recording projects

2021/22/23 season

Opus magnum

PENDERECKI: OPUS MAGNUM
recording of the complete symphonies

ICCM’s inaugural season kicks off with an ambitious project by London’s top orchestras: a recording of Penderecki’s complete symphonies. The project should be completed in two years and will be offered as a 5-CD box set. This will be the first time that non-Polish orchestras of world standing have given Penderecki such recognition.

Opus magnum will be launched in the fall of 2022 with a series of five public concerts in London entitled Penderecki Retrospective. The recordings and the concerts will be conducted by Zvonimir Hačko who will lead the orchestras, choruses and world-renowned soloists in this fête of Penderecki’s music.

Stay tuned – more information to come.

Penderecki in his library

PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA
CONTEMPORARY WOMEN COMPOSERS, Vol. 1

Geir Draugsvoll, bayan

Recording dates: May 2022, London
Soloist: Geir Draugsvoll, bayan

Conductor: Zvonimir Hačko

Repertoire:

Clarice Assad: Lendas Brasileiras (Brazilian Legends) (2022)
for orchestra (world premiere recording)

Sofia Gubaidulina: Fachwerk (2009)
for solo bayan, percussion and strings

Anna Clyne: <<rewind<< (2005-2006)
for orchestra

Studio: tba
Producer: Nick Parker, UK

Sound Engineer: Mike Hatch, UK/Signum

Label: Signum Records, London

LaVerdi ORCHESTRA SINFONICA DI MILANO
GIAN CARLO MENOTTI

Aleksandar Serdar, piano

Recording dates: August 2022, Milan
Soloists: Aleksander Serdar
Conductor: Zvonimir Hačko

Repertoire:

Menotti: Piano Concerto (1945)

Menotti: Triplo Concerto a Tre (1970)

Menotti: Apocalisse (Apocalypse) (1951)

Studio: Auditorium di Milano, Milano
Producer/Engineer: Michael Seberich, Bolzano
Recording label: Signum Records, London

LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
AMERICAN MASTERS SERIES

Jennifer Higdon & John Adams
Eighth Blackbird

Recording dates: August/September 2022, London
Soloists: Eight Blackbird
Conductor: Zvonimir Hačko

Repertoire:

Jennifer Higdon: On a Wire (2010)
Concerto for sextet & orchestra

John Adams: Harmonielehre (1985)
for orchestra

Studio: Abbey Road Studios, London
Producer: Anna Berry, UK
Sound Engineer: Mike Hatch, UK
Label: Signum Records, London

ORCHESTRA OF ST. LUKE’S
Bouquet De MusiQUE

Recording dates: December 2022, New York
Solists: Lidija & Sanja Bizjak piano duo
Conductor: Zvonimir Hačko

Repertoire:

Isidora Žebeljan: The Horses of St. Mark (2004)
an illumination for orchestra

Isidora Žebeljan: Selište (Deserted Village) (1987)
for string orchestra

Dobrinka Tabakova: Together Remember to Dance (2017)
concerto for 2 pianos, percussion & strings

Bohuslav Martinů: Double Concerto (1938)
for two string orchestras, piano and timpani

Recording venue: The DiMenna Center, Cary Hall, New York City

Producer: Blanton Alsbaugh, USA

Sound Engineers: Lawrence Manchester and Isaiah Abolin, USA

Label: Signum Records, London

LONDON SINFONIETTA
CONTEMPORARY POLISH SCHOOL

VARIOUS SOLOISTS

Recording dates: February 2023, London
Soloists: various
Conductor: Zvonimir Hačko

Repertoire:

Krysztof Penderecki: Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima (1960)
for 52 strings

Paweł Szymańsky: “K” for orchestra (1972)

Wojciech Błażejczyk: Concerto for Electric Guitar & Orchestra (v. 2020)

Agata Zubel: Chamber Piano Concerto (2018)
for piano & chamber orchestra

Paweł Mykietyn: “Prank” for chamber orchestra (2020)

Recording venue: tba, London
Producer: tba
Sound Engineers: tba
Label: Signum Records, London

BUDAPEST SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
BORIS PAPANDOPULO

Recording Dates: March, 2023, Budapest
Soloists: Jan Bartoš, piano; Soprano tba
Conductor: Zvonimir Hačko

Repertoire:

Papandopulo: Vrzino kolo (Witches’ Dance) KM 94 (1958)
for piano and large orchestra

Papandopulo: 2nd Symphony, KM 21 (1946)
for mezzosoprano and orchestra

Studio: Tom-Tom, Budapest

Producer: Zsuzsa Dvorak, Hungary

Sound Engineer: Tamás Kurina, Hungary
Label:
Signum Records, London

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