Gold Collection: Centenary Edition

Album by Witold Lutosławski

Gold Collection: Centenary Edition is a compilation album of works by Polish composer Witold Lutosławski, released in 2013. The set surveys Lutosławski's twentieth-century modernist output, highlighting his use of complex orchestration, evolving harmonic language and controlled aleatory techniques, and functions as a centenary retrospective situating his work within post-war European classical music.
First released: 2012

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Postludium I
  2. 2.
    Jeux vénitiens: I.
  3. 3.
    Concerto for Piano and Orchestra: I.
  4. 4.
    Two Studies
  5. 5.
    Lacrimosa
  6. 6.
    Symphony no. 3
  7. 7.
    Partita
  8. 8.
    Preludes and a Fugue: Preludes
  9. 9.
    Jeux vénitiens: II.
  10. 10.
    Concerto for Piano and Orchestra: II.
  11. 11.
    Symphony no. 1: I. Allegro giusto
  12. 12.
    Paroles tissées
  13. 13.
    Preludes and a Fugue: Fugue
  14. 14.
    Chain 1
  15. 15.
    Variations on a Theme by Paganini
  16. 16.
    Interludium
  17. 17.
    Mi-parti
  18. 18.
    Chain 2: I. Ad libitum
  19. 19.
    Chain 2: I. Ad libitum
  20. 20.
    Concerto for Piano and Orchestra: III.
  21. 21.
    Livre pour Orchestre
  22. 22.
    Symphony no. 1: II. Poco adagio
  23. 23.
    Jeux vénitiens: III.
  24. 24.
    Five Songs to Poems by Kazimiera Iłłakowiczówna: I. The Sea
  25. 25.
    Chain 2: II. A battuta
  26. 26.
    Symphony no. 1: III. Allegretto misterioso
  27. 27.
    Concerto for Cello and Orchestra
  28. 28.
    Novelette
  29. 29.
    Chain 2: II. A battuta
  30. 30.
    Concerto for Piano and Orchestra: IV.
  31. 31.
    Five Songs to Poems by Kazimiera Iłłakowiczówna: II. The Wind
  32. 32.
    Jeux vénitiens: IV.
  33. 33.
    Chantefleurs et Chantefables: I. La Belle-de-nuit
  34. 34.
    Trois Poèmes d'Henri Michaux: I. Pensées
  35. 35.
    Five Songs to Poems by Kazimiera Iłłakowiczówna: III. Winter
  36. 36.
    Chain 2: III. Ad libitum
  37. 37.
    Chain 2: III. Ad libitum
  38. 38.
    Symphony no. 1: IV. Allegro vivace
  39. 39.
    Chain 2: IV. A battuta - ad libitum - a battuta
  40. 40.
    Chantefleurs et Chantefables: II. La Sauterelle
  41. 41.
    Trois Poèmes d'Henri Michaux: II. Le Grand Combat
  42. 42.
    Five Songs to Poems by Kazimiera Iłłakowiczówna: IV. Knights
  43. 43.
    Chain 2: IV. A battuta - ad libitum - a battuta
  44. 44.
    Concerto for Orchestra: I. Intrada
  45. 45.
    Chain 3
  46. 46.
    Concerto for Orchestra: II. Capriccio notturno e arioso
  47. 47.
    Trois Poèmes d'Henri Michaux: III. Repos dans le Malheur
  48. 48.
    Five Songs to Poems by Kazimiera Iłłakowiczówna: V. Orthodox Church Bells
  49. 49.
    Chantefleurs et Chantefables: III. La Veronique
  50. 50.
    String Quartet
  51. 51.
    Chantefleurs et Chantefables: IV. L'Eglantine, l'aubepine et la glycine
  52. 52.
    Concerto for Orchestra: III. Passacaglia, toccata e corale
  53. 53.
    Symphony no. 2: I. Hesitant
  54. 54.
    Epitaph
  55. 55.
    Symphony no. 2: II. Direct
  56. 56.
    Musique funèbre
  57. 57.
    Chantefleurs et Chantefables: V. La Tortue
  58. 58.
    Chantefleurs et Chantefables: VI. La Rose
  59. 59.
    Grave
  60. 60.
    Partita
  61. 61.
    Chantefleurs et Chantefables: VII. L'Alligator
  62. 62.
    Chantefleurs et Chantefables: VIII. L'Angelique
  63. 63.
    Chantefleurs et Chantefables: IX. Le Papillon
  64. 64.
    Symphony no. 4

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