Robert Muczynski (1929-2010)
Mouvements pour quintette à vents, op. 16

Witold Lutoslawski (1913-1994)
Fantaisie sur des mélodies populaires, pour quintette à vents

Tadeusz Stachowski (1936-2004)
Pezzo grazioso, pour quintette à cordes

Romuald Twardowski (1930-)
Petit tryptique pour quintette à vents

Antoni Szalowski (1907-1973)
Quinette pour flûte, hautbois, clarinette, basson et cor

Cracow Golden Quintet

Natalia Jarzabek, flûte
Kamil Kuc, hautbois
Tomasz Sowa, clarinette
Malgorzata Wygoda, basson
Konrad Golda, cor

The pieces included on this CD continue the musical thought taken up by the Cracow Golden Quintet in 2020 on the album Polish Wind Quintets (DUX 1685). The present album introduces further outstanding pieces by 20th- and 21st-century Polish composers, and the aim of the series is to record complete wind quintets by Polish composers. The compilation on this album contains pieces originally written for this ensemble, inspired by the spirit of the 20th-century European school of neoclassicism; there are also influences of Polish folklore, American jazz, sacred music and sonoristic avant-garde. The combination of instruments of varying range and timbre creates unlimited possibilities for presenting different moods, and the Cracow ensemble – a multiple winner of international chamber music competitions – uses the full virtuoso and lyrical potential of wind instruments in its interpretations.