Dark Sea for String Orchestra (1896) ( transcribed by Szymon Morus) • Crisantemi [Chrysanthemums] for String Orchestra, SC 65 (1890)

TEMPORAL DUO • BEYOND THE HORIZON

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• Temporal Variations for Oboe and Piano (1936) • Romanza for Oboe and Piano (2017) • Sextet for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, and Piano, FP 100 (1932–39) • Sextuor pour flute, hautbois, clarinette, cor, basson et piano op. 100 (1939) • Wait 2022, Music Before the End for Oboe and Soundfile (2022)

composers	Górecki, Mikołaj Piotr ∎ , Majkusiak, Mikołaj ∎ , Słyż, Aleksandra ∎ , Wnuk-Nazarowa, Joanna ∎
performers	Cracow Wind Quintet ∎ , Krężlewski, Michał ∎ , Lulek, Maciej ∎ , Sinfonietta Cracovia ∎ , Tarcholik, Piotr ∎
Releases Year	2025