Grzegorz Nowak
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Grzegorz Nowak is a Polish conductor. He has served as music director of the Polish National Opera, the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra
, the SWR Radio Orchestra in Kaiserslautern in Germany), and Sinfonia Helvetica and festival Musique and Amitié in Switzerland.
, Poland, he began his international conducting career by winning the first prize at the Ernest Ansermet
Conducting Competition in Geneva
. He also won the Grand Prix Patek Philippe, Rolex Prize, Swiss Prize, American Patronage Prize and the Europäische Förderpreis für Musik as the European Musician of the Year. Nowak was honoured with the Distinguished Teacher Award during his tenure as Professor at the BGSU University in Ohio
, and the title of "Honorary Professor" was bestowed upon him by the University of Alberta
.
After studying conducting, composition and violin at the Music Academy in Poznań, Nowak was awarded a doctorate fellowship at the Eastman School of Music
. He honed his skills at Tanglewood
on a Serge Koussevitzky
Fellowship with such masters as Leonard Bernstein
, Seiji Ozawa
, Erich Leinsdorf
and Igor Markevitch
, before assisting Kurt Masur
with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra.
In Europe Nowak has worked as a conductor with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
, London Symphony Orchestra
, Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra
, Orchestre National de France
, Orchestre Lamoureaux in Paris, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
in Rome, RAI orchestras in Milan, Rome and Turin, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
in Geneva, Tonhalle Orchestra
in Zürich
, National Orchestra of Belgium
, Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra
, Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra
, National Orchestra of Spain
and the Gulbenkian Orchestra
in Lisbon
. He has also conducted many times in Scandinavia, performing with the philharmonic and radio orchestras of Oslo, Stockholm
, Helsinki
and Copenhagen
.
In North America, Nowak has conducted the Montreal Symphony, Vancouver Symphony, Baltimore Symphony, Cincinnati Symphony, Carmel Symphony, San Diego Symphony
, Buffalo Philharmonic orchestras and the Xalapa Symphony in Mexico. He has also earned critical acclaim for his performances in the Far East and elsewhere with the Philharmonic
and Yomiuri
Orchestras in Tokyo, Hong Kong Philharmonic, Taipei Philharmonic
in Taiwan
and the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra
.
Nowak has conducted operatic productions in Italy, Monte Carlo
, Switzerland, Germany, Poland, the United Kingdom, Sweden, the United States and Canada, including works by Mozart
(The Marriage of Figaro
, Don Giovanni
, Il Seraglio, Così fan Tutte
, The Magic Flute
), Rossini (The Barber of Seville
, Semiramide
), Beethoven
(Fidelio
), Bizet (Carmen
), Borodin
(Prince Igor
), Moniuszko (Halka
, Haunted Manor), Verdi (Otello
, Don Carlos
and the Polish première of Simon Boccanegra
) and Puccini (Madam Butterfly, La bohème
, Turandot
and Tosca
– including a tour with Welsh National Opera
). His production of Debussy's Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien was broadcast live from Rome on the Eurovision television network. He received rave reviews at the 2006 Internationale Maifestspiele Wiesbaden for conducting Giordano
's Andrea Chénier, a co-production of the Polish National Opera with Plácido Domingo
and the National Opera in Washington
.
His recordings have been highly acclaimed by the press and public alike, winning many awards. Diapason in Paris praised his KOS CD with Martha Argerich
and Sinfonia Varsovia as ‘indispensable… un must’, and the second edition of this recording won the Fryderyk Award. The Polish Symphonic Music of the XIX Century recording with Sinfonia Varsovia won the CD of the Year Award, a nomination for the Fryderyk Award and the Bronze Bell Award in Singapore
. The American Record Guide
praised Nowak's Gallo label CD of Frank Martin
Violin Concerto with Piotr Milewski and the Biel Symphony as ‘by far the best’. Chopin's piano concerti with Janusz Olejniczak and Sinfonia Varsovia won the Fryderyk and CD of the Year awards, and his CD with Stanislaw Drzewiecki and Sinfonia Varsovia was also nominated for the Fryderyk Award. His Haenssler-classic disc with Anja Silja
won two Classical Internet Awards, and his recording of Czerny Symphonies No. 2 and 6 (world premiere recording) received critical acclaim around the world. His CBC
record with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra and Amanda Forsyth
won the Juno Award
, the CD-Accord recording with Joanna Kozlowska and the Poznań Philharmonic was hailed as ‘superb’ and Gramophone Magazine praised his ASV
recording with the London Symphony Orchestra
as ‘outstanding’.
Nowak has performed alongside soloists, including pianists Vladimir Ashkenazy
, Angela Hewitt
and Anton Kuerti
. He has performed many times with Krystian Zimerman
, including tours in Switzerland, Italy and Spain. He has accompanied violinists Nigel Kennedy
, Adam Taubitz
, Joseph Silverstein
and Pinchas Zukerman
, among ohers. Nowak has worked with several cellists, including Ofra Harnoy
and Mstislav Rostropovich
. He has collaborated with singers, including Ben Heppner
, Marilyn Horne
, Gwyneth Jones, Kathleen Battle, Ewa Podles and the Swingle Singers.
Edmonton Symphony Orchestra
As the professional orchestra of Alberta's creative capital city, the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra presents over 85 concerts a year of symphonic music in all genres, from classical to country...
, the SWR Radio Orchestra in Kaiserslautern in Germany), and Sinfonia Helvetica and festival Musique and Amitié in Switzerland.
Biography
Grzegorz Nowak is the Principal Associate Conductor of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London. Born in PoznańPoznan
Poznań is a city on the Warta river in west-central Poland, with a population of 556,022 in June 2009. It is among the oldest cities in Poland, and was one of the most important centres in the early Polish state, whose first rulers were buried at Poznań's cathedral. It is sometimes claimed to be...
, Poland, he began his international conducting career by winning the first prize at the Ernest Ansermet
Ernest Ansermet
Ernest Alexandre Ansermet was a Swiss conductor.- Biography :Ansermet was born in Vevey, Switzerland. Although he was a contemporary of Wilhelm Furtwängler and Otto Klemperer, Ansermet represents in most ways a very different tradition and approach from those two musicians. Originally he was a...
Conducting Competition in Geneva
Geneva
Geneva In the national languages of Switzerland the city is known as Genf , Ginevra and Genevra is the second-most-populous city in Switzerland and is the most populous city of Romandie, the French-speaking part of Switzerland...
. He also won the Grand Prix Patek Philippe, Rolex Prize, Swiss Prize, American Patronage Prize and the Europäische Förderpreis für Musik as the European Musician of the Year. Nowak was honoured with the Distinguished Teacher Award during his tenure as Professor at the BGSU University in Ohio
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green State University, often referred to as Bowling Green or BGSU, is a public, coeducational research university located in Bowling Green, Ohio, United States. The institution was granted a charter in 1910 by the State of Ohio as part of the Lowry Bill, which also established Kent State...
, and the title of "Honorary Professor" was bestowed upon him by the University of Alberta
University of Alberta
The University of Alberta is a public research university located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Founded in 1908 by Alexander Cameron Rutherford, the first premier of Alberta and Henry Marshall Tory, its first president, it is widely recognized as one of the best universities in Canada...
.
After studying conducting, composition and violin at the Music Academy in Poznań, Nowak was awarded a doctorate fellowship at the Eastman School of Music
Eastman School of Music
The Eastman School of Music is a music conservatory located in Rochester, New York. The Eastman School is a professional school within the University of Rochester...
