Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

Marcin Zdunik brings clean, elegant playing and reserves of warmth to all the solo parts, also making the case for the Gdańsk-born Henryk Hubertus Jabłonski’s C-67, a compact score sitting between... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2023, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Szymanowski's Symphony No. 2 shows him beginning to approach his first maturity as a composer… In Symphony No. 3, composed five years later, the mature Szymanowski has arrived. Again, this... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2008, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Ilya Kaler is a near ideal interpreter of these works and the delightful Nocturne and Tarantella which serve as makeweight. His playing certainly has the requisite passion, but he also has... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2007, 4 out of 5 stars More…

A typical pairing of the Concertos played by Yundi, known for his Chopin interpretations. Reliable, technically precise, these are careful, considered accounts with virtuosic flair. — BBC Music Magazine, June 2020, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Antoni Wit and his players undoubtedly have the measure of this music, but it is the singing of the soprano Iwona Hossa that lends this disc its special distinction… superb value. — BBC Music Magazine, October 2008, 5 out of 5 stars More…

There are many attractive aspects to this performance, not least the heroic tenor of Timothy Bench and the full-throated singing of the sopranos and altos. Too often, however, the delivery of... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2012, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Performances under Antoni Wit are superb, strong and intense, with an excellent chorus and team of soloists. — Penguin Guide, 2011 edition More…