Witold Lutoslawski is one of the 20th century's great symphonists and one whose music extends conductors and orchestras to their maximum capabilities. The Symphony No. 3 of 1983 has an intricate structure of high contrasts and a dramatic, even violent tone that the composer conceded could have been influenced by the tumultuous event of the day in his native Poland. The Symphony No. 2 is more abstract and less intense, but it too is built on structural contrasts filled out by Lutoslawski's trademark aleatoric techniques, in ...
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Witold Lutoslawski is one of the 20th century's great symphonists and one whose music extends conductors and orchestras to their maximum capabilities. The Symphony No. 3 of 1983 has an intricate structure of high contrasts and a dramatic, even violent tone that the composer conceded could have been influenced by the tumultuous event of the day in his native Poland. The Symphony No. 2 is more abstract and less intense, but it too is built on structural contrasts filled out by Lutoslawski's trademark aleatoric techniques, in which decisions about what to play are left partly to the performers within a specified framework. These works benefit from brilliant performances with clear instrumental details that bring out the structure and overall forward motion, and that's exactly what they get here from conductor Hannu Lintu and the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. This is not one of Europe's very best-known orchestras, but a glance at Ondine's catalog shows the degree to which Lintu and the group have...
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