PWM Edition 100 For 100 - Musical Decade Of Freedom (36CDs)

100 for 100 Musical Decades of Freedom Recordings is a unique 36 CD box curated with care and presented here for the first time outside of Poland. Presented as a luxury box set, the collection contains not only 36 CDs of Polish music, but is accompanied by detailed programme notes in the form of score-sized booklets in a premium drawer section contained within the main box. Endorsed by the National Patronage of the President of the Republic of Poland Andrzej Duda to mark the Centenary of Regaining Independence, the project was financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland as part of the Multi-Annual Programme Niepodlegla 20172022. The recordings are performed by a 'who's who' of Polish musicians, including the Warsaw Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra and the Polish National Opera amongst a plethora of others. Each CD represents a decade of music relevant to the era so the resulting 36 CD box is a wonderful exploration of Polish music. Composers include Szymanowski, Sikorski, Rogowski, Tansman, Morawski, Wiechowicz, Kondracki and Laks, the music represented is within all styles - ballet, opera, orchestral and chamber works. The last disc ends with, as you'd expect, Krzysztof Penderecki 'Fanfare for the Independent Poland'.