The performances, as led by Penderecki student Antoni Wit, are lusty and vigorous. It is easy to imagine that the National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra plays this music with the same personal identification that the Leningrad Philharmonic under Mravinsky played Shostakovich. Between these two CDs, there is a trove of modern classics that cover a great range of style, yet taken as a whole stamp a deep impression on the musical world of the late 20th century.
Works
Penderecki: De Natura Sonoris No. 2nd
Penderecki: Fluorescences
Penderecki: Symphony No. 3rd
Penderecki: Tren (Threnody), "To the Victims of Hiroshima"
Conductors
Wit, Antoni
Groups & Artists
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra