Composer: Krzystof Herdzin, Paweł Łukaszewski, Dariusz Przybylski
Performer: Klaudiusz Baran, Roman Perucki, Hanna Dys, Kacper Smoliński
Orchestra: Witold Lutosławski Chamber Philharmonic in Łomża
Conductor: Jan Miłosz Zarzycki
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Dux
Release: 2021
Size: 329 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Łukaszewski: Accordion Concerto
01. I. Moderato secco
02. II. Adagio giocoso
03. III. Moderato marcato
Przybylski: Concerto festivo, Op. 45
04. I. Ouverture
05. II. Air
06. III. Fantasie
07. IV. Sarabande
08. V. Toccata
Herdzin: Harmonica Concerto
09. I. Allegro imperioso
10. II. Moderato pomposo
11. III. Allegro con legerezza
Three outstanding Polish composers of contemporary music, three stylistically similar but completely different compositions in terms of character and three instruments of similar origin but completely different sound and temperament. These are the main components of “Harmonia Polonica Nova” – the already second album of the Witold Lutosławski Chamber Philharmonic in Łomża presenting the genre of the concerto in a contemporary approach of Polish artists. This time, the main roles are performed by the accordion, two positive organs and the harmonica, instruments very close to each other in terms of their origins and at the same time strongly different in terms of their tone colour, possibilities and, above all, character. To a certain extent, all of them come from the organ and it is also the organ that contributed to the inception of this album, which only confirms the popular statement about the organ being “the king of instruments”. Two of the three presented concertos are compositions originally written for organ and orchestra, and their history goes back over a dozen or so and more than twenty years, respectively.