. He honed his skills at Tanglewood
Tanglewood
Tanglewood is an estate and music venue in Lenox and Stockbridge, Massachusetts. It is the home of the annual summer Tanglewood Music Festival and the Tanglewood Jazz Festival, and has been the Boston Symphony Orchestra's summer home since 1937. It was the venue of the Berkshire Festival.- History...
on a Serge Koussevitzky
Serge Koussevitzky
Serge Koussevitzky , was a Russian-born Jewish conductor, composer and double-bassist, known for his long tenure as music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra from 1924 to 1949.-Early career:...
Fellowship with such masters as Leonard Bernstein
Leonard Bernstein
Leonard Bernstein August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990) was an American conductor, composer, author, music lecturer and pianist. He was among the first conductors born and educated in the United States of America to receive worldwide acclaim...
, Seiji Ozawa
Seiji Ozawa
is a Japanese conductor, particularly noted for his interpretations of large-scale late Romantic works. He is most known for his work as music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and principal conductor of the Vienna State Opera.-Early years:...
, Erich Leinsdorf
Erich Leinsdorf
Erich Leinsdorf was a naturalized American Austrian conductor. He performed and recorded with leading orchestras and opera companies throughout the United States and Europe, earning a reputation for exacting standards as well as an acerbic personality...
and Igor Markevitch
Igor Markevitch
Igor Markevitch was a Ukrainian, Italian, and French composer and conductor.- Origin :Igor Markevich was born in Kiev, to an old family of Ukrainian Cossack starshyna ennobled in the 18th century...
, before assisting Kurt Masur
Kurt Masur
Kurt Masur is a German conductor, particularly noted for his interpretation of German Romantic music.- Biography :Masur was born in Brieg, Lower Silesia, Germany and studied piano, composition and conducting in Leipzig, Saxony. Masur has been married three times...
with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra.
In Europe Nowak has worked as a conductor with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra is a British orchestra based in London. It tours widely, and is sometimes referred to as "Britain's national orchestra"...
, London Symphony Orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra
The London Symphony Orchestra is a major orchestra of the United Kingdom, as well as one of the best-known orchestras in the world. Since 1982, the LSO has been based in London's Barbican Centre.-History:...
, Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra
Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra
The Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra is the main orchestra in the principality of Monaco...
, Orchestre National de France
Orchestre National de France
The Orchestre national de France is a symphony orchestra run by Radio France. It has also been known as the Orchestre national de la Radiodiffusion française and Orchestre national de l'Office de Radiodiffusion Télévision Française .Since 1944, the orchestra has been based in the Théâtre...
, Orchestre Lamoureaux in Paris, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
The Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia is one of the best-known orchestras in Italy. It is based at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome. At various times it has been known as the Symphony Orchestra of the Augusteo and Orchestra dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia and the...
in Rome, RAI orchestras in Milan, Rome and Turin, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
The Orchestre de la Suisse Romande is a Swiss symphony orchestra, based in Geneva at the Victoria Hall...
in Geneva, Tonhalle Orchestra
Tonhalle Orchester Zurich
Tonhalle Orchester Zürich is a symphony orchestra founded in 1868 in Zürich Switzerland, where it established its residence in the neue Tonhalle in 1895....
in Zürich
Zürich
Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich...
, National Orchestra of Belgium
National Orchestra of Belgium
The Nationaal Orkest van België or Orchestre National de Belgique is the oldest of two major orchestras now in Belgium, along with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Liège....
, Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra
Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra
The Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra , abbreviated to OPL, is the national orchestra of Luxembourg, and is based in Luxembourg City. The orchestra formerly performed at the Grand Théâtre de la Ville de Luxembourg and the Conservatoire de Luxembourg...
, Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra
The Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra , one of Poland's premier musical institutions, was established in 1901 on the initiative of an assembly of Polish aristocrats and financiers, as well as musicians...
, National Orchestra of Spain
Orquesta Nacional de España
The Orquesta Nacional de España is a symphonic orchestra based in Madrid, Spain.-History:Although working since in 1937 during the Spanish civil war, the orchestra was legally founded in 1940, by the merging of the Perez Casas' Filarmónica and the Orquesta Sinfónica of Arbós...
and the Gulbenkian Orchestra
Gulbenkian Orchestra
The Gulbenkian Orchestra is a Portuguese symphony orchestra based in Lisbon. The orchestra primarily gives concerts at the Grande Auditório of the Gulbenkian Foundation....
in Lisbon
Lisbon
Lisbon is the capital city and largest city of Portugal with a population of 545,245 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Lisbon extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 3 million on an area of , making it the 9th most populous urban...
. He has also conducted many times in Scandinavia, performing with the philharmonic and radio orchestras of Oslo, Stockholm
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
The Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra is a Swedish orchestra based in Stockholm.The orchestra was founded in 1902 as the Stockholm Concert Society . The orchestra became a permanent ensemble in 1914. Since 1926, it has been based in the Stockholm Concert Hall...
, Helsinki
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
The Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra is an orchestra based in Helsinki, Finland...
and Copenhagen
Copenhagen
Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
.
In North America, Nowak has conducted the Montreal Symphony, Vancouver Symphony, Baltimore Symphony, Cincinnati Symphony, Carmel Symphony, San Diego Symphony
San Diego Symphony
The San Diego Symphony is an American symphony orchestra, based in San Diego, California. On 6 December 1910, it gave its first concert as the San Diego Civic Orchestra.Currently, the Symphony performs over 100 concerts each season...
, Buffalo Philharmonic orchestras and the Xalapa Symphony in Mexico. He has also earned critical acclaim for his performances in the Far East and elsewhere with the Philharmonic
Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
The claims to be the oldest classical orchestra in Japan, having been founded in Nagoya in 1911. It moved to Tokyo in 1938 and has some 166 members as of 2005....
and Yomiuri
Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra
The is a Japanese symphony orchestra administratively based in Tokyo. The orchestra primarily performs concerts in Tokyo at the Suntory Hall, but also gives concerts at the Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall...
Orchestras in Tokyo, Hong Kong Philharmonic, Taipei Philharmonic
Taipei Philharmonic Orchestra
-History:Taipei Philharmonic Orchestra was founded in 1985 by a group of enthusiastic musicians. It has come a long way under the direction of late American conductor Henry Mazer, who came from Chicago Symphony Orchestra and stayed with TPO for over 18 years....
in Taiwan
Taiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
and the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra
Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra
The Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra of the Israel Broadcasting Authority is a major orchestra of Israel...
.
Nowak has conducted operatic productions in Italy, Monte Carlo
Monte Carlo
Monte Carlo is an administrative area of the Principality of Monaco....
, Switzerland, Germany, Poland, the United Kingdom, Sweden, the United States and Canada, including works by Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , baptismal name Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart , was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. He composed over 600 works, many acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, piano, operatic, and choral music...
(The Marriage of Figaro
The Marriage of Figaro
Le nozze di Figaro, ossia la folle giornata , K. 492, is an opera buffa composed in 1786 in four acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, with Italian libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte, based on a stage comedy by Pierre Beaumarchais, La folle journée, ou le Mariage de Figaro .Although the play by...
, Don Giovanni
Don Giovanni
Don Giovanni is an opera in two acts with music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and with an Italian libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte. It was premiered by the Prague Italian opera at the Teatro di Praga on October 29, 1787...
, Il Seraglio, Così fan Tutte
Così fan tutte
Così fan tutte, ossia La scuola degli amanti K. 588, is an opera buffa by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart first performed in 1790. The libretto was written by Lorenzo Da Ponte....
