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Fryderyk 2011 Awarded

2011-05-11
Congratulations to the winners of this year's Fryderyk 2011 awards! Many of our esteemed colleagues and friends have been recognised in the category of Classical music. Maestro Jerzy Maksymiuk received a special ZŁOTY FRYDERYK 2011 award (GOLDEN FRYDERYK 2011) for outstanding artistic achievements. Here is the list of winners: Winners for 2011 in the category: CLASSICAL MUSIC
Album of the Year Choral and Oratorio Music
Laudate Dominum. Warsaw Praga Cathedral Choir „Musica Sacra” Musica Sacra Edition
Composer: Zoltan Kodaly, Benjamin Britten, John Rutter, Idzi O. Mański, Irena Pfeiffer, Stanisław Kwiatkowski, Kazimierz Wiłkomirski, Stanisław Moryto, Marian Borkowski, Łukasz Farcinkiewicz, Paweł Łukaszewski
Performers: Warsaw Praga Cathedral Choir „Musica Sacra”, Malgorzata Wrzosek, Sylwia Łańcucka, Łukasz Farcinkiewicz, Joanna Łukaszewska, Anna Maria Krawczykiewicz, Grzegorz Cessak, Andrzej Klepacki, Maria Muszyńska, Sandra Kopijkowska, Marcin Łukaszewski
Conductor/Artistic Director: Paweł Łukaszewski
Recording Engineer: Andrzej Brzoska

Album of the Year Early and Baroque Music
Bartłomiej Pękiel - Missa Brevis, Missa Pulcherrima, Motety. Il Canto DUX
Composer: Bartłomiej Pękiel
Performers: IL CANTO
Conductor/Artistic Director: Michał Straszewski
Recording Engineer: Małgorzata Polańska, Lech Tołwiński, Marcin Domżał

Album of the Year Chamber Music
Karol Szymanowski – Complete Violin-Piano Works. Sławomir Tomasik, Robert Morawski FFV Records
Composer: Karol Szymanowski Performers: Sławomir Tomasik, Robert Morawski
Artistic Director: Sławomir Tomasik
Recording Engineer: Witold Osiński, Klementyna Walczyna

Album of the Year Symphonic and Concerto Music
Witold Lutosławski Opera omnia - Symfonie nr 2 and 4 CD Accord Music Edition
Composer: Witold Lutosławski
Performers: NFM Orchestra of the Wrocław Philharmonic
Conductor/Artistic Director: Jacek Kaspszyk
Recording Engineer: Andrzej Sasin, Aleksandra Nagórko

Album of the Year Solo Recital
Schumann - Piano Works. Piotr Anderszewski EMI MUSIC
Composer: Robert Schumann
Performer: Piotr Anderszewski – pianoforte
Recording Engineer: Andrzej Sasin, Aleksandra Nagórko

Album of the Year Contemporary Music
Maciejewski – Requiem Missa Pro Defunctis Polskie Nagrania „Muza”
Composer: Roman Maciejewski
Performers: Zdzisława Donat, Jadwiga Rappé, Jerzy Knetig, Janusz Niziołek, Choir and Orchestra of the National Philharmonic in Warsaw
Conductor/Artistic Director: Tadeusz Strugała,
choirmaster Henryk Wojnarowski
Recording Engineer: Andrzej Lupa, Andrzej Sasin

Phonographic Debut of the Year
Wrocław Baroque Orchestra (album: „Koželuh, Rejcha, Vořišek – Symphonies” – cat. Early and Baroque Music)

Composer of the Year Marian Borkowski

The Best Recording of Polish Music The Chopin National Edition in Super Audio format [part 1] SACD&CD. BeArTon Janusz Olejniczak, AUKSO Chamber Orchestra Composer: Fryderyk Chopin Performers: Janusz Olejniczak, AUKSO Chamber Orchestra Conductor/Artistic Director: Marek Moś Recording Engineer: Julita Emanuiłow, Beata Jankowska-Burzyńska Additionally, the Phonographic Academy honoured Jerzy MAKSYMIUK, Włodzimierz NAHORNY and Wojciech MŁYNARSKI with GOLDEN FRYDERYK awards for outstanding artistic achievements.

