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CHOPIN YEAR 2010
2010-02-25
Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne's Plans in Chopin YearPolskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne has dealt with the dissemination of Fryderyk Chopin’s compositions and the publication of many books raising awareness and analyzing the form of the composer's work since the beginning of its activities. Amongst the many historical achievements of PWM, of particular note are the editions of the complete works edited by I.J. Paderewski, J. Turczyński, L. Bronarski, a number of books in the series „Chopin Library”, a thematic catalogue of Chopin’s works by J. Chomiński, a catalogue of manuscripts of Chopin's works edited by K. Kobylańska and an album, finally released in several languages, „Chopin. A Diary In Images” authored by M. Tomaszewski and B. Weber. PWM has also released a series of historical monographs on the composer, from Liszt's historical work, to the monumental monograph by Hoesick, Iwaszkiewicz’s literary work or contemporary takes by T.A. Zieliński and M. Tomaszewski.
In 2010 Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne plans to realise the following projects:
1. Completion of the publication of the National Edition edited by Jan Ekier and Paweł Kamiński, comprising 37 volumes of all of the composer’s pieces; simultaneous publication of the series in miniature form is planned;
2. updating the Introduction to the National Edition by J. Ekier in Polish and English language editions as e-books for download from the PWM website (files are already available in the downloads section);
3. preparation of materials for the opera by Marta Ptaszyńska entitled The Lovers of Valldemosa (libretto: Janusz Krasny-Krasiński) for staging in the Grand Theatre (Teatr Wielki) in Łódź (premier in June this year);
4. publication in several languages of the Chopin Album authored by Mieczysław Tomaszewski together with Bosz Publishers (the book is already on sale);
5. continuation of the series „Famous Transcriptions” (for guitar, transcribed by J. Oberbek), „Your Are a Soloist!” (with accompanying CD by A. Klos);
6. updating the historical monographs on Chopin by Franz Liszt and Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz and the essays by Karol Szymanowski;
7. publication of a transcription of Rondo à la Krakowiak in a version for piano and string quartet by B. Kominek;
8. adding transcriptions for piano and string orchestra by Jan Lewtak of both concertos to the Orchestral Material Library and orchestral parts based on the National Edition for all of the concert pieces;
9. publication of a CD together with DUX with recordings of the concertos in a chamber version (B. Kominek, Kwartet DAFO).
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