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Witold Lutosławski
12+ albums
contemporary classicalClassicalpolishAvant-Gardecomposer
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Witold Lutosławski (IPA: /vitɔlt lutɔswafski/; January 25, 1913, Warsaw, Poland – February 7, 1994, Warsaw) was one of the major European composers of the 20th century, and one of the pre-eminent Polish musicians during his last three decades. During his lifetime, he earned many international awards and prizes, including the Order of the White Eagle, Poland's highest honour. Lutosławski studied piano and composition in Warsaw. His early works—like the music of many 19th- and 20th-century composers—were influenced by Polish folk music. His style demonstrates a wide range of rich atmospheric textures. He began to develop his own characteristic composition techniques in the late 1950s. His music from this period onwards incorporates his own methods of building harmonies from a small group of musical intervals. It also uses aleatory processes, in which the rhythmic coordination of parts is subject to an element of chance. His works (of which he was a notable conductor) include four symphonies, a Concerto for Orchestra, and several concertos and song cycles. During World War II, Lutosławski made a living by playing the piano in Warsaw bars. For a time after the war, Stalinist authorities banned his compositions for being "formalist"—accessible only to the perceived elite. In the 1980s, Lutosławski used his stature to support the Solidarity movement, which won the 1989 legislative election and broke the Soviet hold over Poland. Lutosławski's parents were both born into the Poli
top songs
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Symphony No. 3
3,6092Interlude
3,4923Symphony No. 4
2,6484Symphonic Variations
2,5395Les espaces du sommeil
2,2376Livre pour orchestre
2,0387Concerto For Piano And Orchestra: 1. Dotted Quarter Note = 110 - Quarter Note = 70
1,28683 Fragmente: II. Ulysse en Itaque
1,1999Variations on a Theme by Paganini
1,14010Paganini Variations
1,093albums
Lutoslawski: Piano Concerto; Symphony No.2
Symphony No. 4 / Violin Partita / Chain II / Funeral Music (Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra feat. conductor: Antoni Wit)
Lutoslawski: 20 Polish Christmas Carols / Lacrimosa / 5 Songs
Lutoslawsky : Concerto for Orchestra & Symphony No.3
Lutoslawski: Symphonies, Concertos, etc
Lutosławski: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 4 & Jeux vénitiens
Lutoslawski Tuwim. Piosenki nie tylko dla dzieci.
Lutoslawski: The Symphonies
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Lutoslawski: Piano Concerto; Partita; Chain 2
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Lutosławski: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3
Lutoslawski: Concerto for Cello and Orchestra - Livre pour orchestre - Novelette - Chain No. 3
Orchestral Works Vol. 2 (Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, feat. conductor Antoni Wit)