Skrowaczewski

Collectors of a certain age may remember this attractive pairing of Mozart’s 17th and 27th piano concertos through its original LP release on Vox’s subsidiary label Candide. It also turned up on CD as part of Vox’s long gone budget Prima series. Newly remastered for Vox’s new Audiophile Series, this 1978 Elite Recordings production supervised by Marc Aubort and Joanna Nickrenz retains its vivid impact and vibrant detail.

DUX records presents a remarkable programme that features the chamber music of the celebrated Polish-American composer and conductor Stanisław Skrowaczewski.

This live concert recording features renowned Bruckner expert Stanisaw Skrowaczewski, who commands a rare position within the international musical scene, being both a renowned conductor and a highly-regarded composer. This recording is an interpretation of humility from nonagenarian Stanisaw Skrowaczewski, a performance in which the listener can hear the remarkable connection between conductor and the London Philharmonic Orchestra; the Orchestra has performed Bruckner's symphonies under his baton many times. Anton Bruckner's Fifth Symphony is one of the grandest of his so-called 'cathedrals in sound'. F

Beethoven will always be renowned for his symphonies and concertos, but no collection of his orchestral works would be complete without the overtures and incidental music. The remarkable range of these works is demonstrated by the majestic ceremonial overture The Consecration of the House that invokes the style of Handel, whom Beethoven considered 'the master of us all'. It contrasts with the resolute heroism and high tragedy of Coriolan and the remarkable cantata Meeresstille und gluckliche Fahrt, which cast its spell on Mendelssohn.

This varied and vivid selection of works shows Ravel as the master of the ‘choreographic symphony’, words he himself used to describe his masterpiece Daphnis et Chloé, which contains some of his boldest and most resplendent music. His imagination retained a direct link to the poetry of children, as shown in Ma mère l’oye, whilst in Valses nobles et sentimentales he set out to write a sequence of waltzes following the example of Schubert. These classic VOX recordings from 1974 by Stanisław Skrowaczewski and the Minnesota Orchestra are critically acclaimed. The Elite Recordings for VOX by legendary producers Marc Aubort and Joanna Nickrenz are considered by audiophiles to be amongst the finest sounding examples of orchestral recordings.

Ladies and gentlemen, Dear music lovers, It is with great pleasure that I place in your hands my first recording with the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra. (…) Composing and conducting are two very different arts, and yet they very often interpenetrate.

Remembered by the legendary Polish-American conductor Stanislaw Skrowaczewski as the author of the most sensitive and beautiful Chopin's interpretations, Kevin's new album features several Mazurkas, a Polish national dance and the Sonata No. 3.

On this stunnign legacy recording, pianist Walter Klien is backed by the Minnesota Orchestra under the leadership of Stanisław Skrowaczewski for this rendition of Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-Flat Major, K. 595.

A few years ago I was pleased to record a selection of works by Bach in transcriptions by other composers (CHAN 9835). Now it is time for the conductors to weigh in on the matter. In a way it can be argued that, since most of these maestri wrote their versions for specific orchestras, there is an even greater coherency in these works.

Er begann im Alter von 10 Jahren mit dem Musikunterricht und spielte zunächst Geige, später Klavier.