Sinfonia Varsovia
Sinfonia Varsovia is one of Poland's most important symphony orchestras and has attracted a large roster of both soloists and guest conductors. The Sinfonia has issued an unusually large catalog of recordings, numbering more than 270 releases on labels in Poland and elsewhere.
Sinfonia Varsovia was founded in 1984; Varsovia was the Latin name for the orchestra's home city of Warsaw. The group has an unusual origin in that it expanded from a chamber group, the Polish Chamber Orchestra (Polska Orkiestra Kameralna). Sinfonia Varsovia came together after Polish Chamber Orchestra director Franciszek Wybranczyk and art center manager Waldemar Dabrowski invited star violinist Yehudi Menuhin to Warsaw to perform as a soloist and conduct the orchestra. Additional players from around Poland were brought on board for the Menuhin concerts, which were successful both critically and commercially, and led the orchestra to continue at the larger size under the new Sinfonia Varsovia name. Menuhin accepted the title of guest conductor and continued to appear frequently with the group, conducting it in recorded cycles of Schubert (1994) and Beethoven (1998) symphonies. Wybranczyk served as conductor from 1984 until 2004 when he was succeeded by Janusz Marynowski. In 2003, composer Krzysztof Penderecki became the Sinfonia's artistic director, remaining in the position until his death in 2020. The orchestra has also sometimes maintained the post of music director, held by Penderecki from 1997 to 2008, and Marc Minkowski from 2008 to 2012. Sinfonia Varsovia has attracted guest conductors of the highest rank, including Lorin Maazel, Claudio Abbado, and Valery Gergiev, among many others. On the long list of internationally prominent soloists who have appeared with the Sinfonia are Alfred Brendel, Gidon Kremer, and Murray Perahia. Sinfonia Varsovia maintains its own Orchestra Studium to train young orchestral musicians, and indeed, the group's membership has been predominantly youthful over the years.
Sinfonia Varsovia is known internationally for its recordings, which began in 1991 with an album on the CD Accord label devoted to works of Witold Lutoslawski. The orchestra has recorded an exceptionally wide variety of music from the 16th century to the present, with a slight emphasis on Polish music. Sinfonia Varsovia has also recorded for Apex, Albany Music, Toccata Classics, and many other small labels. In 2017, the group was signed to Warner Classics and released the album 39'45. The group has continued to record for Warner Classics, issuing releases with innovative conceptual programs such as Möbius in 2019.
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Encore Concerto
Classical - Released by Albany Records on 1 Mar 2008
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Penderecki, Dvorak: Sinfonia Varsovia
Sinfonia Varsovia, Krzysztof Penderecki
Classical - Released by WM Poland - WMI on 7 Feb 2017
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39'45 vol. 3
Classical - Released by WM Poland - WMI on 2 Oct 2018
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Nowowiejski: The King Of The Winds Op. 37
Classical - Released by WM Poland - WMI on 25 May 2018
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Concertos pour violon n°1 & n°2
Piotr Plawner, Bartłomiej Nizioł, Sinfonia Varsovia, Grzegorz Nowak
Classical - Released by CD Accord on 3 May 2011
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My Magic Flute
Sir James Galway, Sinfonia Varsovia
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 11 Sep 2006
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Adam Klocek, Sinfonia Varsovia
Classical - Released by DUX on 1 Sep 2013
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Dedication: Symphonic Music
Wroclaw Score Orchestra, Sinfonia Varsovia, Jakub Haufa, Lee Holdridge, Warsaw Philharmonic Choir
Classical - Released by Solo Musica on 17 Mar 2017
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Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 7
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Yehudi Menuhin Conducts Beethoven's Symphony No.5 & 7
Classical - Released by Vantage Music on 12 Oct 2016
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Suite and Serious
Sinfonia Varsovia, Sinfonia Varsovia; Ian Hobson
Classical - Released by Albany Records on 1 Jul 2007
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Bel Raggio - Rossini Arias
Aleksandra Kurzak, Sinfonia Varsovia, Pier Giorgio Morandi
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on 1 Jan 2013
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Beethoven: Symphonies Nos.1 & 3
Classical - Released by imp on 1 Jan 2000
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Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 8
Sinfonia Varsovia, Yehudi Menuhin
Classical - Released by imp on 1 Jan 2000
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Nowowiejski: Folk Paintings Op. 18
Classical - Released by WM Poland - WMI on 25 May 2018
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Great American Orchestral Music, Vol. 5
Classical - Released by Albany Records on 1 Jan 2018
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Morawski: Symphonic Poems
Sinfonia Varsovia, Monika Wolinska
Classical - Released by CD Accord on 1 May 2012
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Canfield: 3 "After" Concertos
Hayrapet Arakelyan, Rachel Patrick, Sinfonia Varsovia, Ian Hobson
Classical - Released by Toccata Classics on 6 May 2016
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