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LUTOSŁAWSKI BETWEEN THE CLASSICAL AND JAZZ WORLDS. THE ALBUM METAMORPHOSES: VARIATIONS ON LUTOSŁAWSKI GOES ON SALE AS OF 28th JUNE!
2023-06-12
How far is jazz from classical music? Do they really speak radically different languages? Michael Bates’ Acrobat and Lutosławski Quartet are ensembles from different musical environments. They have established an artistic dialogue focusing on the oeuvre of one of Poland’s greatest 20th-century composers: Witold Lutosławski. The results of their work have been recorded and will soon be released under the Polish music label ANAKLASIS. The CD METAMORPHOSES: VARIATIONS ON LUTOSŁAWSKI enters the market on 28th June.
An ancient drama as seen through the eyes of contemporary women-artists: ORESTEIA by Agata Zubel to a libretto by Maja Kleczewska on ANAKLASIS – is already on sale!
2023-05-29
Bloody crime, family tragedy, the force of destiny… The timeless works of ancient playwrights continue to move audiences also today as well as inspiring present-day artists. Aeschylus’ Oresteia has thus become the basis for Agata Zubel’s dramopera to a libretto by Maja Kleczewska. Their vision of the ancient drama has been recorded and released under the ANAKLASIS label on a CD that goes on sale today.
#SHARPENYOUREARS WITH ANAKLASIS: THE LABEL’S THIRD BIRTHDAY
2022-11-22
The most fascinating phenomena in contemporary music; a wide range of genres; outstanding works, excellent composers and performers – are the trademarks of the record label ANAKLASIS, launched by PWM Edition. ANAKLASIS is now celebrating its third birthday. It continues to grow at a dizzying pace and maintains the high artistic standards of its releases.
VIRTUOSITY WITH A FLOURISH. ELŻBIETA SIKORA’S CONCERTOS ALBUM PREMIERES ON 2ND DECEMBER!
2022-11-18
When asked to attempt a definition of her music, she called it lyrical expressionism. The choice of this term says much about the emotional intensity of Elżbieta Sikora’s music, which may reflect the experience of her two home countries, Poland and France, but is also a consequence of her artistic maturation in an age when two powerful trends – the avant-garde and neo-Classicism – were vying for the palm. Such a label may also result from the artist’s focus on the listener as her target, whom she invariably attempts to surprise, shock, or bewilder.
Maciej Zieliński: composer of the month in September
2021-09-01
In 2021 PWM Edition is highlighting trends and directions in Polish music of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, and also composers representing those currents who are associated with PWM. September features postmodernism, à la Maciej Zieliński.
