Stanislaw Moniuszko - Overtures Vol.1 | Naxos 8572716

Stanislaw Moniuszko - Overtures Vol.1

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Label: Naxos

Cat No: 8572716

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Orchestral

Release Date: 6th January 2014

Contents

Artists

Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor

Antoni Wit

Works

Moniuszko, Stanislaw

Bajka (The Fairy Tale)
» Overture
Flis (The Raftsman)
» Overture
Halka
» Overture
Hrabina (The Countess)
» Overture
Jawnuta
» Overture
Kochanka hetmanska (The Hetman's Mistress)
» Overture (orch. Zygmunt Noskowski)
Nowy Don Kiszot, czyli Sto szalenstw (The new Don Quixote, or 100 Follies)
» Overture
Paria (The Pariah)
» Overture
Straszny dwor (The Haunted Manor)
» Intrada
Verbum nobile
» Overture

Artists

Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor

Antoni Wit

About

Stanislaw Moniuszko was Poland’s leading opera composer in the 19th century, and his work has been said to bridge the gap between Chopin and Szymanowski. His skill as a born melodist is apparent in the beautiful and inspired overture to Paria, while the dramatic Halka was the work which brought him national acclaim.

An affinity with Liszt’s tone poems can be heard in the substantial overture Bajka, while the scene for The Haunted Manor is set with its atmospheric Intrada.

Superbly performed by one of our most successful teams, the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Antoni Wit raise the profile of one of Poland’s best kept secrets in the first volume of this new complete edition.

One of the most highly regarded Polish conductors, Antoni Wit is professor at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw. In 2010 he won the annual award of the Karol Szymanowski Foundation for his promotion of the music of Szymanowski in his Naxos recordings.

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