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TIKTIN released

Maria Sławek, Lutosławski Quartet, Tomasz Januchta „TIKTIN” After a special event that took place at the Great Synagogue in Tykocin one autumn evening in 2023, we are now presenting you TIKTIN—an album with music performed by Maria Sławek, the Lutosławski Quartet and Tomasz Januchta. The album features outstanding works by

TIKTIN – the first single is out now!

Composed in 1949 by Mieczysław Wajnberg, “Rhapsody on Moldavian Themes, Op. 47” announces the album by Maria Sławek, Lutosławski Quartet and Tomasz Januchta entitled “TIKTIN”, which will be released on March 22. The piece is available on the most popular streaming platforms. (prośba o podlinkowanie: https://li.sten.to/tiktin-rhapsody). The material for the

Tiktin

Maria Sławek – violin, Lutosławski Quartett and Tomasz Januchta – contrabass, recorded live Weinberg – Concertino Op. 42, Moldavian Rhapsody Op. 47, Panufnik – Violin Concerto (1971), Bach – Chaconne. To be released in January 2024 as CD, LP and streaming media. Large Synagogue in a small borderland town –

Johann Sebastian Bach

Can’t say more for now: Karol Marianowski – cello, Konrad Skolarski – piano recorded Johann Sebastian Bach at the Concert Hall of the Krzysztof Penderecki European Centre of Music. More details soon…

Recording sessions

Recording sessions for the new CD almost finished. Details soon! Sinfonia Varsovia Studio Koncertowe Polskiego Radia im. Witolda Lutosławskiego

Polish Romantic Trios

Just released! Fryderyk Chopin – Trio in G minor op. 8. Wojciech Albert Sowiński – Trio in B minor op. 76 (World Premiere Recording). Anna Prabucka-Firlej – piano, Paula Preuss – violin, Jan Lewandowski – cello. Soon in stores, streaming services as well as Hi-Res files in our shop.

Fryderyk 2022 Award!

BWV – Bach – Marianowski with Fryderyk 2022 award!

Nomination to Fryderyk 2021 Award

The album of Trio Basso nominated to Fryderyk Award (the main phonographic award in Poland).https://orpheeclassics.com/2019/12/19/romberg-dittersdorf-m-haydn-trio-basso/

Konu Kim

CD album: Konu Kim – “Mon seul trésor” Konu Kim – an alumnus of the Jette Parker Young Artists Programme at the Royal Opera House, with numerous appearances on their opera debuts and concerts. He has completed his formal studies at Kyung Hee University, South Korea and Korean National Opera

Konu Kim – “Mon seul trésor”

“Mon seul trésor” – a new CD of Konu Kim – tenor, recorded by Orphée Classics in 2020 with Beethoven Academy Orchestra under the baton of Francesco Cilluffo. Donizetti, Rossini, Bellini’s arias from known and less known operas (“L’ange de nisida”, “Poliuto”, “Les martyrs” [with high E!]). The release is

Konu Kim

Just finished recording sessions with tenor Konu Kim (Royal Opera House, the winner of Operalia 2016) and Orkiestra Akademii Beethovenowskiej under the baton of Francesco Cilluffo. The CD with Donizetti, Bellini, Rossini’s arias is to be released Autumn 2020.Organized by TACT International Art Management.

The Shop

We announce launch of Orphée Classics Shop with Hi-Res audio files. Why files? Because CD format is leaving and more people are using streaming services or Hi-Fi from network file players. 96 kHz 24-bit high resolution Hi-End FLAC, ALAC, mp3s files made in the studio directly from Master File with

Karol Marianowski plays Bach – “BWV” just released

Probably the world’s first CD recorded half-remotely from a small basement corridor during self-isolation. An album with first 3 cello suites BWV 1007-1009 is ready to download from Orphee Classics Shop and will be ready to listen in all streaming media within days.

BWV 1007-12 recorded in the basement

Probably the world’s first CD recorded half-remotely from a small basement corridor during self-isolation, played by Karol Marianowski – cello. Hours of looking for the sweet spot for the studio microphones, avoiding standing waves to catch all the beauty of cello sound in an uncommon acoustic. The album “BWV” with

“Polish Songbook” CD presented on Polish Radio 2

Editor Ewa Szczecińska dedicated her radio broadcast Nokturn to the presentation of recordings from the “Polish Songbook” in Polish Radio 2. https://orpheeclassics.com/2019/01/23/spiewnik-polski-polish-20th-and-21th-century-song-anthology/ http://spiewnik-polski.pl

Happy Easter!

The world premiere recording – Sergei Bortkiewicz – songs.

Lost, found, recorded, released. The greater part of Sergei Bortkiewicz‘s works was destroyed during bombing of Berlin in 1945. Fortunately recently discovered 3 song cycles of Sergei Bortkiewicz are now recorded and released for the first time in history. All of that was possible due to involevment of the great

Lutosławski, Penderecki – works for violin&piano, just released.

