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.
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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Lacrimosa
  2. 2.
    Symphony no. 1: I. Allegro giusto
  3. 3.
    Symphony no. 1: II. Poco adagio
  4. 4.
    Symphony no. 1: III. Allegretto misterioso
  5. 5.
    Symphony no. 1: IV. Allegro vivace
  6. 6.
    Concerto for Orchestra: I. Intrada
  7. 7.
    Concerto for Orchestra: II. Capriccio notturno e arioso
  8. 8.
    Concerto for Orchestra: III. Passacaglia, toccata e corale
  9. 9.
    Musique funèbre

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Jeux vénitiens: I.
  2. 3.
    Jeux vénitiens: II.
  3. 4.
    Jeux vénitiens: III.
  4. 5.
    Jeux vénitiens: IV.
  5. 6.
    Trois Poèmes d'Henri Michaux: I. Pensées
  6. 7.
    Trois Poèmes d'Henri Michaux: II. Le Grand Combat
  7. 8.
    Trois Poèmes d'Henri Michaux: III. Repos dans le Malheur
  8. 9.
    Symphony no. 2: I. Hesitant
  9. 10.
    Symphony no. 2: II. Direct

Disc 3

  1. 3.
    Postludium I
  2. 4.
    Paroles tissées
  3. 5.
    Livre pour Orchestre
  4. 6.
    Concerto for Cello and Orchestra

Disc 4

  1. 4.
    Preludes and a Fugue: Preludes
  2. 5.
    Preludes and a Fugue: Fugue
  3. 6.
    Mi-parti
  4. 7.
    Novelette

Disc 5

  1. 5.
    Symphony no. 3
  2. 6.
    Chain 1
  3. 7.
    Chain 2: I. Ad libitum
  4. 8.
    Chain 2: II. A battuta
  5. 9.
    Chain 2: III. Ad libitum
  6. 10.
    Chain 2: IV. A battuta - ad libitum - a battuta
  7. 11.
    Chain 3

Disc 6

  1. 6.
    Two Studies
  2. 7.
    Variations on a Theme by Paganini
  3. 8.
    Five Songs to Poems by Kazimiera Iłłakowiczówna: I. The Sea
  4. 9.
    Five Songs to Poems by Kazimiera Iłłakowiczówna: II. The Wind
  5. 10.
    Five Songs to Poems by Kazimiera Iłłakowiczówna: III. Winter
  6. 11.
    Five Songs to Poems by Kazimiera Iłłakowiczówna: IV. Knights
  7. 12.
    Five Songs to Poems by Kazimiera Iłłakowiczówna: V. Orthodox Church Bells
  8. 13.
    String Quartet
  9. 14.
    Epitaph
  10. 15.
    Grave
  11. 16.
    Partita

Disc 7

  1. 7.
    Concerto for Piano and Orchestra: I.
  2. 8.
    Concerto for Piano and Orchestra: II.
  3. 9.
    Concerto for Piano and Orchestra: III.
  4. 10.
    Concerto for Piano and Orchestra: IV.
  5. 11.
    Chantefleurs et Chantefables: I. La Belle-de-nuit
  6. 12.
    Chantefleurs et Chantefables: II. La Sauterelle
  7. 13.
    Chantefleurs et Chantefables: III. La Veronique
  8. 14.
    Chantefleurs et Chantefables: IV. L'Eglantine, l'aubepine et la glycine
  9. 15.
    Chantefleurs et Chantefables: V. La Tortue
  10. 16.
    Chantefleurs et Chantefables: VI. La Rose
  11. 17.
    Chantefleurs et Chantefables: VII. L'Alligator
  12. 18.
    Chantefleurs et Chantefables: VIII. L'Angelique
  13. 19.
    Chantefleurs et Chantefables: IX. Le Papillon
  14. 20.
    Symphony no. 4

Disc 8

  1. 8.
    Partita
  2. 9.
    Interludium
  3. 10.
    Chain 2: I. Ad libitum
  4. 11.
    Chain 2: II. A battuta
  5. 12.
    Chain 2: III. Ad libitum
  6. 13.
    Chain 2: IV. A battuta - ad libitum - a battuta

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