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Antoni Wit

*1944 PL, Kraków
Conductor of Classical

Antoni Wit (born 1944, Kraków) is a Polish conductor. He is the present musical director of the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, he has recorded over 90 albums, most of them for the Naxos label, and specializes in the works of Polish composers.

     
Genres
  • Classical
  • Folk
  • Soundtrack
Plays With
Orquesta Pablo Sarasate
Orquesta Sinfónica de Navarra
The National Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra
Popular Tracks   
Requiem in D Minor, K. 626: Sequence: VI. Lacrimosa dies illa on Movie Classics by Antoni Wit & Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
3 Pieces in Old Style: No. 1, Aria on Penderecki: Sinfoniettas - Oboe Capriccio by Krzysztof Penderecki, Antoni Wit & Warsaw Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra
Andante spianato on Relaxing Chopin by Frédéric Chopin, Idil Biret, Eldar Nebolsin, Maria Kliegel, Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra & Antoni Wit
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Variation No. 18 (Featured in "Somewhere In Time") on Rachmaninov: Piano Works by Sergei Rachmaninoff, Bernd Glemser, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra & Antoni Wit
Piano Concerto in E Major, Op. 59: II. Andante on Moszkowski: Piano Concerto in E Major / From Foreign Lands by Moritz Moszkowski, Markus Pawlik, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra & Antoni Wit
Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 21: Iii. Allegretto vivace on Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 - Variations on La ci darem - Andante spianato and Grande polonaise brillante by Frédéric Chopin, Eldar Nebolsin, Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra & Antoni Wit
Introduction and Rondo capriccioso in A Minor on Saint-Saens: Violin Concerto No. 3 / Caprice Andalous by Camille Saint-Saëns, Dong-Suk Kang, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra & Antoni Wit
Requiem in D Minor, K. 626: Sequence: I. Dies irae on Movie Classics by Antoni Wit & Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Má vlast, JB 1:112: No. 2, Vltava (My Country: Moldau) on Smetana: Ma Vlast by Bedřich Smetana, Antoni Wit & Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Die Walküre, Act III: Ride of the Valkyries (Apocalypse Now) on Movie Classics by Antoni Wit & Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra

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Band Members
Discography



Title Artist Year Type
Rachmaninov Edition: The Complete Solo Piano Music And The Piano ConcertosIdil Biret, Antoni Wit, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra2017Compil.
Mass In D; Te DeumAntonín Dvořák, Ewa Biegas, Marina Rodríguez-Cusí, Javier Tomé, José Antonio López, Orquesta Sinfónica de Navarra, Antoni Wit2017Album
Magnificat - KadiszKrzysztof Penderecki, Antoni Wit, The National Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra2015Album
WorksKrzysztof Penderecki, Antoni Wit2013Album
Piano Concerto 'Resurrection', Flute ConcertoKrzysztof Penderecki, Barry Douglas, Lukász Dlugosz, Antoni Wit, The National Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra2013Album
Symphony No. 8 'Polish Flowers'Mieczysław Weinberg, Rafał Bartmiński, The National Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra Choir, Antoni Wit2013Album
Sinfoniettas • Oboe Capriccio / Three Pieces In Old Style • Serenade • IntermezzoKrzysztof Penderecki, Artur Pachlewski • Jean-Louis Capezzali, Warsaw Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra • Antoni Wit2012Album
Canticum Canticorum Salomonis • Kosmogonia / Hymne An Den Heiligen Adalbert • Song Of The Cherubim • StrophenKrzysztof Penderecki, Olga Pasichnyk • Rafał Bartmiński • Tomasz Konieczny • Jerzy Artysz, The National Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra Choir And The National Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra • Antoni Wit2012Album
Taras Bulba, Lachian Dances, Moravian DancesLeoš Janáček, The National Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted By Antoni Wit2012Album
Fonogrammi • Horn Concerto • Partita • The Awakening Of Jacob • Anaklasis • De Natura SonorisKrzysztof Penderecki - Antoni Wit, The National Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Urszula Janik, Jennifer Montone, Elżbieta Stefańska-Łukowicz2012Album
Serenade, Op. 2 / Violin Concerto, Op. 8Mieczysław Karłowicz, Ilya Kaler, The National Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Antoni Wit2011Album
