Witold Lutoslawski – Orchestral Works – Edward Gardiner, BBC SO – Chandos CHSA 5082
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BBC Review
Big-boned themes marinate in complex orchestral textures.
Andrew Mellor 2010-11-02
What’s this? The man who’s got English National Opera’s orchestra accompanying Puccini so passionately & emotionally has opted for Witold Lutoslawski on his debut orchestral CD for Chandos? In fact Lutoslawski’s Concerto for Orchestra – the main course on this disc – isn’t a million miles away from Puccini under the surface: big-boned themes marinate in complex orchestral textures before emerging in pile-driving unisons. For added verisimo weight, many of those themes are lifted directly from Polish folk music.
In a narrative sense, too, the Concerto is wholly suited to Gardner’s strengths. As Lutoslawski wrote the piece in 1954 he was experimenting with the idiosyncratic theories of Witold Maliszewski, who suggested separate musical movements should serve specific & separate narrative functions.
That in mind, Gardner’s ENO-honed ability to choose & hold a tempo & set a tangible mood from the off serves him well in each movement: there’s tautness & weight in the Intrada’s production line of pounding rhythms, a fine sense of pace to the slow-burn Passacaglia & impressive lightness in the piquant woodwind flutterings – even if they aren’t the most beautifully shaped……

Witold Lutoslawski (1913-1994)

Tracks:

Symphony No. 3 (1981-83) 30:50
For Sir Georg Solti & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
01. Symphony 3 (1983) – I. 03:43
02. Symphony 3 (1983) – II. 02:39
03. Symphony 3 (1983) – III. 04:37
04. Symphony 3 (1983) – IV. 04:48
05. Symphony 3 (1983) – V. 05:03
06. Symphony 3 (1983) – VI. 03:00
07. Symphony 3 (1983) – VII. 07:07

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08. Chain 3 for Orchestra (1986) 11:03
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Concerto for Orchestra (1950-54) 27:51
Witoldowi Rowickiemu
09. Concerto for Orchestra (1954) – I. 06:38
10. Concerto for Orchestra (1954) – II. 05:46
11. Concerto for Orchestra (1954) – III. 05:47
12. Concerto for Orchestra (1954) – IV. 09:40

Total time: 69:56

BBC Symphony Orchestra
Edward Gardner
Recorded in:
Assembly Hall, Walthamstow 5 and 6 July 2010
Producer Brian Pidgeon
Sound Engineers:
Ralph Couzens
Jonathan Cooper (Assistant)

*****Originally recorded in: DSD*****

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Analyzed: BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Edward Gardner /
Lutoslawski : Orchestral Works, Volume 1
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track (iso @ 0dB gain)
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DR19-15.05 dB -43.34 dB 3:43 01-Symphony No. 3. Vivo
DR16-15.75 dB -42.87 dB 2:40 02-Symphony No. 3 continued. Vivo (figure 11)
DR21 -7.08 dB -43.21 dB 4:37 03-Symphony No. 3 continued. Vivo (figure 19)
DR14 -9.19 dB -33.32 dB 4:48 04-Symphony No. 3 continued. Vivo (figure 31)
DR14-10.06 dB -34.37 dB 5:04 05-Symphony No. 3 continued. Tempo I (figure 49)
DR15 -6.78 dB -31.06 dB 3:00 06-Symphony No. 3 continued. Meno mosso (figure 73)
DR15 -6.91 dB -33.28 dB 6:59 07-Symphony No. 3 continued. A tempo (figure 84)
DR16 -6.98 dB -33.69 dB 10:53 08-Chain 3
DR14 -6.27 dB -30.08 dB 6:34 09-Concerto for Orchestra. I. Intrada
DR16 -7.19 dB -33.40 dB 5:41 10-Concerto for Orchestra. II. Capriccio notturno e arioso
DR15 -6.91 dB -31.56 dB 5:47 11-Concerto for Orchestra. III. Passacaglia, Toccata e Corale
DR15 -6.99 dB -30.01 dB 9:40 12-Concerto for Orchestra. III continued. Allegro giusto
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Number of tracks: 12
Official DR value: DR16

Samplerate: 2822400 Hz / PCM Samplerate: 176400 Hz
Channels: 5
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 14112 kbps
Codec: DST64
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