, The Magic Flute
The Magic Flute
The Magic Flute is an opera in two acts composed in 1791 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to a German libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder. The work is in the form of a Singspiel, a popular form that included both singing and spoken dialogue....
), Rossini (The Barber of Seville
The Barber of Seville
The Barber of Seville, or The Futile Precaution is an opera buffa in two acts by Gioachino Rossini with a libretto by Cesare Sterbini. The libretto was based on Pierre Beaumarchais's comedy Le Barbier de Séville , which was originally an opéra comique, or a mixture of spoken play with music...
, Semiramide
Semiramide
Semiramide is an opera in two acts by Gioachino Rossini.The libretto by Gaetano Rossi is based on Voltaire's tragedy Semiramis, which in turn was based on the legend of Semiramis of Babylon...
), Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist. A crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western art music, he remains one of the most famous and influential composers of all time.Born in Bonn, then the capital of the Electorate of Cologne and part of...
(Fidelio
Fidelio
Fidelio is a German opera in two acts by Ludwig van Beethoven. It is Beethoven's only opera. The German libretto is by Joseph Sonnleithner from the French of Jean-Nicolas Bouilly which had been used for the 1798 opera Léonore, ou L’amour conjugal by Pierre Gaveaux, and for the 1804 opera Leonora...
), Bizet (Carmen
Carmen
Carmen is a French opéra comique by Georges Bizet. The libretto is by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on the novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée, first published in 1845, itself possibly influenced by the narrative poem The Gypsies by Alexander Pushkin...
), Borodin
Borodin
Borodin , or Borodina is a Russian last name and may refer to:*Alexander Borodin , Russian composer and chemist*Alexander Parfeniyevich Borodin, Russian scientist in the field of rail transport...
(Prince Igor
Prince Igor
Prince Igor is an opera in four acts with a prologue. It was composed by Alexander Borodin. The composer adapted the libretto from the East Slavic epic The Lay of Igor's Host, which recounts the campaign of Russian prince Igor Svyatoslavich against the invading Polovtsian tribes in 1185...
), Moniuszko (Halka
Halka
Halka is an opera by the Polish composer Stanisław Moniuszko. The libretto was by Wlodzimierz Wolski , a young Warsaw poet with radical social views. It is part of the canon of Polish national operas.-Performance history:...
, Haunted Manor), Verdi (Otello
Otello
Otello is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Arrigo Boito, based on Shakespeare's play Othello. It was Verdi's penultimate opera, and was first performed at the Teatro alla Scala, Milan, on February 5, 1887....
, Don Carlos
Don Carlos
Don Carlos is a five-act grand opera composed by Giuseppe Verdi to a French language libretto by Camille du Locle and Joseph Méry, based on the dramatic play Don Carlos, Infant von Spanien by Friedrich Schiller...
and the Polish première of Simon Boccanegra
Simon Boccanegra
Simon Boccanegra is an opera with a prologue and three acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, based on the play Simón Bocanegra by Antonio García Gutiérrez....
) and Puccini (Madam Butterfly, La bohème
La bohème
La bohème is an opera in four acts,Puccini called the divisions quadro, a tableau or "image", rather than atto . by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, based on Scènes de la vie de bohème by Henri Murger...
, Turandot
Turandot
Turandot is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini, set to a libretto in Italian by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni.Though Puccini's first interest in the subject was based on his reading of Friedrich Schiller's adaptation of the play, his work is most nearly based on the earlier text Turandot...
and Tosca
Tosca
Tosca is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. It premiered at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome on 14 January 1900...
– including a tour with Welsh National Opera
Welsh National Opera
Welsh National Opera is an opera company founded in Cardiff, Wales in 1943. The WNO tours Wales, the United Kingdom and the rest of the world extensively. Annually, it gives more than 120 performances of eight main stage operas to a combined audience of around 150,000 people...
). His production of Debussy's Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien was broadcast live from Rome on the Eurovision television network. He received rave reviews at the 2006 Internationale Maifestspiele Wiesbaden for conducting Giordano
Umberto Giordano
Umberto Menotti Maria Giordano was an Italian composer, mainly of operas.He was born in Foggia in Puglia, southern Italy, and studied under Paolo Serrao at the Conservatoire of Naples...
's Andrea Chénier, a co-production of the Polish National Opera with Plácido Domingo
Plácido Domingo
Plácido Domingo KBE , born José Plácido Domingo Embil, is a Spanish tenor and conductor known for his versatile and strong voice, possessing a ringing and dramatic tone throughout its range...
and the National Opera in Washington
Washington National Opera
The Washington National Opera is an opera company in Washington, D.C., USA. Formerly the Opera Society of Washington and the Washington Opera, the company received Congressional designation as the National Opera Company in 2000. Performances are now given in the Opera House of the John F...
.
His recordings have been highly acclaimed by the press and public alike, winning many awards. Diapason in Paris praised his KOS CD with Martha Argerich
Martha Argerich
Martha Argerich is an Argentine pianist.-Early life:Argerich was born in Buenos Aires and started playing the piano at age three...
and Sinfonia Varsovia as ‘indispensable… un must’, and the second edition of this recording won the Fryderyk Award. The Polish Symphonic Music of the XIX Century recording with Sinfonia Varsovia won the CD of the Year Award, a nomination for the Fryderyk Award and the Bronze Bell Award in Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
. The American Record Guide
American Record Guide
The American Record Guide is a classical music magazine. It has reviewed classical music recordings since 1935.Since 1992, with the incorporation of the Musical America editorial functions into ARG, it started covering concerts, musicians, ensembles and orchestras in the US.The magazine prides...
praised Nowak's Gallo label CD of Frank Martin
Frank Martin (composer)
Frank Martin was a Swiss composer, who lived a large part of his life in the Netherlands.-Childhood and youth:...
Violin Concerto with Piotr Milewski and the Biel Symphony as ‘by far the best’. Chopin's piano concerti with Janusz Olejniczak and Sinfonia Varsovia won the Fryderyk and CD of the Year awards, and his CD with Stanislaw Drzewiecki and Sinfonia Varsovia was also nominated for the Fryderyk Award. His Haenssler-classic disc with Anja Silja
Anja Silja
Anja Silja Regina Langwagen, , born April 17, 1940, in Berlin, is a German soprano who is known for her great abilities as a singing-actress and for the vastness of her repertoire....
won two Classical Internet Awards, and his recording of Czerny Symphonies No. 2 and 6 (world premiere recording) received critical acclaim around the world. His CBC
CBC Records
CBC Records is a Canadian record label, owned and operated by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, which distributes CBC programming, including live concert performances in album and digital format....
record with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra and Amanda Forsyth
Amanda Forsyth
Amanda Forsyth is a Juno Award-winning Canadian cellist, and is the principal cello of the National Arts Centre Orchestra.-Biography:...
won the Juno Award
Juno Award
The Juno Awards are presented annually to Canadian musical artists and bands to acknowledge their artistic and technical achievements in all aspects of music...
, the CD-Accord recording with Joanna Kozlowska and the Poznań Philharmonic was hailed as ‘superb’ and Gramophone Magazine praised his ASV
ASV Records
ASV Records is a London-based record label set up by Harley Usill, founder of Argo Records, Decca producer and former Argo General Manager, Kevin Daly, and producer Jack Boyce, after Argo's parent company Decca was bought by Polygram in 1980. ASV stands for "Academy Sound and Vision"...
recording with the London Symphony Orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra
The London Symphony Orchestra is a major orchestra of the United Kingdom, as well as one of the best-known orchestras in the world. Since 1982, the LSO has been based in London's Barbican Centre.-History:...
as ‘outstanding’.