Karolina Nowotczyńska – violin and Łukasz Chrzęszczyk – piano – a contemporary view of works of Witold Lutosławski – Recitativo e Arioso, Subito, Lullaby, Partita and Krzysztof Penderecki – Sonata No. 2. more…

Krzyszof Szumański

CD album: “Sergei Bortkiewicz – song cycles” Krzysztof Szumański is considered one of the most distinguished Polish baritones of his generation. In the current season he will appear as Nabucco in Verdi’s Nabucco, Escamillo in Carmen, Scarpia in Tosca and Stolnik in Halka by Stanislaw Moniuszko at the National Opera

Bojana Dimković

CD album: “Sergei Bortkiewicz – song cycles” Bojana Dimković leads a versatile career as a concert pianist, harpsichordist and lecturer. She holds a position at the University of Niš Faculty of Arts’ Keyboard Department and is in great demand as a chamber music partner. Concert engagements include performances in the

Sergei Bortkiewicz

Sergei Bortkiewicz (1877-1952) was a pianist and composer born in Kharkov, today’s Ukraine, into a Polish noble family. His father Edward Bortkiewicz was a landowner and his mother Zofia, née Uszyńska, was a pianist. In 1898, he began studying music theory and piano at the St. Petersburg Conservatory with Laidov

Tomasz Lida

President, Recording Producer

Łukasz Chrzęszczyk

Vice President

Antonina Wyszyńska

German Representative

Antonina Wyszyńska – welcome!

Happy to introduce our new German Representative – Antonina Wyszyńska. Based in Köln, an employee of West Deutsche Rundfunk, graduate of The Fryderyk Chopin University of Music (Sound Engineering/Producing), Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln (Musikproduktion). Welcome on board! 🙂

Michael Maciaszczyk – violino

„Wielki muzyk, doskonały skrzypek i bardzo utalentowany młody dyrygent. Ma absolutnie doskonały kontakt z muzykami orkiestry, a jego interpretacje są niezwykle oryginalne- z mnóstwem odcieni i emocji” – powiedział o Michaelu Maciaszczyku Maestro Jerzy Maksymiuk. Jeden z najwybitniejszych dyrygentów młodego pokolenia. Dyrektor artystyczny Wiener Klassik Orchester w Wiedniu, Myślenickiej Kameralnej

Polish Art Philharmonic Orchestra

Polish Art Philharmonic (wcześniej działająca pod nazwą Myślenicka Orkiestra Kameralna „Concertino”) zainaugurowała swoją działalność w 2010r., powołana do istnienia przez Jolantę i Łukasza Antkiewiczów, dzięki przychylności Władz Miasta i Gminy Myślenice oraz Dyrektora MOKiS Małgorzaty Anity Werner. Polish Art Philharmonic to młody, energiczny zespół, którego Dyrektorem Artystycznym od 2014 roku jest Maestro Michael

Katarzyna Kluczewska – piano

CD album – “Romantic works” The alumni of the Comprehensive Music School of 1st and 2nd degree in Wrocław in Helena Furmanowicz‑Kurzyńska’s class and the Karol Lipiński Academy of Music in Wrocław in Grzegorz Kurzyński’s class, where after gaining her PhD, she became a lecturer with a PhD degree. She

“Romantic works” on streaming media

“Romantic works” CD album with multiprizewinner Katarzyna Zdybel-Nam – bassoon and Katarzyna Kluczewska – piano, is now on streaming media – iTunes, Spotify, Amazon MP3, Google Play, Tidal.

Johann Sebastian Bach, Antonio Vivaldi – Violin Concertos

Johann Sebastian Bach – violin concertos E-major, A-minor, Antonio Vivaldi – Le Quattro Stagioni, the first part of recording sessions just finished. To be completed with Bach’s double concertos D-minor and C-minor. Michael Maciaszczyk – violino and leading, orchestra of Polish Art Philharmonic. CD album is expected Summer 2020. 

Nadrzycki, Zathey – “Salut d’Amour”

Just finished recording sessions to the next CD of Jarosław Nadrzycki – violin and Joanna Zathey – piano. Album “Salut d’Amour” will contain miniatures of Sergei Rachmaninoff, Alexandre Glazunov, Pyotr Tschaikovsky, Gabriel Fauré, Fritz Kreisler, Edward Elgar, Eugène Ysaÿe, Sergei Prokofiev, Claude Debussy, Aram Khachaturian, Carl Nielsen, Amy Beach. ©Orphée

Lutosławski, Penderecki – complete works for violin &piano

Recording sessions with Karolina Nowotczyńska and Łukasz Chrzęszczyk completed.  The CD will be available in November.

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