Most popular:

Witold Szalonek: A Double Portrait of the Silesian Master. In Search of the Musical Soul of Voices and Instruments

The 4CD album featuring songs and instrumental works by the Silesian master goes on sale as of 8 November. Released by the ANAKLASIS music label, it will be premiered on 3 December during a special PWM Edition concert held as part of the 12th International Days of Henryk Mikołaj Górecki at the Silesian Philharmonic in Katowice.

Michael Bates' Acrobat and Lutosławski Quartet on a Polish tour with music by Witold Lutoslawski

The esteemed American-Canadian jazz musician Michael Bates, his Acrobat Ensemble and the Lutosławski Quartet will perform three concerts in Poland in November. The repertoire will include material recorded by the musicians on the album METAMORPHOSES: VARIATIONS ON LUTOSŁAWSKI, released by ANAKLASIS in the REVISIONS series.

 

The artists have already successfully presented it at Lincoln Center and Barbès Jazz Club in New York. In autumn 2024 we will have the opportunity to hear them live for the first time in Poland: 14.11 - Krakow, 15.11 - Lublin, 17.11 - Wroclaw.

First International Digital Musicology Conference

The Fryderyk Chopin Institute in Warsaw invites to the inaugural session of the biennial International Digital Musicology Conference, which will be held 23–25 October 2024, at the Fryderyk Chopin Institute in Warsaw, Poland. The conference focuses on the integration of digital technologies into musicological research, with a special emphasis on introducing digital tools and methods to the Polish academic community, where digital musicology has not yet been widely adopted. 

Różycki’s Adventures in Jazzland. Kuba Stankiewicz's LP album on sale from 10 October

Although Ludomir Różycki - one of the most important representatives of Young Poland - enjoyed spectacular success as a composer during his lifetime, his works are rarely included in concert programmes today. It is therefore worth remembering his exceptional art.

THINGS. A VAUDEVILLE: Music by Aleksander Nowak to a libretto by Marcin Wicha, on sale as of 5 October.

Aleksander Nowak continues his original cycle of compositions that enter into a dialogue with most recent Polish literary works. The album premiere of his opera based on Marcin Wicha’s Nike-awarded book Things I Didn’t Throw Out will take place during the AUKSODRONE festival in Tychy.

Dracula’s Second Life: A project by Piotr Orzechowski ‘Pianohooligan’ and Kuba Więcek, now also on LPs!

Musical themes from Coppola’s cult movie, as deconstructed and reinterpreted by this wayward duo, will be performed at a live concert accompanied by the premiere of THEMES OF DRACULA from ANAKLASIS on vinyl records.

An album of extraordinary adventures

It’ s like a game. The memory game, thanks to which you can look at a very ordinary family from an extraordinary perspective. ALBUM RODZINNY [Family album] – an opera by Jerzy Kornowicz with a libretto by Michał Rusinek – is another premiere of the ANAKLASIS label this year. This time, the record brand is expanding its audience to include the youngest listeners. The album will be released on 21st June.

FAMILY ALBUM: the work of Jerzy Kornowicz and Michał Rusinek for young and old.

A common memory game that allows us to look at an ordinary family from an unusual perspective. FAMILY ALBUM - an opera by Jerzy Kornowicz based on a libretto by Michał Rusinek - is another premiere of the ANAKLASIS. This time, the audience is expanded to include the youngest of listeners. The album will be released on June 21.

IL TEMPO PASSA. The first monographic album by Joanna Wnuk-Nazarowa

Time passes constantly, changing the world and its soundscape around us. The title IL TEMPO PASSA may be both a reflection on the impermanence of life, world and things and a piece of advice to enjoy the moment. The latest album by ANAKLASIS presents Joanna Wnuk-Nazarowa’s cameral and symphonic works from recent years. Premiere on 28 May 2024, on the composer’s 75th birthday.

THE TALE OF THE HEART. FAVOLA IN MUSICA: a joint project by Aleksander Nowak and Radek Rak from ANAKLASIS on sale as of 6th October

It is a musical-literary tale about a quest for identity, truth, and for what makes us human. The new stage work by Aleksander Nowak – which is, at the same time, Radek Rak’s operatic debut – explores the sources of good and evil, fusing reality with mythology and steering towards ‘the left-hand side of the world’. The authors spin a tale about the dual human nature. THE TALE OF THE HEART. FAVOLA IN MUSICA – the album that presents their joint project – will go on sale on 6th October.