Nowak has performed alongside soloists, including pianists Vladimir Ashkenazy
Vladimir Ashkenazy
Vladimir Davidovich Ashkenazy is a Russian-Icelandic conductor and pianist. Since 1972 he has been a citizen of Iceland, his wife Þórunn's country of birth. Since 1978, because of his many obligations in Europe, he and his family have resided in Meggen, near Lucerne in Switzerland...
, Angela Hewitt
Angela Hewitt
Angela Hewitt, OC, OBE is a Canadian classical pianist. She holds British nationality through her father, Godfrey, who was the organist and choirmaster at Christ Church Cathedral in Ottawa, Ontario for almost fifty years.-Career:...
and Anton Kuerti
Anton Kuerti
Anton Kuerti, OC is an Austrian-born Canadian pianist, music teacher, composer, and conductor. Since his performance of the Grieg Piano Concerto with the Boston Pops Orchestra at age 11, he has developed international recognition as a solo pianist, particularly focusing on the works of Beethoven...
. He has performed many times with Krystian Zimerman
Krystian Zimerman
Krystian Zimerman is a Polish classical pianist who is widely regarded as one of the finest living pianists.-Biography:...
, including tours in Switzerland, Italy and Spain. He has accompanied violinists Nigel Kennedy
Nigel Kennedy
Nigel Kennedy is a British born violinist and violist. He made his early career in the classical field, and he has performed and recorded most of the major violin concerti...
, Adam Taubitz
Adam Taubitz
Adam Taubitz is a German jazz and classic musician, violinist, trumpeter, guitarist bandleader, and composer. From 1997 he was Principal 2nd Violinist in the Berlin Philharmonic under Claudio Abbado...
, Joseph Silverstein
Joseph Silverstein
Joseph Silverstein is an American violinist and conductor.As a youth, Silverstein studied with his father, Bernard Silverstein, who was a public school music teacher...
and Pinchas Zukerman
Pinchas Zukerman
Pinchas Zukerman is a world-renowned violinist, violist, and conductor. He is considered one of the greatest violinists of the 20th and 21st centuries, and his ongoing 45-year career has seen him perform with the world's best-known orchestras and record over 100 works...
, among ohers. Nowak has worked with several cellists, including Ofra Harnoy
Ofra Harnoy
Ofra Harnoy is a Canadian cellist.Harnoy moved with her family to Toronto in 1971. When she was six, she began cello lessons with her father, Jacob Harnoy...
and Mstislav Rostropovich
Mstislav Rostropovich
Mstislav Leopoldovich Rostropovich, KBE , known to close friends as Slava, was a Soviet and Russian cellist and conductor. He was married to the soprano Galina Vishnevskaya. He is widely considered to have been the greatest cellist of the second half of the 20th century, and one of the greatest of...
. He has collaborated with singers, including Ben Heppner
Ben Heppner
Ben Heppner, CC is a Canadian tenor, specializing in opera and other classical works for voice.Heppner was born in Murrayville, British Columbia, and lived in Dawson Creek...
, Marilyn Horne
Marilyn Horne
Marilyn Horne is an American mezzo-soprano opera singer. She specialized in roles requiring a large sound, beauty of tone, excellent breath support, and the ability to execute difficult coloratura passages....
, Gwyneth Jones, Kathleen Battle, Ewa Podles and the Swingle Singers.
Discography
| Year | Orchestra | Works | Soloists, Prizes | Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra is a British orchestra based in London. It tours widely, and is sometimes referred to as "Britain's national orchestra"... |
Mendelssohn Felix Mendelssohn Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Barthóldy , use the form 'Mendelssohn' and not 'Mendelssohn Bartholdy'. The Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians gives ' Felix Mendelssohn' as the entry, with 'Mendelssohn' used in the body text... : Symphony No. 3 'Scottish' Mendelssohn Felix Mendelssohn Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Barthóldy , use the form 'Mendelssohn' and not 'Mendelssohn Bartholdy'. The Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians gives ' Felix Mendelssohn' as the entry, with 'Mendelssohn' used in the body text... : Symphony No. 4 'Italian' |
RPO SP 011 | |
| 1985 | London Symphony Orchestra London Symphony Orchestra The London Symphony Orchestra is a major orchestra of the United Kingdom, as well as one of the best-known orchestras in the world. Since 1982, the LSO has been based in London's Barbican Centre.-History:... |
Bartók: Dance Suite Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé |
ASV CD DCA 1794 | |
| 2006 | London Symphony Orchestra London Symphony Orchestra The London Symphony Orchestra is a major orchestra of the United Kingdom, as well as one of the best-known orchestras in the world. Since 1982, the LSO has been based in London's Barbican Centre.-History:... |
Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé | Union Square Music USMCD011 | |
| 1993 | Sinfonia Varsovia | Rossini: L'Italiana in Algeri L'italiana in Algeri L'italiana in Algeri is an operatic dramma giocoso in two acts by Gioachino Rossini to an Italian libretto by Angelo Anelli, based on his earlier text set by Luigi Mosca... Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 Mendelssohn Felix Mendelssohn Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Barthóldy , use the form 'Mendelssohn' and not 'Mendelssohn Bartholdy'. The Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians gives ' Felix Mendelssohn' as the entry, with 'Mendelssohn' used in the body text... : Symphony No. 4 'Italian' |
Martha Argerich Martha Argerich Martha Argerich is an Argentine pianist.-Early life:Argerich was born in Buenos Aires and started playing the piano at age three... |
KOS CD S1-002K |
| 2000 | Sinfonia Varsovia | Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 |
Martha Argerich Martha Argerich Martha Argerich is an Argentine pianist.-Early life:Argerich was born in Buenos Aires and started playing the piano at age three... Arthur Rubinstein Arthur Rubinstein Arthur Rubinstein KBE was a Polish-American pianist. He received international acclaim for his performances of the music of a variety of composers... Fryderyk Award |
CD-Accord ACD 080 |
| 2004 | SWR Rundfunkorchester Kaiserslautern | Weill Kurt Weill Kurt Julian Weill was a German-Jewish composer, active from the 1920s, and in his later years in the United States. He was a leading composer for the stage who was best known for his fruitful collaborations with Bertolt Brecht... : The Seven Deadly Sins Weill Kurt Weill Kurt Julian Weill was a German-Jewish composer, active from the 1920s, and in his later years in the United States. He was a leading composer for the stage who was best known for his fruitful collaborations with Bertolt Brecht... : Quodlibet Quodlibet A quodlibet is a piece of music combining several different melodies, usually popular tunes, in counterpoint and often a light-hearted, humorous manner... |
Anja Silja Anja Silja Anja Silja Regina Langwagen, , born April 17, 1940, in Berlin, is a German soprano who is known for her great abilities as a singing-actress and for the vastness of her repertoire.... Julius Pfeifer, Alexander Yudenkov, Bernhard Hartmann, Thorsten Müller Classical Internet Award French Classical Internet Award |
CLASSIC CD 93.109 |
