Pools Nationaal Radio-Symfonieorkest

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Pools Nationaal Radio-Symfonieorkest · The Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, in Polish Narodowa Orkiestra Symfoniczna Polskiego Radia, NOSPR for short, is one of the most important radio orchestras and musical institutions in Poland. The orchestra was founded in 1935 in Warsaw under the direction of Grzegorz Fitelberg, until the Second World War broke out. In March 1945 it was revived in Katowice by Witold Rowicki. In 1947 Fitelberg returned from abroad and resumed the artistic direction. Since 2006 it has been a National Cultural Institution. In 2019 the orchestra joined the European Concert Hall Organisation.

Music and breakthrough

The long list of conductors and soloists who worked with the orchestra includes Leonard Bernstein, Krzysztof Penderecki, Witold Lutosławski, Kurt Masur, Charles Mackerras, Martha Argerich, Artur Rubinstein and Mstislav Rostropovich. Among the music directors were Jan Krenz and Bohdan Wodiczko. Since the 2023 to 2024 season Marin Alsop has been artistic director and principal conductor.

Influence

The orchestra's albums show a wide repertoire. It played symphonies, violin concertos and piano concertos from the late Romantic period, symphonic poems, overtures and also Polish works, such as the Symfonia pieśni żałosnych (Symphony of Sorrowful Songs) by Henryk Górecki, which appears in the album list. The orchestra belongs to the Polish post-war musical culture that attracted international attention, and remains open to contemporary collaboration, including with the singer Ledisi.

