Polish Music?

I'm doing some research for a production and I need some classic polish music. Especially sad Polish music.

Can anyone help?

rsbeck11-21-2004 3:05am

snook2 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 626 posts 01-06-2005 at 07:18pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Tomasz Stanko Polish trumpeter On ECM check all the recordings Dynamite
aceto Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 273 posts 01-07-2005 at 05:50am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Wow! I just got back from there. The statue of Chopin in Warswa, in the park next to the Belvedere Palace, is a hand that is morphing into a tree bending over him. I am wondering more what your project is, but you have a great list from Aida w. And I second the Symphony of Sorrows; Upshaw always makes me cry and ask 'How could you?'
theduke Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 372 posts 01-07-2005 at 08:35pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete You should seek out recordings of the Polish ex-patriot composer, Sir Andrez Panufnik. He defected to Gt.Britain in the mid-50's. He passed away in the 90's. It's hard to describe his music but I'll try by saying he is a modernist with warm but dramatic feelings. His third symphony "Symphonia Sacra" is his most famous composition. There is an excellent recording of it on the Nonesuch label. If it's not in print, it'll still be rather easy to find. I think he wrote 10 symphonies. Also, many chamber pieces. Check him out! He is in the same league as Pendereski, Lutoslowski, Gorecki, and others.