Wojciech Kilar
Even though many listeners may be most familiar with the Polish composer Wojciech Kilar's work through his score for Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992), his compositions also include numerous highly successful orchestral works, in addition to many vocal and chamber pieces. Following a rigorous education in Eastern Europe, the composer began to take several prizes, and continued to do so throughout his career. His formal training in piano and composition began in 1950 at the State Higher School of Music in Katowice with B. Woytowicz and continued with him at the State Higher School of Music in Kraków between 1955-1958. During the same period of time (1957), he attended summer classes at Darmstadt. Shortly after he completed his training with Woytowicz, he received a French government scholarship that allowed him to further his education in composition, this time in Paris with Nadia Boulanger (1959 - 1960). The year he finished these studies, his Oda Béla Bartók in memoriam gained him the Lili Boulanger Award. Prizes that followed included the Polish Composer's Union Award (1975), the Polish State Award (1980), the Alfred Jurzykowski Foundation Prize (1984), an ASCAP Award (1992), and the Sonderpreis des Kulturpreis Schlesein des Landes Niedersachsen (1996).
Kilar's orchestral (symphonies, symphonic poems, concertos, etc.) and stage works (11 scores total) are very widely recorded, the former exclusively under the Milan label and the latter under a wider selection of recording companies like Olympia, Erato, London, Silva Screen, and Varese Sarabande. Of his compositions that have been recorded, most are excerpts from his film scores, which include L'année du soleil calme, La chronique des événements amoureux, Full Gallop (Cwal), Hypothesis (Hipoteza) (1973), Land of Promise (Ziemia Obiecana) (1975), The Portrait of a Lady (1996), and La terre de la grande promesse.
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Discography
10 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Fantôme avec Chauffeur (Bande originale du film de Gérard Oury avec Philippe Noiret, Gérard Jugnot et Jean-Luc Bideau)
Film Soundtracks - Released by Larghetto on Dec 2, 2022
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Wilcze echa
Film Soundtracks - Released by GAD Records on Jan 28, 2022
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Le Roi et l'Oiseau (Bande originale du film)
Film Soundtracks - Released by Playtime on Jan 2, 2007
The Qobuz Essential Discography16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
A Collection of His Work
Film Soundtracks - Released by Milan on Apr 13, 1992
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Requiem pour le Père Kolbe
Pop - Released by Jade on Jun 10, 2013
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Il Sole Nero (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Film Soundtracks - Released by Creazioni Artistiche Musicali on May 21, 2012
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Napoléon et l'Europe (Bande originale de la série)
TV Series - Released by Music Box - UPPM on Mar 11, 2013
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Sound Tracks
The Studio Orchestra, Jirí Hudec
Film Soundtracks - Released by Campion on Aug 9, 1994
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Sami swoi (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Film Soundtracks - Released by GAD Records on Aug 27, 2021
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Cała naprzód! / Giuseppe w Warszawie (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Film Soundtracks - Released by GAD Records on Feb 26, 2021
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo