The 'Song of Eternal Being' from Karłowicz's 'Eternal Songs' features an elated theme with rising open intervals that echo Wagner's 'nature' motif and Strauss's 'dawn' motif.
Performer Biography
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, featured on this recording, performs more concerts than any other UK large ensemble and has fourteen residencies across the country.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Karłowicz's symphonic poem 'Returning Waves' is a metaphor for life itself, recreating an old man's nostalgic reminiscences of days gone by.
Performer Biography
Grzegorz Nowak, the conductor on this album, won the prestigious Ernest Ansermet Conducting Competition in Geneva, taking First Prize and all special prizes.
Composer Biography
Karłowicz initially trained as a violinist but was forced to focus on composition due to continuing ill health and debilitating attacks of concert nerves.
Composer Biography
Mieczysław Karłowicz, a Polish composer, died in a fatal skiing accident in the Tatra mountains just two months after his thirty-second birthday.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Karłowicz's 'Lithuanian Rhapsody' is a deeply personal and authentic portrayal of his home region, capturing its sadness and despair rather than superficial nationalism.
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