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Poznań Philharmonic Orchestra with the Fryderyk Prize again! This time, the ensemble received the award for the album “Zygmunt Stojowski, Symphony in D minor op. 21” recorded under Łukasz Borowicz. Published by DUX, the album was recognised in the category “Album of the Year: Orchestral Music”.
Symphony in D minor, Op. 21 is Zygmunt Stojowski’s early work which brought its author staggering success at a composing competition staged by Ignacy Jan Paderewski at the Leipzig Gewandhaus. The piece won the first prize at the event, owing to which its score and piano reduction were released by the prestigious Peters Edition publishing house. The list of first performances is truly imposing: Berlin’s world premiere was followed by concerts in Leipzig, Paris, Krakow and New York. The work was also performed on 5 November 1901 at the formal concert to inaugurate operation of Warsaw Philharmonic Society: the newly-established orchestra was conducted by Emil Młynarski.
Over a century later, the piece returns in a new interpretation… only to reap coveted laurels again.
Furthermore, Fryderyk statuettes have gone to two other albums featuring Łukasz Borowicz: “Andrzej Panufnik, Universal Prayer” by Polski Narodowy Chór Młodzieżowy (Polish National Youth Choir) conducted by Agnieszka Franków-Żelazny and Łukasz Borowicz (in the category “Album of the Year: Choral Works”), and “Andre Tchaikovsky: Two Piano Concertos, Piano Sonata” with the pianist Peter Jablonski and Narodowa Orkiestra Symfoniczna Polskiego Radia (Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra) conducted by Łukasz Borowicz (in the category “Most Outstanding Recording of Polish Music”).
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Published by DUX, „Zygmunt Stojowski, Symphony in D minor op. 21” an album by Poznań Philharmonic Orchestra under Łukasz Borowicz, has been nominated for 2026 Fryderyk Prize in the “Album of the Year – Orchestral Music” category.
Zygmunt Stojowski’s early work, Symfonia in D minor brought the author staggering success at a composing competition held by Ignacy Jan Paderewski at the Leipzig Gewandhaus. The piece won the 1st Prize at the event, which resulted in the release of its score and piano reduction by the prestigious Peters Edition publishing house. The list of premiere performances is truly imposing: the world premiere in Berlin was followed by concerts in Leipzig, Paris, Krakow and New York. The work was also performed on 5 November 1901 at the formal concert to mark establishment of Warsaw Philharmonic Society – the newly-established orchestra was conducted by Emil Młynarski.
Now, interpreted by the Poznań ensemble led by Łukasz Borowicz, the piece returns in a bid to win the coveted Fryderyk statuette.
Two other records feat. Łukasz Borowicz as conductor have received three further nominations for the award: “Universal Prayer”, an album of Andrzej Panufnik’s choral works recorded by Polski Narodowy Chór Młodzieżowy (Polish National Youth Choir) conducted by Agnieszka Franków-Żelazny and Łukasz Borowicz in the “Album of the Year – Choral Works” category, and “Andre Tchaikovsky: Two Piano Concertos, Piano Sonata” with Peter Jablonski, piano, and Narodowa Orkiestra Symfoniczna Polskiego Radia (Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra) in the “Album of the Year – Concert Music”, and “Most Outstanding Recording of Polish Music” categories.
Even though the album “Tansman / Bruch” recorded for Accentus by the illustrious violinist Viviane Hagner and Poznań Philharmonic Orchestra under Łukasz Borowicz, and featuring compositions by Alexandre Tansman and Max Bruch, premieres only today, it has already garnered its first accolade. PIZZICATO, the prestigious music magazine has just awarded it five of its “Notes”!
In the tellingly titled review “Tansman and Bruch, Lyricism and Virtuosity” published by the magazine, Remy Franck writes about the growing popularity of Tansman’s works on the recording market, underlines the lyricism and brilliance of both pieces contained on the album, and emphasizes the captivating delivery of Viviane Hagner, who gives us yet another proof of her incredibly creative interpretation skills, and who is excellently and very harmoniously accompanied by the Poznań philharmonic ensemble conducted by Łukasz Borowicz. Remy Franck also highlights the fact that while being full of tension and perfectly rendering both composers’ lyrical sensibilities and virtuoso verve, these outstanding interpretations accentuate the undeniably compelling quality of the album, whose yet another feature commanding praise is the quality of the sound.
Full review: https://www.pizzicato.lu/tansman-und-bruch-lyrismus-und-virtuositat/
Conducted by Łukasz Borowicz, on 27 March, Poznań Philharmonic Orchestra plays at the National Philharmonic in Warsaw as part of the 30th Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival. For years a regular performer at the event, this time, in collaboration with illustrious soloists, the ensemble presents La cambiale di matrimonio (The Bill of Marriage) by Gioacchino Rossini within the “Nieznane opery” (Unknown Operas) cycle.
And on the music market, the newest album by Poznań Philharmonic Orchestra, “Giovanni Simone Mayr, Verter” recorded at the concert during last year’s edition of the Beethoven Festival, has just hit the shelves.
“We discovered Giovanni Simone Mayr’s opera Verter at the Milan Conservatory, where it had been mistaken for over a century for a different work by the composer, Lubino e Carlotta. The manuscript, bearing Mayr’s autograph, reveals clear links to his Venetian period. Composed around 1796, Verter stands as the first true musical adaptation of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s Werther”, Luca Bianchini and Anna Trombetta, Italian musicologists who prepared and edited the score of the forgotten opera, write in the booklet of “Giovanni Simone Mayr, Verter“. And by performing (and recording) the piece at the 29th edition of Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival in Warsaw, the Poznań ensemble led by Łukasz Borowicz reintroduce the work to music lovers.
