wlodzimierz kotonski “electronic & instrumental music” compact disc-recordable

• aela (10:40) 1971
  
• skrzydla • les ailes (8:21) 1974
  
  
• muzyka na 16 talerzy i okiestre smyczkowa • music for 16 cymbals and string orchestra (14:58) 1969
  
• kwintet dety • the wind quintet (10:14) 1964

creel pone press release...

this creel pone edition includes: 1 x crystal-clear re-sealable polypropylene cd sleeve with a green / gold foil stamp affixed to the exterior 1 x double-sided professionally printed full-color semi-gloss photo-stock booklet 1 x six-color inkjet-printed compact disc-recordable in a high-density round-bottom cd sleeve side a 1. aela realizacja: "studio eksperymentalne polskiego radia w warszawie realization: "”studio eksperymentalne” of the polish radio at warsaw 2. skrzydta • les ailes realizacja • realization: groupe de musique experimentale de bourges side b 3. muzyka na 16 talerzy i orkiestre smyczkowa • music for 16 cymbals and string orchestra wielka orkiestra symfoniczna radia i telewizji w katowicach polish radio national symphony orchestra jerzy maksymiuk - conductor 4. kwintet det • the wind quintet den norske blasekvintett (oslo) • norweski kwintet blaszany per 0ien - flute; erik niord larsen - oboe; erik andresen - clarinette; torleiv nedberg - fagott; odd ulleberg - horn. realizatorzy • performents eugeniusz rudnik (1); wlodzimierz kotonski (2) tadeusz nowak (3); andrzej solczak (4) proj, graf.: st. zakowski foto: a. zborski the musical output of wlodzimierz kotoriski is an important component of polish modern music, the latter having won a world-wide recognition and the name of "the polish school of composition". this is due to a number of very talented composers, now in their middle-age, one of whom is wlodzimierz kotonski. he is an artist of very broad views and wide interests who has implanted many of the most radical and latest developments in world music in the polish medium. wlodzimierz kotonski, born in warsaw in 1925, graduated in composition from the state higher school of music in that city, where he studied with piotr rytel and tadeosz szeligowski. in his early period he was mainly interested in folk-music, that of tatro region in particular, which he used in his own piece’s. in the 1950-ties he engaged in the musical searches of the world avant-garde, which subsequently brought about a radical change in his idiom. wlodzimierz kotonski has written many orchestral, chamber and electronic pieces - the latter playing a major part in his output - as well as music for film and theatre. on this record you will find four compositions dating from the years 1964-1974: two electronic and two orchestral pieces which express the composer's various interests and the specific features of his technique. the first of the pieces is an electronic composition, "aela". its title is an anagram of the latin word "alea" (dice) and indicates the essential part aleatorism plays in the piece's structure. its material consist of sine wave tones based on a scale comprising an array of harmonics of the sound whose base is 25 hz. the work is made up of 9 structures that are a sort of variations of the same material, the details of which were determined, within the assumed framework, by lot, e.g. casting of dice, drawing of cards, etc. the composition was made at the “studio eksperymentalne" of the polish radio in warsaw. "les ailes" - "wings", also an electronic composition, was recorded three years later at the groupe de musique experimentale de bourges in france, having been comissioned by them. according to the composer's commentary the title of the piece has a double meaning: it refers to the form of the composition made up of two "wings" with a body in the middle, metaphorically however it reflects the longing of man to detach himself from earth both physically and spiritually. the material came this time form three synthi synthesizers and the final outlet of the piece was achieved by simple mixing. "music for 16 cymbals and string orchestra" (1969), which reveals yet another area of interest of the composer who is an outstanding expert in percussion instruments as well (w. kotonski has written a remarkable book, translated into foreign languages, "the percussion instruments in a contemporary orchestra", 1966). with his experience in this field he penetrates consistently the unexplored grounds in search of new, original sound qualities, something he has been doing, by the way, in almost every one of his compositions. the "wind quintet", written in 1964, is one in a string of wlodzimierz kotonski's many chamber pieces. it brings consistently into effect the basic idea of chamber music, each of the performers being both the soloist and partner in the ensemble. hence numerous virtuoso elements of particular instrumental parts and all possible configurations of the instruments, as well as numerous solo fragments. having been intended for the distinguished chamber music players of the national philharmonic in warsaw, it is played this time by the excellent ensemble of the norwegian wood wind quintet. trans. l. wiewiorkowski

“archival series. musique concrète soundtracks to experimental short films 1962-1964. volume three.” three inch compact disc recordable

• les amours de la pieuvre (dir: painleve 1964)
  music: pierry henry
  
  
• labyrinthe (dir: lenica 1962)
  music: wlodzimierz kotonski

“archival series. musique concrète soundtracks to experimental short films 1957-1964. volume two.” three inch compact disc recordable

• jeux des anges (dir: borowczyk 1964)
  music: bernard parmegiani
  
  
• dom (dir: borowczyk & lenica 1957)
  music: wlodzimierz kotonski