'Rebirth' Symphony, Op. 7 / Bianca Da Molena, Op. 6Mieczysław Karłowicz, The National Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Antoni Wit2011Album
Symphony No.3 «Song Of The Night», Symphony No.4 «Symphonie Concertante»Karol Szymanowski – Ryszard Minkiewicz, Jan Krzysztof Broja, The National Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra Choir, The National Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Antoni Wit2011Album
Piano Concerto No. 2 / Variations On 'Là Ci Darem La Mano' / Andante Spianato And Grande Polonaise BrillanteFrédéric Chopin, Eldar Nebolsin, The National Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Antoni Wit2011Album
Viola Concerto • Cello Concerto No. 2Krzysztof Penderecki, Grigory Zhislin, Tatjana Vassiljeva, The National Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Antoni Wit2011Album
Symphonies Nos.1 And 2Karol Szymanowski – The National Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Antoni Wit2011Album
Szenen Aus Goethe's FaustRobert Schumann, Warsaw Boys Choir, The National Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra Choir And The National Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Antoni Wit2011Album
CredoKrzysztof Penderecki / Warsaw Boys Choir / The National Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra Choir / The National Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra / Antoni Wit2010Album
Symphonies No. 4Krzysztof Penderecki, Antoni Wit, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra2010Album
Piano Concerto No. 1Frédéric Chopin, Eldar Nebolsin, The National Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Antoni Wit2010Album
Piano Concertos Vol. 3: Concerto No. 5 In E Flat Major, Op. 73 (Emperor) / Choral Fantasia In C Minor, Op. 80Ludwig van Beethoven - Idil Biret, Bilkent Symphony Orchestra, Antoni Wit2009Album
Harnasie (Ballet-Pantomime) • Mandragora • Prince Potemkin, Incidental Music to Act VKarol Szymanowski / Wiesław Ochman • Alexander Pinderak • Ewa Marciniec, The National Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra And The National Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra Choir • Antoni Wit2009Album
Piano Concertos Vol. 2: Concerto No. 3 In C Minor, Op. 37 / Concerto No. 4 In G Major, Op. 58Ludwig van Beethoven - Idil Biret, Bilkent Symphony Orchestra, Antoni Wit2009Album
UtrenjaKrzysztof Penderecki, Iwona Hossa • Agnieszka Rehlis • Piotr Kusiewicz • Piotr Nowacki • Gennady Bezzubenkov • Warsaw Boys Choir, The National Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra Choir And The National Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Antoni Wit2009Album
Violin ConcertosBenjamin Britten / Karol Szymanowski - Frank Peter Zimmermann, Sveriges Radios Symfoniorkester, Manfred Honeck, The National Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Antoni Wit2009Album
Symphonies Nos. 1 And 4Karol Szymanowski, Jan Krzysztof, The National Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Antoni Wit2009Album
Strauss - Symphonia Domestica / Metamorphosen - WitAntoni Wit, Staatskapelle Weimar, Richard Strauss2009Album
Works For Cellos And OrchestraKrzysztof Penderecki, Ivan Monighetti, Arto Noras, Rafał Kwiatkowski, The National Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Antoni Wit2008Album
Symphony No. 8 / Dies Irae • Aus Den Psalmen DavidsKrzysztof Penderecki, Michaela Kaune • Agnieszka Rehlis • Wojtek Drabowicz • Anna Lubańska • Ryszard Minkiewicz • Jarosłàw Bręk, The National Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra Choir And The National Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Antoni Wit2008Album
Piano Concertos Vol. 1: Concerto No. 1 In C Major, Op. 15 / Concerto No. 2 In B Flat Major, Op. 19Ludwig van Beethoven - Idil Biret, Bilkent Symphony Orchestra, Antoni Wit2008Album
Overtures - Der Freischütz • Euryanthe • Oberon • Preciosa • Turandot • Silvana • Abu HassanCarl Maria von Weber - The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Antoni Wit2008Album
An Alpine SymphonyRichard Strauss - Staatskapelle Weimar, Antoni Wit2006Album
Symphony No. 8 'Symphony Of A Thousand'Gustav Mahler, The National Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, The National Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra Choir, Polish Radio Choir, Antoni Wit2006Album