Listening

Discography

Studio albums

• 1971Het mooiste uit De Strauss Family
• 1980III Symfonia (Symfonia pieśni żałosnych, op. 36)
• 1985Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77
• 1987Violin Concerto in D minor, op. 47 / En saga, op. 9
• 1987Violin-Konzert
• 1990Crying With Laughter: The Piano Moods of Wojtek Gogolewski
• 1990St Luke Passion
• 1991Orchestral Highlights
• 1991Violin Concerto / Cockaigne
• 1992Famous French Overtures
• 1992Piano Concertos: No. 1, op. 10 / No. 3, op. 26 / No. 4, op. 53
• 1992Symphonic Poems
• 1992Symphony no. 1 / Hamlet Overture
• 1992Symphony no. 5
• 1993Lalo: Symphonie espagnole / Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen / Ravel: Tzigane / Saint-Saëns: Havanaise
• 1993Overtures
• 1993Symphonic Poems
• 1993Symphony no. 2 in C minor “Resurrection”
• 1993Symphony no. 3 "Polish" / The Tempest, op. 18
• 1993Symphony no. 4 in G major
• 1993Symphony no. 5, op. 64 / The Storm, op. 76
• 1993Symphony no. 6 "Pathétique" / Francesca da Rimini
• 1993Symphony no. 6 in A minor "Tragic"
• 1993Symphony no. 9
• 1993Violin Concertos: No. 1, op. 6 / No. 2, op. 7
• 1994A Hero's Song / Czech Suite / Hussite Overture / Festival March
• 1994Éclairs sur l'Au-delà
• 1994Fantasias After Shakespeare
• 1994Glazunov: Violin Concerto / Dvořák: Violin Concerto / Romance, op. 11
• 1994Má Vlast
• 1994Piano Concerto, op. 33 / The Water Goblin, op. 107
• 1994Ravel: Piano Concertos / De Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain
• 1994Symphonies nos. 2 and 4
• 1994Symphony no. 1 "Titan"
• 1994Symphony no. 3 / 3 Olden Style Pieces
• 1994Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima / Canticum Canticorum Salomonis / De Natura Sonoris nos. 1 & 2
• 1994Violin Concerto no. 3 / Introduction and Rondo capriccioso / Caprice andalous / Morceau de concert
• 1995Symphonies no. 2 "Little Russian" / no. 4, op. 36
• 1995Symphony no. 3 / Symphony no. 10 (Adagio)
• 1995Symphony no. 7
• 1995The Complete Piano Music, Volume 1
• 1996Cello Concertos nos. 1 and 2
• 1996Piano Concerto no. 2, op. 44 / Concert Fantasy, op. 56
• 1996Piano Concertos nos. 1 & 3 / Andante and Finale, op. 79
• 1996Symphonies Nos. 1 “Spring” and 3 “Rhenish”
• 1996Symphony No. 2 / Little Suite / Symphonic Variations / Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
• 1996Symphony no. 4 / Partita for Violin and Orchestra / Chain II / Funeral Music / Interlude
• 1996The Complete Piano Music, Volume 2
• 1996The Complete Piano Music, Volume 3
• 1996Violin Concertos nos. 1 and 2 / Sonata for Solo Violin
• 1997Symphony no. 3 / Paganini Variations / Paroles Tissées / Les Espaces Du Sommeil
• 1997Violin Concertos nos. 1 & 2
• 1997Violin Concertos nos. 1 and 2 / Faust Fantasy
• 1998Brahms: Piano Concerto no. 1 / Schumann: Introduction and Allegro
• 1998Carmen Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra
• 1998Cello Concerto / Livre pour orchestre / Novelette / Chain III
• 1998Concerto for Orchestra / Three Poems / Mi-Parti
• 1998Piano Concerto in E major / Suite for Orchestra “From Foreign Lands”
• 1998Piano Concertos nos. 1 and 4 / Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
• 1998Piano Concertos nos. 2 and 3
• 1999Piano Concerto / Polish Fantasy / Overture
• 1999Symphony no. 1 / Chantefleurs et Chantefables / Silesian Tryptych / Jeux Vénitiens
• 1999Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
• 2000Orchestral Works, Vol. 1: Symphony no. 3 / Threnody
• 2000Orchestral Works, Vol. 2: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 5
• 2000Orchestral Works, Volume 3: Symphonies nos. 2 and 4
• 2000Piano Concertos
• 2000Piano Concertos nos. 2 and 3
• 2000Turangalîla Symphony / L'ascension
• 2001Angelus / Exodus / Krzesany
• 2001Arcana / Intégrales / Déserts
• 2001Brahms: Piano Concerto no. 2 / Schumann: Introduction and Allegro appassionato
• 2001Preludes and Fugue for 13 Solo Strings / Three Postludes / Fanfares
• 2001Symphony no. 2 “Copernican” / Beatus Vir
• 2002Symphony no. 10 (Reconstructed by Joe Wheeler)
• 2003Double Concerto / Dance Preludes / Chain I
• 2003Symphonies, Volume 1: Symphony no. 5 / Sinfonietta no. 1
• 2003Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 / Fantaisie brillante on themes from Gounod's Faust / Kujawiak in A minor / Obertas, op. 19
• 2003Violin Concertos nos. 1 and 2
• 2006Cello Concerto / The Awakening of Jacob / Adagietto / Concerto for viola and orchestra
• 2007Capriccio / De natura sonoris II / Piano Concerto
• 2008Orchestral Music
• 2008Orchestral Works 2
• 2009The Girlfriends / Rule, Britannia! / Salute to Spain / Symphonic Movement
• 2009Violin Concertos nos. 1, 3 and 7
• 2010Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 / Waltzes
• 2011Violin Concertos nos. 2, 4, and 5
• 2012Concerto for Cello and Orchestra
• 2012Piano Concertos nos. 2 and 5
• 2013Boris Godunov
• 2013Overture to "Monbar" / Piano Concerto / Symphony no. 2 "Characteristic"
• 2015Piano Concertos
• 2016Szymanowski: Overture, op. 12 / Lutosławski: Cello Concerto / Symphony no. 4
• 2019Sonoristic Penderecki by Penderecki
• 2019Symphony no. 3, op. 36 "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs"
• 2022Concertos
• ?Gesamtwerk für Violoncello & Orchester
• ?Klavierkonzerte N.1 & N.2 / Konzertstück
• ?Piano Concerto / Symphony no. 3
• ?Piano Concerto in A minor, op. 17 / Fantasie Polonaise, op. 19