Bacewicz, Lutoslawski & Szymanowski

Artists Thomas Sondergård and Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Royal Scottish National Orchestra

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Music Director Thomas Søndergård conducts the Royal Scottish National Orchestra in Bacewicz, Lutoslawski & Szymanowski, a program showcasing three leading composers from twentieth-century Poland. Polish music was flourishing at that time, yet the country was going through unimaginable political turmoil, having to endure the Nazi and Communist occupations. Despite this, composers Szymanowski, Bacewicz and Lutosławski reshaped Polish musical identity, each with their own language. Moving from her early neo-classical style towards something more complex, bold and colourful, Bacewicz wrote the defiant Overture for Orchestra in occupied Poland in 1943. In the sensual King Roger (1926), performed here in a new arrangement by Ian Farrington, Szymanowski blended late Romanticism with Mediterranean and Polish influences. Lutosławski pushed Polish music beyond Romanticism, embracing folk traditions and modern techniques. His Symphony No. 3 (1983) became a powerful symbol of freedom in Poland and marked a key moment in his late symphonic style.

Royal Scottish National Orchestra Thomas Søndergård, Conductor

Tracklist

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Total time: 59:51

1. Bacewicz Overture for Orchestra

05:45

2. Lutoslawski Symphony No 3

32:15

3. SzymanowskiFarrington Symphonic Fantasy on ‘King Roger’

21:51

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Additional Information

Label

Linn Records

SKU

CKD758

Qualities

DSD 512, DSD 256, FLAC 192 kHz, DSD 128, WAV 96 kHz, DSD 64, DXD 24 Bit

Channels

2ch Stereo

Artists

Thomas Sondergård and Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Royal Scottish National Orchestra

Composers

Bacewicz, Lutoslawski

Genres

Classical

Original Recording Format

PCM 96k

Instruments

Orchestra

Recording Engineer

Philip Hobbs

Release Date

April 08, 2025

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Reviews

Colin's Column

A distinguished addition to its discography [...] full-circle satisfaction, realised with assurance in this gripping thirty-two-minute account ...

BBC Radio 3

Completely wonderful, that pure blast of orchestral energy! What a fantastic upbeat to the rest of your afternoons.

Gramophone

Sondergärd's recording is a welcome addition to the interpretation history of this masterpiece, radiant and teeming with energy, as if the Danish conductor wanted to liberate this music from the tragic tenor of Polish history.