W. Lutosławski(1913-1994) anniversary: Piano Concerto - K. ZIMERMAN
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2013
- Witold LUTOSLAWSKY anniversary: PIANO CONCERTO(1988) - Krystian ZIMERMAN
Witold Roman Lutosławski (Polish pronunciation: [ˈvitɔld lutɔsˈwafski]; 25 January 1913 -- 7 February 1994) was a Polish composer and orchestral conductor. He was one of the major European composers of the 20th century, and one of the preeminent Polish musicians during his last three decades. He earned many international awards and prizes. His compositions (of which he was a notable conductor) include four symphonies, a Concerto for Orchestra, a string quartet, instrumental works, concertos, and orchestral song cycles.
During his youth, Lutosławski studied piano and composition in Warsaw. His early works were influenced by Polish folk music. His style demonstrates a wide range of rich atmospheric textures. He began to develop his own characteristic composition techniques in the late 1950s. His music from this period onwards incorporates his own methods of building harmonies from small groups of musical intervals. It also uses aleatoric processes, in which the rhythmic coordination of parts is subject to an element of chance.
During World War II, after escaping German capture, Lutosławski made a living by playing the piano in Warsaw bars. After the war, Stalinist authorities banned his First Symphony for being "formalist"-allegedly accessible only to an elite. Lutosławski believed such anti-formalism was an unjustified retrograde step, and he resolutely strove to maintain his artistic integrity. In the 1980s, Lutosławski gave artistic support to the Solidarity movement. Near the end of his life, he was awarded the Order of the White Eagle, Poland's highest honour.
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it's very good and fantastic music for me!! Lutoslawski is one of the greatest composers and conducters in the 20th century!! And I heard Zimermen's Schubert D960 the day before. He is also one of the best pianists in the 20th and 21th century.
Magnificent!!!!!!!!!!!
Maravilloso! Musica que conmueve profundamente.
One of the pieces of modern classical music I'm able to grasp - and I'm not a musician! Anyway, great music, lots of tension and atmosphere, superb!
Mit vollem Herz, vielen Dank!
Un 1er mvt qui commence avec des chants d'oiseaux comme le concerto pour violon n°1 de Szymanovski et puis vient ce thème lent au piano qui semble vide et distant puis revient en force avec tout l'orchestre comme un fleuve en crue qui rompt ses digues ou un amour qui se révèle! Masterpiece! ❤❤❤
Thanks !!
very good
austanding
Edy Martinez outstanding
fractured, spectral music of a (1914-45) broken civilization
+Haxo Angmark
It's actually about difficult times in Poland in 80's. Zimerman talked about it in an interview.
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This piece of music is so visual. It's like in the first movement you're walking along this magical first with all sorts of strange creatures. Then by the second movement you get sucked into a dark cavern being chased by an evil monster
The creator of that piece - Witold Lutosławski was always very concerned, when someone was adding poetical theory to his music. He believed music is totally independent art that represents it's content just itself without obvious connection with "real world".
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Aga Truszkiewicz
there's no "theory" here. Especially as someone who has theoretically analyzed every single note in this piece from a theoretical standpoint. And i doubt Lutoslawsky would be "VERY concerned" with someone connecting to his music on a spiritual, visual and theoretical level.
Ariel Mann Are you a composer? I'm not trying to be malicious because I respect your point of view, but I'm just interested.
Tiene variaciones sobre un tema de Paganini1941. mostrando aspectos que los músicos, Brahms Paganini y Rachmaninof hubieran podido siquiera soñar :jaz,trucos rebuscados a lo Stravinsky, danzas populares al estilo de Bartok.
Cery good
Is this a DG recording ??
some persons wax very fatuous when it comes to commenting on music- bizarre- one persons says "there's no 'theory' here, " another says "expression of rhetorical incredulity
Hm? Those are not mutually very exclusive I think. A piece can come across as both rhetorical and not particularly theoretical, no?
it makes 'em feel special . It's nice that all us no nothings are listening to great music . However it wont make us more clever or adept but if we keep asking quesions of ourselves we will grow listening - perhaps .
This is a wonderful piece, but you will notice that it has no melody you can sing or remember. In the olden days composers knew how to write melodies but the 20th century seems to have forced many of them not to try to compete with Mozart. Now that's a guy who wrote music that sang from beginning to end.
From the 20th century composers you can try Andrzej Panufnik and Einojuhani Rautavaara - both composed music with more melodic component in it.
@@Tomek.adagietto Could you recommend a piece by either of them that contains a melody I as a trained musician could sing when the piece is over.
@@stephenjablonsky1941 Hmm, I haven't said they wrote melodies you could sing, I just think their use of the harmonic and melodic structure is more connected to long tradition of using melody in classical music. I like most Panufnik's "Autumn music" and Rautavaara's III piano concerto (second part!).
@@Tomek.adagietto The reason I brought up the subject was that all music is divided into two categories: stuff you can sing and stuff you can't. When you can sing along with a performance it is an entirely different experience than being a passive recipient.
@@stephenjablonsky1941 Maybe you're right, but then the highest praise should go to pop songs, because they are easy to sing along. For me it's more about balance between different aspect's - Beethoven wasn't creating so easily melodies like Mozart, but more developing motives - was he a worse composer? I miss melody in modern classical music also, but I wouldn't say that it's the only thing deciding about the value of music.
It is Experimental Music. So it has nothing to do with conventional harmonies rhytms etc. Its good for certain films for atmosphere creating like a horror movie f.e.
Zimmerman (as always) is ridiculous
I like Zimerman, but how can you even call this music?
Why wouldn't you call this music? What is music?
To me, music should sound good.
Jamie Andrews Well that's just it, define what is "sounding good"? Because this does sound good. The harmony is unorthodox as well as the rhythm, but it sounds as good as anything else. If you like we can discuss about the aesthetics of the different genres and styles in music. But be sure that this is aesthetically and theoretically music.
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I think your reply may have been ghosted, but anyway, my point is that this doesn't "sound as good as anything else", when we have the likes of Chopin, Beethoven, Brahms and Rachmaninoff, all of whom Zimerman has recorded the piano concerti of. I don't think this deserves the title of "piano concerto" compared to those others.
I understand what you're trying to say, but tell me this, if someone would compose a concerto like one of Beethoven's today, would it be hailed as a masterpiece or just uninventive? Music has gotten to the point of where it is now as a sequence of logical steps, look at music history and you'll see it as true. What we have to do now is figure out what the next step is going to be, and mind you, going back is just not an option.