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LUTOSŁAWSKI:

ThE SYMphONIES

SONY CLASSICAL

Performers:
Los Angeles Philharmonic
esa-Pekka salonen – conductor

in JAnuArY 2013 music Lovers received A TreAT
wiTh sonY cLAssicAL’s Two-cd ALbum LUTOSŁAWSKI:
THE SYMPHONIES Performed bY The Los AngeLes
PhiLhArmonic conducTed bY esA-PekkA sALonen.

As seth colter walls wrote for the this is one of the most prestigious music
prestigious radio website wQXr, “when awards in germany. The recording of
listening to salonen one can say a lot about Symphony No. 1 for this album was
his enduring respect for the composer.” also nominated for a grammy for best
Apart from Symphonies No. 2–4 orchestral Performance.
released in previous years, these cds also “released on the centenary of witold
include the frst-ever recording of witold Lutosławski’s birth, his four symphonies
Lutosławski’s Symphony No. 1 in salonen’s composed in the course of 50 years,
interpretation. between 1947 and 1992, concisely refect
As dorota szwarcman wrote in the the development of this major Polish
Polityka weekly, “The package will certainly composer’s style. The live recordings of
enter the canon of recordings of this the Los Angeles Philharmonic under the
music, especially since this is Lutosławski baton of its long-time conductor esa-
almost at frst hand: the conductor knew Pekka salonen, who knew Lutosławski
the composer personally and considers and has been his promoter since his
him to be the person who infuenced his youth, were made between 1985 and 2012.
artistic path the most.” This is a model performance that shows
Lutosławski: The Symphonies won the off all the facets of Lutosławski’s music,”
Preis der deutchen schallplatenkritik stated deutchen schallplatenkritik jury
award in the symphonic music category; member Peter stieber.

Lutosławski could not have found
a better performer of his works.

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