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Mieczyslaw Karlowicz’s six symphonic poems, composed between 1904-09, are the pinnacles of a career tragically ended when he perished in an avalanche during a solitary mountain hike.
His fame as one of the outstanding Polish composers of his generation rests on these highly original, lushly-scored masterpieces, the first, second and fifth of which are included on this second volume.
Bitterly criticised by contemporary Polish critics as examples of ‘modernist chaos’, these splendid Neo-Romantic works show both Karlowicz’s intense admiration for Wagner, Tchaikovsky and Richard Strauss, and the scale of his own achievement.
Volume 1 is available on Naxos 8570452
“Antoni Wit has an admirable track record with Naxos.” Classics Today
I. Piesn o wiekuistej tesknocie (Song of Eternal Longing)
II. Piesn o milosci i o smierci (Song of Love and Death)
III. Piesn o wszechbycie (Song of Eternity)
March 2009
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“Wit and the orchestra are at their finest in the final movement, 'Song of Eternal Being' in which Karlowicz brings the cycle to a grandiose and optimistic close.”
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Powracajace fale (Returning Waves), Op. 9