| 2006 | SWR Rundfunkorchester Kaiserslautern | Czerny Carl Czerny Carl Czerny was an Austrian pianist, composer and teacher. He is best remembered today for his books of études for the piano. Czerny's music was profoundly influenced by his teachers, Muzio Clementi, Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Antonio Salieri and Ludwig van Beethoven.-Early life:Carl Czerny was born... : Symphony No. 2 op. 781 ‘Grande Symphony’ Czerny Carl Czerny Carl Czerny was an Austrian pianist, composer and teacher. He is best remembered today for his books of études for the piano. Czerny's music was profoundly influenced by his teachers, Muzio Clementi, Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Antonio Salieri and Ludwig van Beethoven.-Early life:Carl Czerny was born... : Symphony No. 6 in G minor |
world premiere recording | CLASSIC CD 93.169 |
| 1995 | Sinfonia Varsovia | Kurpinski – Two Huts (Dwie Chatki) Dobrzyński – Monbar Moniuszko – The Fairy Tale (Bajka) Zelenski – In the Tatra Mountains (W Tatrach) Noskowski – The Steppes (Step) |
CD of the Year Bronze Bell Award (Singapore) Fryderyk Nomination |
CD Accord-PolyGram ACD 019 |
| 1995 | Sinfonia Varsovia | Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 |
Janusz Olejniczak CD of the Year Fryderyk Award |
CD-Accord-PolyGram-Rhône-Poulenc ACD 013 |
| 2005 | Poznań Philharmonic | Puccini: •Si, mi chiamano Mimi – La bohème La bohème La bohème is an opera in four acts,Puccini called the divisions quadro, a tableau or "image", rather than atto . by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, based on Scènes de la vie de bohème by Henri Murger... (Mimi) •Donde lieta usci al tuo grida d’amore – La bohème La bohème La bohème is an opera in four acts,Puccini called the divisions quadro, a tableau or "image", rather than atto . by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, based on Scènes de la vie de bohème by Henri Murger... (Mimi) •Un bel di, vedremo – Madama Butterfly Madama Butterfly Madama Butterfly is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini, with an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. Puccini based his opera in part on the short story "Madame Butterfly" by John Luther Long, which was dramatized by David Belasco... (Butterfly) •Tu…Piccolo Oddio – Madama Butterfly Madama Butterfly Madama Butterfly is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini, with an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. Puccini based his opera in part on the short story "Madame Butterfly" by John Luther Long, which was dramatized by David Belasco... (Butterfly) •Signore ascolta – Turandot Turandot Turandot is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini, set to a libretto in Italian by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni.Though Puccini's first interest in the subject was based on his reading of Friedrich Schiller's adaptation of the play, his work is most nearly based on the earlier text Turandot... (Liu) •Tu che di gel sei cinta – Turandot Turandot Turandot is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini, set to a libretto in Italian by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni.Though Puccini's first interest in the subject was based on his reading of Friedrich Schiller's adaptation of the play, his work is most nearly based on the earlier text Turandot... (Liu) •Vissi d’arte – Tosca Tosca Tosca is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. It premiered at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome on 14 January 1900... (Tosca) •O moi babbino caro – Gianni Schicchi Gianni Schicchi Gianni Schicchi is a comic opera in one act by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Giovacchino Forzano, composed in 1917–18. The libretto is based on an incident mentioned in Dante's Divine Comedy. The work is the third and final part of Puccini's Il trittico —three one-act operas with... (Lauretta) Verdi: •Pace moi Dio – La forza del destino La forza del destino La forza del destino is an Italian opera by Giuseppe Verdi. The libretto was written by Francesco Maria Piave based on a Spanish drama, Don Álvaro o la fuerza del sino , by Ángel de Saavedra, Duke of Rivas, with a scene adapted from Friedrich Schiller's Wallensteins Lager. It was first performed... (Leonora) •Era piu calmo?… Emilia, te ne prego… Piangea cantando… Ave Maria – Otello Otello Otello is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Arrigo Boito, based on Shakespeare's play Othello. It was Verdi's penultimate opera, and was first performed at the Teatro alla Scala, Milan, on February 5, 1887.... (Desdemona) |
Joanna Kozlowska | CD Accord ACD 135-2 |
| 2005 | Sinfonia Helvetica and Deutsches Kammerorchester |
Dvořák Antonín Dvorák Antonín Leopold Dvořák was a Czech composer of late Romantic music, who employed the idioms of the folk music of Moravia and his native Bohemia. Dvořák’s own style is sometimes called "romantic-classicist synthesis". His works include symphonic, choral and chamber music, concerti, operas and many... : • Cello Concerto in B-minor, Op. 104 • Polonaise A-Dur, B. 94 • Silent Woods, Op. 68, No. 5 • Rondo g-moll, Op. 94 |
Wen-Sinn Yang | ARTS 47638-2 |
| 1998 | Edmonton Symphony Orchestra Edmonton Symphony Orchestra As the professional orchestra of Alberta's creative capital city, the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra presents over 85 concerts a year of symphonic music in all genres, from classical to country... |
Malcolm Forsyth: •Electra Rising •Valley of a Thousand Hills •Tre Vie |
Amanda Forsyth Amanda Forsyth Amanda Forsyth is a Juno Award-winning Canadian cellist, and is the principal cello of the National Arts Centre Orchestra.-Biography:... , violoncello Bill Street, saxophone Juno Award |
CBC SMCD 5180 |
| 1990 | Biel Symphony Orchestra | Martin Frank Martin (composer) Frank Martin was a Swiss composer, who lived a large part of his life in the Netherlands.-Childhood and youth:... – Violin Concerto Baer – Violin Concerto Meier – Trames I-IV |
Piotr Milewski, violin | Gallo Records CD-582 |
| 1996 | Sinfonia Varsovia | Wieniawski – Violin Concerto No. 1 Wieniawski – Violin Concerto No. 2 |
Piotr Plawner Bartek Niziol Fryderyk Nomination |
CD Accord – PolyGram ACD 024-2 / 456 087-2 |
| 2007 | Orchestre de Bretagne | Tchaikovski – Piano Concerto No. 1 Chopin – Piano Concerto No. 2 |
Laure Favre-Kahn | TRANSART LIVE TR 151 |
