Panufnik, Andrzej (1914 - 91)

[Lat-Literal]

Thank you.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

[Lat-Literal]

Lullaby (Kołysanka) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qi_7-QGvYVU

[jayne lee wilson]

Well, I'm a huge fan and have been for many years, since I heard (and taped) the 5th Symphony "Sinfonia di sfere" on a 1990s Radio 3 broadcast - an obvious peak of his output along with the 6th, Sinfonia Mistica... no time for a lengthy post now, but since this thread began an excellent and comprehensive survey has been recorded on CPO by Łukasz Borowicz....

https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dpopular&field-keywords=Panufnik+CPO

...soon to be gathered into the box at the top of the list. It has few weaknesses, much rare material, and no competitors as such(**), though you can find more spectacular and virtuoso recordings of Panufnik's most performed & recorded work, the Sinfonia Sacra. Most of the symphonies are the best played and recorded available, and a great musical adventure for anyone who doesn't know them, or not well... a reference edition, really.

(**)If you know the LSO/Atherton of 5 and 6 (Decca Head, Explore etc..) - Borowicz with the Polish Radio SO is a fair bit sharper-focussed, more idiomatic and more dramatic in both works, better-recorded too. Stunningly, compellingly done.

[ahinton]

I confess that it had never occurred to me to associate Panufnik's music with anything that I have ever understood as minimalism...

[Beef Oven!]

Many thanks to Lat-Literal for revitalising this thread. I've enjoyed AP's music for more than 20 years and listened through his symphonies 'Mistica' & Sfere a couple of days ago.




I would also strongly recommend this CD that I've had for over two decades.





I also have a few Conifer CDs, including chamber works that I'd never part with ....

[jayne lee wilson]

Many thanks to Lat-Literal for revitalising this thread. I've enjoyed AP's music for more than 20 years and listened through his symphonies 'Mistica' & Sfere a couple of days ago.




I would also strongly recommend this CD that I've had for over two decades.





I also have a few Conifer CDs, including chamber works that I'd never part with ....

Oh Beefy, you simply must hear Borowicz' Polish RSO Panufnik 5 & 6... they take them to a new level... of recorded sound and emotional intensity.
And despite various more starry tapings, I've yet to hear a better Sacra than the Kazimierz Kord one on Accord. Very strikingly coupled with the last and latest Panufnik orchestral works Symphony No.10 and the Cello Concerto.

https://www.qobuz.com/gb-en/search?q=panufnik+cpo&i=boutique

https://www.qobuz.com/gb-en/album/panufnik-a-sinfonia-sacra-symphony-no-3-symphony-no-10-cello-concerto-andrzej-panufnik/5902176500726

As with Lutosławski, Polish Orchestra/Conductor partnerships tend to have the edge....

[Beef Oven!]

Thanks Jayne, I'll see if I can stream some of those - I don't envisage getting my wallet out!

Currently listening to:

Andrzej Panufnik Symphony #10
London Symphony Orchestra, Antonio Pappano (LSO Live)

[jayne lee wilson]

Very impressive 10th Symphonies!
But a shame the LSO couldn't have done the still-unrecorded Max 9th for the c/w, isn't it?

[Lat-Literal]

Jayne and Beef Oven - Thank you for your contributions to this thread so far : I'm very pleased.

[Boilk]

Some Panufnik fans here may not be aware of an online collection of Panufnik documentaries and live performances put together around the time of the 2014 birth centenary.
The most interesting is perhaps Jeremy Panufnik's My Father, The Iron Curtain and Me which includes the composer at home in Twickenham and the studio where he composed.
Other films at this Polish archive include the composer conducting Symphony No.10.

You can access them all at the URL: https://ninateka.pl/kolekcje/en/panu...tof-rzaczynski

[BBMmk2]

Thanks Jayne, I'll see if I can stream some of those - I don't envisage getting my wallet out!

Currently listening to:

Andrzej Panufnik Symphony #10
London Symphony Orchestra, Antonio Pappano (LSO Live)

I’ll have to get that one!

[Lat-Literal]

Some Panufnik fans here may not be aware of an online collection of Panufnik documentaries and live performances put together around the time of the 2014 birth centenary.
The most interesting is perhaps Jeremy Panufnik's My Father, The Iron Curtain and Me which includes the composer at home in Twickenham and the studio where he composed.
Other films at this Polish archive include the composer conducting Symphony No.10.

You can access them all at the URL: https://ninateka.pl/kolekcje/en/panu...tof-rzaczynski

An interesting documentary which I watched in full.

Thank you.

Some good background information on his time in Poland and a lot about the relationship between him and his son who wasn't born until he was in his late forties or fifties.

Perhaps the best parts involve some of the descriptions - "organic chemist", "mathematical/metaphysical" etc.

I would have liked to have heard in it a little more of his music but that, of course, can be heard in other places.