Piano Concerto / Bogurodzica • Grey Mist • KościelecWojciech Kilar - Waldemar Malicki, Wiesław Ochman, The National Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra Choir, The National Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Antoni Wit2006Album
Symphony No. 7 'Seven Gates Of Jerusalem'Krzysztof Penderecki / Olga Pasichnyk, Aga Mikolaj, Ewa Marciniec, Wiesław Ochman, Romuald Tesarowicz, Boris Carmeli, The National Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra Choir, The National Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Antoni Wit2006Album
Twenty Polish Christmas Carols • Lacrimosa • Five SongsWitold Lutoslawski, Olga Pasichnyk, Jadwiga Rappé, Polish Radio Chorus Of Krakow, Włodzimierz Siedlik, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Antoni Wit2005Album
A Polish RequiemKrzysztof Penderecki, Izabella Kłosińska • Jadwiga Rappé • Ryszard Minkiewicz • Piotr Nowacki, The National Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra Choir And The National Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra • Antoni Wit2004Album
Orchestral Works Volume 4 - Violin Concertos Nos. 1 And 2Krzysztof Penderecki / Konstanty Andrzej Kulka / Chee-Yun / Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra / Antoni Wit2003Album
St Luke PassionKrzysztof Penderecki - Izabella Kłosińska • Adam Kruszewski • Romuald Tesarowicz • Krzysztof Kolberger • Jaroslaw Malanowicz • Warsaw Boys Choir • The National Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra Choir And The National Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra • Antoni Wit2003Album
Angelus, Exodus, KrzesanyWojciech Kilar - Hasmik Papian, Chór Filharmonii Im. Karola Szymanowskiego W Krakowie, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Antoni Wit2001Album
Symphony No. 2 'Copernican' • Beatus VirHenryk Górecki, Antoni Wit, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra2001Album
Preludes And Fugue For 13 Solo Strings • Three Postludes • Fanfares (Orchestral Works, Vol. 7)Witold Lutoslawski - Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Antoni Wit2001Album
Piano Concerto No. 1 / Introduction And AllegroJohannes Brahms, Robert Schumann, Jenö Jandó, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Antoni Wit2000Album
Orchestral Works Vol. 3 (Symphonies Nos. 2 And 4)Krzysztof Penderecki - Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Antoni Wit2000Album
Piano Concertos Nos 2 And 3Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff, Idil Biret, Antoni Wit, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra2000Album
Orchestral Works Vol. 1 - Symphony No. 3 • ThrenodyKrzysztof Penderecki, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Antoni Wit2000Album
Turangalîla Symphony / L'ascensionOlivier Messiaen / François Weigel, Thomas Bloch, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Antoni Wit2000Album
Orchestral Works Vol. 2 - Symphonies Nos. 1 & 5Krzysztof Penderecki, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Antoni Wit2000Album
Piano Concerto No. 2 / Introduction And Allegro AppassionatoJohannes Brahms, Robert Schumann, Idil Biret, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Antoni Wit2000Album
Piano Concerto / Polish Fantasy / OvertureIgnacy Jan Paderewski - Janina Fialkowska, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Antoni Wit1999Album
Piano Concertos Nos. 2 And 3Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff - Antoni Wit - Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra - Bernd Glemser1999Album
Orchestral Works, Vol. 6Witold Lutoslawski, Olga Pasichnyk, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Antoni Wit1999Album
Violin Concertos Nos. 1 And 2Béla Bartók - György Pauk / Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra / Antoni Wit1999Album
Piano Concerto In E Major • Suite For Orchestra, "From Foreign Lands"Moritz Moszkowski / Markus Pawlik, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Antoni Wit1998Album
Concerto For Cello And Orchestra (Livre Pour Orchestre • Novelette • Chain No. 3)Witold Lutoslawski, Andrzej Bauer, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Antoni Wit1998Album
Orchestral Works, Vol. 5Witold Lutoslawski, Camerata Silesia, Anna Szostak, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Antoni Wit1998Album
Piano Concertos Nos. 1 And 4 / Rhapsody On A Theme Of PaganiniSergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff : Bernd Glemser · Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra · Antoni Wit1998Album
Adagio MahlerGustav Mahler - Antoni Wit, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra1997Compil.
Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2Dmitri Shostakovich, Ilya Kaler, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Antoni Wit1997Album
Violin Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 Sonata for Solo ViolinSergei Prokofiev, Tedi Papavrami, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Antoni Wit1996Album
Symphony No. 3 • Paganini Variations • Paroles Tissées • Les Espaces Du SommeilWitold Lutoslawski - Bernd Glemser, Piotr Kusiewicz, Adam Kruszewski, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Antoni Wit1996Album
Cello Concertos Nos. 1 And 2Dmitri Shostakovich - Maria Kliegel, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Antoni Wit1996Album
Symphonies Nos. 1 "Spring" And 3 "Rhenish"Robert Schumann, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Antoni Wit1996Album
Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 44 / Concert Fantasy, Op. 56Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Bernd Glemser, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Antoni Wit1996Album
Symphony No. 4 / Partita For Violin And Orchestra / Chain II • Funeral Music • InterludeWitold Lutoslawski, Krzysztof Bąkowski, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Antoni Wit1996Album
Symphony No. 2 (Little Suite • Symphonic Variations / Concerto For Piano And Orchestra)Witold Lutoslawski, Piotr Paleczny, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Antoni Wit1996Album
Piano Concertos Nos. 1 And 3 / Andante And Finale, Op. 79Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Bernd Glemser, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Antoni Wit1996Album
Violin Concertos Nos. 1 And 2 / Faust FantasyHenryk Wieniawski, Marat Bisengaliev, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Antoni Wit1996Album
Symphony No. 3 / Symphony No. 10 (Adagio)Gustav Mahler, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Antoni Wit1995Album
Má Vlast (My Country • Mein Vaterland)Bedřich Smetana, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Antoni Wit1994Album
A Hero's Song, Op. 111 • Czech Suite, Op. 39 • Hussite Overture, Op. 67 • Festival March, Op. 54Antonín Dvořák, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Antoni Wit1994Album
Dvorák: Piano Concerto, Op. 33; The Water Goblin, Op. 107Jenö Jandó, Antonín Dvořák, Antoni Wit, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra1994Album
Symphonies Nos. 2 and 4Robert Schumann, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Antoni Wit1994Album
Symphony No. 3 (Symphony Of Sorrowful Songs) / 3 Olden Style PiecesHenryk Górecki - Zofia Kilanowicz, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Antoni Wit1994Album
Éclairs Sur L'Au-DelàOlivier Messiaen - Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Antoni Wit1994Album
Fantasias After Shakespeare: Romeo & Juliet, The Tempest, HamletPyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Adrian Leaper, Antoni Wit1994Album
Violin Concerto No. 3 • Introduction And Rondo Capriccioso • Caprice Andalous • Morceau De ConcertCamille Saint-Saëns, Dong-Suk Kang, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Antoni Wit1994Album
Piano Concertos: G Major • D Major (For The Left Hand) / Nights In The Gardens Of SpainMaurice Ravel / Manuel De Falla, François-Joël Thiollier, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Antoni Wit1994Album
Symphony No. 5, Op. 64 / The Storm, Op. 76Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Antoni Wit1993Album
Symphony No. 6 In A Minor "Tragic"Gustav Mahler - Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Antoni Wit1993Album
Symphony No. 3 "Polish" / The Tempest Op. 18Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Antoni Wit1993Album
Symphony No.4 In G MajorGustav Mahler - Lynda Russell, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Antoni Wit1993Album
Symphony No. 6 “Pathétique” / Francesca Da RiminiPyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Antoni Wit1993Album
Sérénade Pour Orchestre A Cordes/Concerto Pour Violon Et OrchestreMieczysław Karłowicz, Kaja Danczowska, Polish Radio Orchestra Of Krakow, Antoni Wit1992Album
Symphony No. 5Gustav Mahler - Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Antoni Wit1992Album
Piano Concertos No.2, Op.16 - No.5, Op.55Sergei Prokofiev, Kun Woo Paik, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Antoni Wit1992Album
Piano Concertos No. 1, Op. 10 · No. 3, Op. 26 · No. 4, Op. 53Sergei Prokofiev, Kun Woo Paik, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Antoni Wit1992Album
Dvorak Cello Concerto in B minor, Tchaikovsky Variations on a Rococo ThemeKo Iwasaki, Antoni Wit, Wielka Orkiestra Symfoniczna Radia i Telewizji1990Album
"Don Quixote" / Romanze F-DurRichard Strauss, Julius Berger, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Antoni Wit, Andrzej Straszyński1988Album
Koncert Skrzypcowy D-dur Op. 77Johannes Brahms, Vadim Brodski Dyrygent Antoni Wit1987Album
Concerto For Viola And Orchestra / The Awakening Of Jacob / Adagietto From „Paradise Lost”Krzysztof Penderecki - Stefan Kamasa, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Antoni Wit1987Album
Angelus, ExodusWojciech Kilar - Delfina Ambroziak, Chór Polskiego Radia i Telewizji w Krakowie, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Antoni Wit1986Album
Complete Works for Violin and OrchestraPyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Vadim Brodski, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Antoni Wit1985Album
Orchestral Works / Orchesterwerke / L'Oeuvre D'OrchestreKarol Szymanowski, Jacek Kaspszyk · Jerzy Semkow · Antoni Wit1982Album
Vadim Bridsky Plays Sibelius And Tchaikovsky Violin ConcertosVadim Brodsky, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jerzy Salwarowski, Antoni WitAlbum
Gesamtwerk Für Violoncello Und OrchesterMax Bruch - Julius Berger, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Antoni WitAlbum
Gesamtwerk Für Violoncello & OrchesterErnest Bloch, Julius Berger, Antoni Wit, Polish National Radio Symphony OrchestraAlbum
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