| 2005 | Poznań Philharmonic | Mozart: •Don Giovanni Don Giovanni Don Giovanni is an opera in two acts with music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and with an Italian libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte. It was premiered by the Prague Italian opera at the Teatro di Praga on October 29, 1787... – Champagne Aria •The Marriage of Figaro The Marriage of Figaro Le nozze di Figaro, ossia la folle giornata , K. 492, is an opera buffa composed in 1786 in four acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, with Italian libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte, based on a stage comedy by Pierre Beaumarchais, La folle journée, ou le Mariage de Figaro .Although the play by... – Aria of Count ‘Hai già vinta la causa!' Verdi: •Traviata – Aria of Germont ‘Di Provenza li Mar’ •Rigoletto – Aria of Rigoletto ‘Cortigiani’ Borodin Alexander Borodin Alexander Porfiryevich Borodin was a Russian Romantic composer and chemist of Georgian–Russian parentage. He was a member of the group of composers called The Five , who were dedicated to producing a specifically Russian kind of art music... : Prince Igor – Aria of Igor Tchaikovsky •Eugene Onegin Eugene Onegin (opera) Eugene Onegin, Op. 24, is an opera in 3 acts , by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. The libretto was written by Konstantin Shilovsky and the composer and his brother Modest, and is based on the novel in verse by Alexander Pushkin.... – Aria of Oniegin •Yolande – Aria of Robert •The Queen of Spades The Queen of Spades (opera) The Queen of Spades, Op. 68 is an opera in 3 acts by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky to a Russian libretto by the composer's brother Modest Tchaikovsky, based on a short story of the same name by Alexander Pushkin. The premiere took place in 1890 in St... – Aria of Jeletzky Bizet: Carmen Carmen Carmen is a French opéra comique by Georges Bizet. The libretto is by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on the novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée, first published in 1845, itself possibly influenced by the narrative poem The Gypsies by Alexander Pushkin... – Aria of Torreador Wagner: Tannhäuser Tannhäuser (opera) Tannhäuser is an opera in three acts, music and text by Richard Wagner, based on the two German legends of Tannhäuser and the song contest at Wartburg... – Song of Wolfram |
Wojtek Drabowicz Wojtek Drabowicz Wojtek Drabowicz was a Polish operatic baritone who was a leading performer at the Polish National Opera from 1989 through 2007... |
DUX 0494 |
| 1995 | Warsaw National Philharmonic Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra The Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra , one of Poland's premier musical institutions, was established in 1901 on the initiative of an assembly of Polish aristocrats and financiers, as well as musicians... |
J.S. Bach •Piano Concerto BWV 1052 in D Minor •Piano Concerto BWV 1054 in D Major •Piano Concerto BWV 1056 in F Minor |
Piotr Folkert | Arti PD 3001 |
| 2007 | SWR Rundfunkorchester Kaiserslautern | Weill Kurt Weill Kurt Julian Weill was a German-Jewish composer, active from the 1920s, and in his later years in the United States. He was a leading composer for the stage who was best known for his fruitful collaborations with Bertolt Brecht... – Quodlibet |
hänssler CLASSIC | |
| 2001 | Sinfonia Varsovia | Moniuszko – Mazurka from opera Haunted Manor | Platinum CD | DUX 0334A05100 92 |
| 1992 | Gävle Symphony | Malmlöf-Forssling – Shanti, shanti | Anita Soldh | Bluebell ABCD 069 |
| 2001 | Sinfonia Varsovia | Moniuszko – Bajka Chopin – Piano Concerto No. 2 Noskowski – The Steppes |
Janusz Olejniczak | CD Accord ACD 019-2 SE |
| 2001 | London Symphony Orchestra London Symphony Orchestra The London Symphony Orchestra is a major orchestra of the United Kingdom, as well as one of the best-known orchestras in the world. Since 1982, the LSO has been based in London's Barbican Centre.-History:... |
Ravel – Daphnis et Chloé | ASV Quicksilva ASQ 6126 | |
| 1991 | London Symphony Orchestra London Symphony Orchestra The London Symphony Orchestra is a major orchestra of the United Kingdom, as well as one of the best-known orchestras in the world. Since 1982, the LSO has been based in London's Barbican Centre.-History:... |
Wieniawski – Violin Concerto No. 1 Saint-Saëns Camille Saint-Saëns Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns was a French Late-Romantic composer, organist, conductor, and pianist. He is known especially for The Carnival of the Animals, Danse macabre, Samson and Delilah, Piano Concerto No. 2, Cello Concerto No. 1, Havanaise, Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, and his Symphony... – Violin Concerto No. 3 |
Takashi Shimizu | Platz-Nippon Columbia PLCC-550 |
| 1995 | Sinfonia Helvetica | Mussorgsky Mussorgsky Mussorgsky can refer to:*The Mussorgsky family of Russian nobility;*Modest Mussorgsky, a Russian composer belonging to that family.*Mussorgsky , a 1950 Soviet film about the composer... /Gorchakov – Pictures at an Exhibition Pictures at an Exhibition Pictures at an Exhibition is a suite in ten movements composed for piano by Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky in 1874.The suite is Mussorgsky's most famous piano composition, and has become a showpiece for virtuoso pianists... Prokofiev – Romeo & Juliet (selections G. Nowak) |
Sonoris SCD 5158 | |
| 2000 | Sinfonia Varsovia | Chopin – Piano Concerto No. 1 | Stanislaw Drzewiecki Fryderyk Nomination Golden CD |
CD Accord ACD 019-2 SE |
| 1992 | Sinfonia Helvetica | Poulenc Francis Poulenc Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc was a French composer and a member of the French group Les six. He composed solo piano music, chamber music, oratorio, choral music, opera, ballet music, and orchestral music... – Sinfonietta Ravel – Le Tombeau de Couperin, Prokofiev – Classical Symphony |
Sonoris SCD 5152 | |
| 1993 | Sinfonia Helvetica | Stravinsky – Firebird (1919) Liszt Liszt Liszt is a Hungarian surname. Notable persons with that surname include:* Franz Liszt , Hungarian composer and pianist* Adam Liszt , father of Franz Liszt* Anna Liszt , mother of Franz Liszt... – Les Préludes Borodin – In the Steppes of Central Asia Rossini – Wilhelm Tell Overture |
Sonoris SCD 5153 | |
| 2000 | Edmonton Symphony Orchestra Edmonton Symphony Orchestra As the professional orchestra of Alberta's creative capital city, the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra presents over 85 concerts a year of symphonic music in all genres, from classical to country... |
Smetana Smetana Smetana is a Slavic loanword in English for a dairy product that is produced by souring heavy cream. Smetana is from Central and Eastern Europe, sometimes perceived to be specifically of Russian origin. It is a soured cream product like crème fraîche , but nowadays mainly sold with 15% to 30%... – Ma Vlast (My Homeland, original 1874-75 version) Janáček Leoš Janácek Leoš Janáček was a Czech composer, musical theorist, folklorist, publicist and teacher. He was inspired by Moravian and all Slavic folk music to create an original, modern musical style. Until 1895 he devoted himself mainly to folkloristic research and his early musical output was influenced by... – Moravian Dances |
MCE 5001 | |
| 1999 | Sinfonia Helvetica | Schumann Robert Schumann Robert Schumann, sometimes known as Robert Alexander Schumann, was a German composer, aesthete and influential music critic. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most representative composers of the Romantic era.... •Piano Concerto •Cello Concerto |
Nelson Goerner, piano Wen-Sinn Yang, violoncello |
SCD 5162 |
