Mieczyslaw Karlowicz on CD (another checklist)
Today is another important 100th anniversary in Polish music. I shall celebrate the Mieczysław Karłowicz centenary by putting together another checklist of recordings. This time I won’t be including LPs. Call me lazy, I don’t care. The single DVD recording is here, though.
As previously, comments, corrections, suggestions (any recordings I may have missed?) are welcome.
I’m sorting the list alphabetically by label:
ACCORD
ACRD4769827 Violin Concerto, Stanislaw and Anna Oswiecim, Dorota Anderszewska (violin), Orchestre National de Montpellier LR/Friedemann Layer
A.K.R. PRESTO
ZAIKSCD01 Pamiętam ciche, jasne, złote dnie (pop arrangement?), Jolanta Wrożyna (soprano)
ALBA
ABCD173 Serenade, Op. 2, St. Michel Strings/Tadeusz Wicherek
ALBANY
TROY338 Impromptu, Tyrone Greive (violin), EllenBurmeister (piano)
BEARTON
CDB042.1944342 ‘Rebirth’ Symphony in E Minor op. 7, Sinfonia Varsovia/Jerzy Maksymiuk
CDB043.19443343 Violin Concerto, Eternal Songs, Agata Szymczewska (violin, Stradivarius, Cremona ca.1680), Sinfonia Varsovia/Jerzy Maksymiuk
CD ACCORD
ACD043 Songs, Jadwiga Rappé (alto), Ewa Pobłocka (piano)
ACD045 Songs, Ewa Podleś (contralto), Ewa Pobłocka (piano)
ACD047 Serenade, Capella Bydgostiensis/Daniel Stabrawa
ACD0712 Violin Concerto, Eternal Songs, Stanislaw and Anna Oswiecim, National Philharmonic in Warsaw/Kazimierz Kord
CHANDOS
CHAN 9986 Eternal Songs, Op. 10, Stanislaw and Anna Oswiecim, Op. 12, Lithuanian Rhapsody, Op. 11, BBC Philharmonic/Yan Pascal Tortelier
CHAN 10171 Bianca da Molena, Serenade for String Orchestra, Op. 2 in C major, ‘Rebirth’ Symphony, Op. 7, BBC Philharmonic/Gianandrea Noseda
CHAN 10298 Returning Waves, Op. 9, A Sorrowful Tale, Op. 13, Episode at a Masquerade, Op. 14, BBC Philharmonic/Gianandrea Noseda
CHANT DU MONDE
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LDC 278 1088 Violin Concerto, Serenade for strings, Kaja Danczowska (violin), Polish Radio Orchestra in Cracow/Antoni Wit
LDC-278966/67 Complete Symphonic Poems, Silesian Philharmonic/Jerzy Salwarowski
DUX
DUX 0132/0133 Complete Symphonic Poems, Silesian Philharmonic/Jerzy Salwarowski
DUX 0361 Songs, Urszula Kryger (mezzosoprano), Katarzyna Jankowska (piano)
DUX 0433 Serenade, Erdődy Chamber Orchestra/Łukasz Borowicz
DUX 0445 Romance from Serenade Op. 2 (arr.: Bohdan Wodiczko), Polish Chamber Philharmonic in Sopot/Wojciech Rajski
DUX 0527 Songs, Paweł Skałuba (tenor), Waldemar Malicki (piano)
DUX 0540 Violin Concerto, Piotr Pławner, Zielona Góra Philharmonic Orchestra/Czesław Grabowski
DUX 0608 Serenade op. 2 – Romanza, Songs, Violin Concerto – Finale, Erdődy Chamber Orchestra/Łukasz Borowicz, Paweł Skałuba (tenor), Waldemar Malicki (piano), Piotr Pławner, Zielona Góra Philharmonic Orchestra/Czesław Grabowski
DUX 0656 Symphony op. 7, National Philharmonic in Warsaw/Jerzy Salwarowski
DUX 0659 Songs, Dariusz Paradowski (male soprano), Jeff Cohen (piano)
EMI MUSIC POLAND
3799342 Violin Concerto, Nigel Kennedy,/Jacek Kaspszyk
3799349 (DVD) Violin Concerto, Nigel Kennedy,/Jacek Kaspszyk
ENTERPRISE
ENT VA 2110/2 Pamiętam ciche, jasne, złote dnie, Ada Sari (soprano), Otto Schulhof (piano)
FRYDERYK CHOPIN MUSIC ACADEMY IN WARSAW
AMFC 001, Eternal Songs, The Frydreyk Chopin Music Academy in Warsaw Symphony Orchestra/Witold Rowicki
FUTUREX
FCD1217 Skąd pierwsze gwiazdy, Gdansk Academy of Medicine Choir/Jerzy Szarafiński
HYPERION
CDA67389 Violin Concerto, Tasmin Little, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Martyn Brabbins
NAXOS
8.570295 Returning Waves, Sorrowful Tale, Eternal Songs, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Antoni Wit
