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12 September Maciej Zieliński's Recording Released
2011-08-26
The album „Across the Milleniums - Muzyka z przełomu tysiącleci” presenting music by Maciej Zieliński will hit the stores on 12 September, 2011. The artist is known to a wider audience for music for many hit films of recent years and is also a recognized and award-winning creator of contemporary music. Maciej Zieliński wrote five orchestral and chamber music pieces included on the disc between 1993 and 2010. These works have received prizes in both Polish and foreign composition competitions, and gained great popularity among performers in our country and the world. It is worth to mention at least the piece Lutosławski in memoriam, which premiered on the fifth anniversary of Witold Lutosławski’s death in St. John's, Smith Square, London, and shortly afterwards received the Alan Bush Composition Prize and was included by the Associated Board of Royal Schools of Music for the examination programme of British conservatoires.Maciej Zieliński’s music is expression, sublime tone, contrasts, energy and emotion. Sometimes it is closer to tradition, sometimes closer to the avant-garde, but it is always moving in its special musicality, characteristic of this composer. His pieces on the disc will appeal not only to lovers of contemporary music, but also a wide range of music lovers.
Many outstanding performers took part in the recording: the Polish Radio Orchestra conducted by Łukasz Borowicz and Marcin Nałęcz-Niesiołowski, Trio Consonare per Varsavia, Duet Tytus Wojnowicz - Grzegorz Gorczyca and the phenomenal soloists - Artur Pachlewski and Tomasz Strahl.
The technical side of of the recording was handled by Tadeusz Mieczkowski, in collaboration with Ewa Guziołek-Tubelewicz, which in itself is a guarantee of the highest quality of results. In its entirety, it was recorded with great attention to detail, with clarity and selectivity of the sound. All the recording sessions took place in the Witold Lutosławski Concert Studio of Polish Radio (S1), which assured an excellent recording and natural acoustics.
Very interesting compositions, great musicians, excellent performances and excellent sound engineering - all this can be found on the album "Across the Milleniums"! During the "Warsaw Autumn" Festival, two concerts will take place at which compositions from the CD will be performed. On Monday, 19.09.2011 at 16.00 in the F. Chopin University of Music in Warsaw there will be a concert from the “Muzyczne Pory Roku” ("Musical Seasons") series at which Sebastian Aleksandrowicz and Grzegorz Gorczyca will perform the piece "Lutosławski in Memoriam". Two days later, on Wednesday, 21.09.2011 at 16.00, "Shining II" for string orchestra will be presented, performed by the Warsaw Chamber Philharmonic under the baton of Stanisław Winiarczyk. The disc will be on sale at both concerts.
The album is published by the Phonographic Agency of Polish Radio. Media Patrons: Polish Radio Program 2, TVP Kultura, Przekrój, HiFi i Muzyka, Twoja Muza, Polish Music Information Centre, Machina, Magazyn Wino; cooperation: Warsaw Autumn, Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne and Soundflower. The CD available in stores and on the web - sklep.polskieradio.pl from 12 September 2011. To see photographs from the recording sessions, and the film Making of "Across the Milleniums" please visit: www.maciejzielinski.pl/across www.facebook.com/mac.zielinski
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