| 2003 | SWR Rundfunkorchester Kaiserslautern | Leoncavallo – Der Bajazzo: Glockenchor Weber Carl Maria von Weber Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber was a German composer, conductor, pianist, guitarist and critic, one of the first significant composers of the Romantic school.... – Der Freischütz Der Freischütz Der Freischütz is an opera in three acts by Carl Maria von Weber with a libretto by Friedrich Kind. It premiered on 18 June 1821 at the Schauspielhaus Berlin... : •Ouvertüre •Chor der Jäger •Chor der Brautjungfern Nicolai – Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor: •Ouvertüre •Mondchor Smetana Smetana Smetana is a Slavic loanword in English for a dairy product that is produced by souring heavy cream. Smetana is from Central and Eastern Europe, sometimes perceived to be specifically of Russian origin. It is a soured cream product like crème fraîche , but nowadays mainly sold with 15% to 30%... – Die verkaufte Braut: •Tanz der Komödianten •Eingangschor Mascagni – Cavalleria rusticana Cavalleria rusticana Cavalleria rusticana is an opera in one act by Pietro Mascagni to an Italian libretto by Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti and Guido Menasci, adapted from a play written by Giovanni Verga based on his short story. Considered one of the classic verismo operas, it premiered on May 17, 1890 at the Teatro... : Vorspiel und Chor der Landleute Wagner – Der fliegende Holländer: •Matrosenchor •Chor der Spinnerinnen Verdi – Nabucco Nabucco Nabucco is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Temistocle Solera, based on the Biblical story and the 1836 play by Auguste Anicet-Bourgeois and Francis Cornue... : Gefangenchor ‘Va pensiero’ Bizet – Carmen Carmen Carmen is a French opéra comique by Georges Bizet. The libretto is by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on the novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée, first published in 1845, itself possibly influenced by the narrative poem The Gypsies by Alexander Pushkin... : •Vorspiel •Chor der Zigarettenarbeiterinnen Gounod – Margarethe: Chor der Soldaten Donizetti – Don Pasquale Don Pasquale Don Pasquale is an opera buffa, or comic opera, in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti. The librettist Giovanni Ruffini wrote the Italian language libretto after Angelo Anelli's libretto for Stefano Pavesi's Ser Marcantonio .... : Dienerchor Verdi – Der Troubadour Troubadour A troubadour was a composer and performer of Old Occitan lyric poetry during the High Middle Ages . Since the word "troubadour" is etymologically masculine, a female troubadour is usually called a trobairitz.... : Zigeunerchor |
Staatschor der Republik Lettland ‘Latvija’ | Bodensee-Festival BSF 03/1-2 |
| 2003 | SWR Rundfunkorchester Kaiserslautern | Kodály – Tänze aus Galánta | hänssler CLASSIC | |
| 2003 | SWR Rundfunkorchester Kaiserslautern | Hindemith – Tuttifäntchen | BBC MUSIC VOL. 12 NO. 4 | |
| 1998 | SWR Rundfunkorchester Kaiserslautern | Chopin – Andante Spianato und Grande Polonaise Es-Dur op. 22 Karol Szymanowski Karol Szymanowski Karol Maciej Szymanowski was a Polish composer and pianist.-Life:Szymanowski was born into a wealthy land-owning Polish gentry family in Tymoszówka, then in the Russian Empire, now in Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine. He studied music privately with his father before going to Gustav Neuhaus'... – Lied der Roxana aus der Oper ‘König Roger’ Karol Szymanowski Karol Szymanowski Karol Maciej Szymanowski was a Polish composer and pianist.-Life:Szymanowski was born into a wealthy land-owning Polish gentry family in Tymoszówka, then in the Russian Empire, now in Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine. He studied music privately with his father before going to Gustav Neuhaus'... – Ballett ‘Harnasie’ – Tanz der Bergbauern Lutosławski – Kleine Suite für Orchester: Fujarka, Tanz |
Ewa Kupiec | Bodensee-Festival BSF 98/1-2 |
| 2004 | Sinfonia Varsovia | Wieniawski – Violin Concerto No. 2 | Bartek Niziol | TMHW 1001 |
| 1992 | Sinfonia Helvetica | Rossini – Overture La scala di Seta Tchaikovsky – Rococo Variations Mozart – Die Entführung: ‘Wer ein Liebchen hat gefunden’ Mozart – Le Nozze di Figaro: ‘Se vuol ballare’ Mozart – Die Zauberflöte: ‘In diesen heil'gen Hallen’ Debussy – Danse sacrée et profane J.S. Bach – Concerto for 2 Violins Mozart – ‘Exsultate, Jubilate’ |
Juliana Gondek, soprano Marie-Pierre Langlamet, harp Yuzuko Horigome & Barbara Gorzynska, violins Marek Gasztecki, bass Leonid Gorokhov, violoncello |
Sonoris SCD 101 |
| 1993 | Sinfonia Helvetica | Rossini – Overture L'Italiana in Algeri L'italiana in Algeri L'italiana in Algeri is an operatic dramma giocoso in two acts by Gioachino Rossini to an Italian libretto by Angelo Anelli, based on his earlier text set by Luigi Mosca... Mozart – Die Entführung us dem Serail ‘Solche hergelauf'ne Laffen’ (Osmin) Mozart – Don Giovanni Don Giovanni Don Giovanni is an opera in two acts with music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and with an Italian libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte. It was premiered by the Prague Italian opera at the Teatro di Praga on October 29, 1787... ‘Catalogue Aria’ (Leporello) Vivaldi – Concerto for 4 violins in B-minor Bellini Vincenzo Bellini Vincenzo Salvatore Carmelo Francesco Bellini was an Italian opera composer. His greatest works are I Capuleti ed i Montecchi , La sonnambula , Norma , Beatrice di Tenda , and I puritani... – Aria ‘Oh! quante volte’ from ‘I Capuleti e I Montecchi’ Mozart – Symphonia Concertante |
Hideko Kobayashi, viola Naoko Okada, soprano Natalia Morozova, Jacek Klimkiewicz, Marek Kowalski, Krzysztof Wegrzyn, Robert Zimansky – violins |
Sonoris SCD 103 |
| 1994 | Sinfonia Helvetica | Rossini – Overture Wilhelm Tell J.S.Bach – Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 Vivaldi – Concerto for 4 Violins Mozart – La Clemenza di Tito: ‘Parto, Parto’ Dvořák Antonín Dvorák Antonín Leopold Dvořák was a Czech composer of late Romantic music, who employed the idioms of the folk music of Moravia and his native Bohemia. Dvořák’s own style is sometimes called "romantic-classicist synthesis". His works include symphonic, choral and chamber music, concerti, operas and many... – Polonaise Mozart – Die Zauberflütte ‘O Isis und Osiris’ Verdi – Simon Boccanegra Simon Boccanegra Simon Boccanegra is an opera with a prologue and three acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, based on the play Simón Bocanegra by Antonio García Gutiérrez.... : ‘Il Lacerato Spirito’ Wieniawski – Faust Faust Faust is the protagonist of a classic German legend; a highly successful scholar, but also dissatisfied with his life, and so makes a deal with the devil, exchanging his soul for unlimited knowledge and worldly pleasures. Faust's tale is the basis for many literary, artistic, cinematic, and musical... Fantasy |
Helene Schneiderman, mezzosoprano Marek Gasztecki, bass Wen-Sinn Yang, violoncello Krzysztof Baranowski, Piotr Milewski, Bartlomiej Niziol, Krzysztof Plawner, Jan Stanienda – violins |
Sonoris SCD 105 |