8.570452 Stanislaw and Anna Oswiecim, Lithuanian Rhapsody, Episode at a Masquerade, National Philharmonic in Warsaw/Antoni Wit
9.80683 Violin Concerto, Galina Barinova,USSR State Symphony Orchestra/Kirill Kondrashin
OLYMPIA
OCD 304 Violin Concerto, ‘Rebirth’ Symphony, Konstanty Andrzej Kulka, National Philharmonic in Warsaw/Witold Rowicki, Pomeranian Symphony Orchestra in Bydgosz/Bohdan Wodiczko
OCD 307 Eternal Songs, Stanislaw and Anna Oswiecim, Episode at a Masquerade, National Philharmonic in Warsaw/Stanislaw Wisłocki
OCD 389 Bianca da Molena, National Philharmonic in Warsaw/Stanislaw Wisłocki
OCD ??? ‘Rebirth’ Symphony – Finale, Pomeranian Symphony Orchestra in Bydgosz/Bohdan Wodiczko
PAVANE
ADW 7427 Complete Songs, Sophie de Tillesse (mezzosoprano), Jean-Yves Sebillotte (piano)
POLISH RADIO
PRCD094-2 Serenade op. 2, Amadeus Chamber Orchestra/Agnieszka Duczmal
PR CD 109 Returning Waves, Stanislaw and Anna Oswiecim, Episode at a Masquerade, Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra/Grzegorz Fitelberg
PRCD 184-185 Episode at a Masquerade, Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra/Grzegorz Fitelberg
PRCD880-2 Serenade in G Major (arr. for strings A. Mysiński), Songs, Serenade for strings in C Major op. 2, Dorota Lachowicz, Concerto Avenna/Andrzej Mysiński
PRCD07175 Songs, Krystyna Szostek-Radkowa (mezzosoprano)
PRCD12728 Stanisław and Anna Oświecim, /Bogusław Madey
PRCD13031 Szczęście, Polish Radio Choir
POLISH RADIO KATOWICE
PSM CD001/CD002 Chant de mai, Valse, Impromptu, Andante, Rondos I & II, Rondo, March Serenade with Cat, Serenade in G Major, Fugue in B Flat Major, Prelude and Double Fugue op. 5, Sonatina in D Minor, Sonata in B Flat Major, Etude, Czesław Stańczyk (piano), Arkadiusz Kubica (violin), Antoni Brożek (piano), Józef Stompel (piano), Anna Tyka (cello), Anna Górecka-Stańczyk (piano), Urszula Mitrenga-Wagner (piano), Dominika Kubicówna (violin)
POLSKIE NAGRANIA
PNCD068 Serenade, Amadeus Chamber Orchestra/Agnieszka Duczmal
PNCD142 Violin Concerto, Wanda Wiłkomirska, National Philharmonic in Warsaw/Witold Rowicki
PNCD223 Pamiętam ciche jasne dni, Kazimierz Pustelak (tenor)
PNCD385 Songs, Andrzej Hiolski (baritone)
PNCD473AB Lithuanian Rhapsody op. 11, Violin Concerto, Konstanty Andrzej Kulka, National Philharmonic in Warsaw/Witold Rowicki
PNCD519 Songs, Maria Fołtyn (soprano)
PNCD748AB Songs, Ada Sari (soprano)
PNCD793 Songs, Hanna Rejmer (soprano)
PRO MUSICA CAMERATA
PMC 013/14 Returning Waves, Sorrowful Tale, Episode at a Masquerade, Lithuanian Rhapsody, Eternal Songs, Stanislaw and Anna Oswiecim, Warsaw Symphony Orchestra/Jacek Kaspszyk
SELENE
9505.26 Songs, Stefania Toczyska (soprano), Janusz Olejniczak (piano)
SONY BMG
SK90470-RED Serenade, Polish Chamber Orchestra/Wojciech Michniewski
THOROFON
CTH2046 Violin Concerto, Eternal Songs, Edward Zienkowski (violin), Filharmonia Pomorska/Takao Ukigaya
TVP SA (Polish TV)
TVCD007 Bianca da Molena, Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra/Grzegorz Fitelberg



























































Nice work, Maciek! That DVD with Fitelberg conducting – which piece?
Hi Johan! Not sure which one you’re asking about. The descriptions are below the photos. The only DVD on the list is Nigel Kennedy on EMI. The Fitelberg on the Polish Radio “Polish Conductors” series (PRCD 184-185) contains a recording of Episode at a Masquerade – I think it’s exactly the same recording as the one on the Polish Radio Karlowicz – historical recordings disc (PRCD 109).
Ah! My mistake… I overlooked Kennedy and thought the TVCD of the Polish TV was a sort of DVD…