Besides Poznań Philharmonic Orchestra and Łukasz Borowicz, the concert performance of Mayr’s Verter featured soloists: Zuzanna Nalewajek (mezzo-soprano), Katarzyna Drelich (soprano), Krystian Adam Krzeszowiak (tenor), Krzysztof Lachman (tenor), Tomasz Kumięga (bass), and Nazar Mykulyak (bass).
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The newest record by Poznań Philharmonic Orchestra has reached good music shops. Published by DUX, the ensemble’s “Zygmunt Stojowski, Symphony in D minor op. 21” recorded under Łukasz Borowicz has been released in CD and LP formats, and is also available on the publisher’s webpage www.dux.pl., as well as in streaming services.
Born in 1870, Zygmunt Stojowski belonged to a generation merely a dozen or so years older than artists of the Młoda Polska (Young Poland) movement. Piano virtuoso, friend of Ignacy Jan Paderewski, tireless champion of the cause of Poland regaining independence, Stojowski spent most of his life in the United States (he died in New York in 1946), where, side by side with his concert activity, he also developed a career in education.
One of his early works, Symphony in D minor, brought him the First Prize at a composer competition organised by Ignacy Jan Paderewski at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig. Following the piece’s staggering success, its score and piano reduction were released by the prestigious publishing house Peters Edition. The list of premiere performances is truly imposing: the first concert in Berlin was followed by events in Leipzig, Paris, Krakow and New York. The symphony was also performed at the ceremonious concert to inaugurate operation of the Warsaw Philharmonic Society on 5 November 1901 with the newly-established orchestra conducted by Emil Młynarski.
Co-financed by Minister of Culture and National Heritage with resources from Culture Promotion Fund under programme “Musical Trace” operated by National Institute of Music and Dance.
The concert featuring the winner of 19th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw had been announced for quite some time – since the publication of the piano contest’s results, we have known that the pianist to perform at A. Mickiewicz University Auditorium on Monday evening is Eric Lu (who, incidentally, already played with the Poznań Philharmonic Orchestra under Łukasz Borowicz at 36th International Festival “Chopin w barwach jesieni”, or “Chopin in the Colours of Autumn” in Ostrów Wielkopolski in 2017).
This time, the composition the winner of the 19th Fryderyk Chopin piano event performs with our orchestra is the Piano Concerto in F minor, Op. 21. Besides Poznań, he plays the same piece with the National Symphony Orchestra of the Polish Radio in Katowice, and gives a recital of Chopin’s music at the National Forum of Music in Wrocław – the three are the only musical institutions in Poland to host the winner of this year’s Chopin Competition right after the event.
However, on Monday evening we have one more surprise for music lovers: the opening part of the concert features Fryderyk Chopin’s compositions for solo piano performed by Kevin Chen, holder of the 2nd Prize of the 19th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition! Thus, it appears there are no fewer than two reasons to make this evening truly memorable!
Good run in French media continues. Click Musique!, the French magazine dedicated to classical and jazz music, publishes in its September issue a review of the album “Darius Milhaud, Salade op. 83 / Le pauvre matelot op. 92” recorded by the Poznań Philharmonic Orchestra under Łukasz Borowicz at a concert of the “Unknown Operas” series which was held at the National Philharmonic Hall in Warsaw during 28th Easter Ludwig van Beethoven Festival. And just like the ensemble’s album “Grzegorz Fitelberg, Symfonia e-moll op. 16” also recorded with Łukasz Borowicz, which was given the Sélection ClicMag! recommendation in July, this release, too, has been awarded the distinction.
The renowned French music critic Jean-Charles Hoffelé writes about the recording:
“It is difficult to find in Darius Milhaud’s rarely recorded operatic oeuvre two more disparate works than the colourful, even tangy fantasy Salad, and the tragic, ornament-free opera Le pauvre matelot with Jean Cocteau’s libretto so excellent as to inspire the author of Bolivar to create a poignant drama. Milhaud held this three-act opera in such esteem that he recorded it himself. Well aware of that, Łukasz Borowicz does not try to emulate the bitterness of that historic recording.
Instead, what he offers is a somewhat detached attitude that provides Cocteau’s text with enough space to resonate with all its ambiguities; at the same time, Borowicz poetically renders the murderer’s dilemmas and the changing atmosphere at the bar. Singers very meticulously elaborated their French parts, and Krystian Krzeszowiak’s Matelot may appear even more convincing than the sharper-voiced Jean Giraudeau’s.
The Provençal-hue-spiced grotesque Salade is unrivalled: the ballet is conducted ebulliently, while “furniture music” of the entries and short instrumental interludes is contrasted with fragments spoken and sung by a commedia-dell’arte-like troupe led in a furious tempo by Mateusz Zajdel’s Pulcinella; this is what ultimately makes the album exceptional.
And if Łukasz Borowicz and his excellent troupe were to reach for Esther de Carpentras tomorrow?”
Darius Milhaud
Salade, Op. 83 – ballet chanté in 2 acts
Le pauvre matelot, Op. 92 – opera in 3 acts
Magdalena LUCJAN – soprano
Natalia RUBIŚ – soprano
Krystian Adam KRZESZOWIAK – tenor
Krzysztof LACHMAN – tenor
Mateusz ZAJDEL – tenor
Robert GIERLACH – baritone
Adrian JANUS – baritone
Wojciech GIERLACH – bass
Łukasz BOROWICZ – conductor
Poznań Philharmonic Orchestra