| 1995 | Sinfonia Helvetica | Bizet – Carmen Carmen Carmen is a French opéra comique by Georges Bizet. The libretto is by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on the novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée, first published in 1845, itself possibly influenced by the narrative poem The Gypsies by Alexander Pushkin... : Habanera Habanera (aria) In the form of habanera, there is a famous aria from the opera Carmen by Georges Bizet. It is sometimes referred to as "L'amour est un oiseau rebelle." . Its score was adapted from the habanera "El Arreglito," originally composed by the Spanish musician Sebastián Yradier... Bizet – Carmen Carmen Carmen is a French opéra comique by Georges Bizet. The libretto is by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on the novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée, first published in 1845, itself possibly influenced by the narrative poem The Gypsies by Alexander Pushkin... : Seguidilla Seguidilla The seguidilla is a quick, triple-time old Castillian folksong and dance form. The song is generally in the major key and often begins on an off-beat... Glazunov Alexander Glazunov Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov was a Russian composer of the late Russian Romantic period, music teacher and conductor... – Violin Concerto in A Minor, Op. 82 Tchaikowsky – Eugene Onegin Eugene Onegin (opera) Eugene Onegin, Op. 24, is an opera in 3 acts , by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. The libretto was written by Konstantin Shilovsky and the composer and his brother Modest, and is based on the novel in verse by Alexander Pushkin.... : Aria of Prinz Gremin Verdi – Don Carlos Don Carlos Don Carlos is a five-act grand opera composed by Giuseppe Verdi to a French language libretto by Camille du Locle and Joseph Méry, based on the dramatic play Don Carlos, Infant von Spanien by Friedrich Schiller... : Aria of Philip Wagner – Tristan und Isolde Tristan und Isolde Tristan und Isolde is an opera, or music drama, in three acts by Richard Wagner to a German libretto by the composer, based largely on the romance by Gottfried von Straßburg. It was composed between 1857 and 1859 and premiered in Munich on 10 June 1865 with Hans von Bülow conducting... : Prelude & Lovedeath |
Helene Schneiderman, mezzosoprano Marek Gasztecki, bass Piotr Milewski, violin |
Sonoris SCD 107 |
| 1996 | Sinfonia Helvetica | Rossini – Il Barbiere di Siviglia Overture Vivaldi – 4 Seasons: Winter Mozart – "Ch'io mi scordi di te? Ch'io mi scordi di te? Ch'io mi scordi di te? ... Non temer, amato bene, K. 505, is a concert aria by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart for soprano, piano obbligato and orchestra, composed 1786 in Vienna; it is often considered to be one of his greatest compositions in this genre.-History:... " Fauré Faure Faure or Fauré is a French family name and may refer to:People:* Edgar Faure, French politician* Élie Faure, French art historian and essayist* Émile Alphonse Faure, lead battery pioneer* Cédric Fauré, French football striker... – Flute Fantasy J.S. Bach – Andante from Suite for solo violin Saint-Saëns Camille Saint-Saëns Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns was a French Late-Romantic composer, organist, conductor, and pianist. He is known especially for The Carnival of the Animals, Danse macabre, Samson and Delilah, Piano Concerto No. 2, Cello Concerto No. 1, Havanaise, Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, and his Symphony... – Havanaise Richard Strauss Richard Strauss Richard Georg Strauss was a leading German composer of the late Romantic and early modern eras. He is known for his operas, which include Der Rosenkavalier and Salome; his Lieder, especially his Four Last Songs; and his tone poems and orchestral works, such as Death and Transfiguration, Till... – Serenade op. 11 Rossini – Cenerentola Overture |
Pierre Amoyal, Bartlomiej Niziol, Jan Stanienda – violins Jane Irwin, mezzosoprano Stphane Réty, flute |
Sonoris SCD 108 |
| 1998 | Sinfonia Helvetica | Vivaldi – Concerto pour 2 violons en la mineur Janáček Leoš Janácek Leoš Janáček was a Czech composer, musical theorist, folklorist, publicist and teacher. He was inspired by Moravian and all Slavic folk music to create an original, modern musical style. Until 1895 he devoted himself mainly to folkloristic research and his early musical output was influenced by... – Sonate pour violon et piano Saint-Saëns Camille Saint-Saëns Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns was a French Late-Romantic composer, organist, conductor, and pianist. He is known especially for The Carnival of the Animals, Danse macabre, Samson and Delilah, Piano Concerto No. 2, Cello Concerto No. 1, Havanaise, Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, and his Symphony... – Morceau de Concert Sarasate – Navarra Rachmaninov – Piano Concerto No. 2, op. 18 |
piano: Pascal Rogé, François Killian violins: Akiko Tanaka, Marek Kowalski, Jan Stanienda, Radosław Szulc Hervé Joulain, cor |
Sonoris SCD 109 |
| 1999 | Sinfonia Helvetica | Mozart – ‘Impressario’ Overture, K. 486 J.S. Bach – Concerto for oboe and violin, BWV 1060 Vivaldi – Concerto for two violoncellos in G Minor Mozart – Horn Concerto No. 3 in E flat Major, K. 447 Bottesini – Grand Duo Concertante |
Bartek Niziol & Radosław Szulc, violin Birgit Welpmann, oboe Lidia Grzanka-Urbaniak & Stefan Rieckhoff, violoncellos Piotr Stefaniak, contrabass Hervé Joulain, co |
Sonoris SCD 110 |
| 1996 | Sinfonia Varsovia | Wieniawski – Violin Concerto No. 1 in F sharp Minor Wieniawski – Violin Concerto No. 2 in D Minor |
Piotr Plawner & Bartek Niziol | Henryk Wieniawski Society |
| 1994 | Sinfonia Helvetica & Deutsches Kammerorchester |
Dvořák Antonín Dvorák Antonín Leopold Dvořák was a Czech composer of late Romantic music, who employed the idioms of the folk music of Moravia and his native Bohemia. Dvořák’s own style is sometimes called "romantic-classicist synthesis". His works include symphonic, choral and chamber music, concerti, operas and many... : •Cello Concerto in B-minor, Op. 104 • Polonaise A-Dur, B. 94 •Silent Woods, Op. 68, No. 5 •Rondo g-moll, Op. 94 |
Wen-Sinn Yang | Sonoris SCD 5154 |
| 1996 | POZNAN PHILHARMONIC | Lalo Édouard Lalo Édouard-Victoire-Antoine Lalo was a French composer.-Biography:Lalo was born in Lille , in northernmost France. He attended that city's music conservatory in his youth. Then, beginning at age 16, Lalo studied at the Paris Conservatoire under Berlioz's old enemy François Antoine Habeneck... – Spanish Symphony Wieniawski – Violin Concerto No. 1 |
Akiko Tanaka Reiko Otan |
TMHW 1996-2 |
| 1984 | Biel Symphony Orchestra | Haydn – Symphony No. 92 ‘Oxford’ | Suisa MH CD 75.2 | |
| 1986 | Biel Symphony Orchestra | Shostakovich – Cello Concerto No. 1 | Wen-Sinn Yang | Suisa MH CD 77.2 |
| 1987 | Biel Symphony Orchestra | Martin Frank Martin (composer) Frank Martin was a Swiss composer, who lived a large part of his life in the Netherlands.-Childhood and youth:... – Ballade for Viola & Orchestra Haug Hans Haug Hans Haug was a Swiss composer in the primitivist style.The eminent Swiss composer, Hans Haug studied at the Basle Conservatory and the Munich Music Academy, also attending master classes with Busoni in Zurich. Haug’s catalogue of works includes orchestral music, concertos, operas, film scores,... – Trumpet Concerto |
Ole Edvard Antonsen, trumpet Hong-Mei Xiao, viola |
Suisa MH CD 70.2 |
| 2001 | Hammerhead Consort | Orff Carl Orff Carl Orff was a 20th-century German composer, best known for his cantata Carmina Burana . In addition to his career as a composer, Orff developed an influential method of music education for children.-Early life:... – Carmina Burana |
Aleksandra Kurzak Marek Gasztecki Calgary Girls Choir |
Suisa MH CD 70.2 |
| 1984 | Biel Symphony Orchestra | Martin Frank Martin (composer) Frank Martin was a Swiss composer, who lived a large part of his life in the Netherlands.-Childhood and youth:... – Athalie Overture Haydn – Symphonie No. 92 ‘Oxford’ |
Suisa MH SE-8 | |
| 1983 | Bowling Green Philharmonia | Francesconi – Viaggiatore Insonne | Access S-10 | |
External links
- Edmonton Symphony Orchestra
- Biography on the site of National Opera in Waraw
- Biography on the official site of Grzegorz Nowak
- Biography on the site of Polskie Centrum Informacji Muzycznej
- Biography on the site kamerton
- Sinfonia Varsovia
- Biel Symphony Orchestra
- Orchestre de Bretagne
- Gävle Symphony
- Deutsches Kammerorchester