Lutoslawski / Kusiewicz / Malicki Carols CD

Unlike Witold Lutoslawski's Folk Melodies for piano(1945), which instantly became extremely popular, his Christmas carols were performed relatively rarely, despite the fact that the collection was published as soon as 1947. It was only in April 1980 that tenor Piotr Kusiewicz, freshly out of music school in Gdansk, introduced the carols onto the musical circuit. Starting in 1981, Kusiewicz and pianist Waldemar Malicki subsequently performed the work several dozen times in musical centers across Poland. The present CD is of a recording made in 1986 in the Radio Gdansk studio.

1. The Angels Said to the Shepherds 2. It Was Already Midnight 3. Jesus, Lovely Flower 4. Hola, Hola, Shepherds from the Fields 5. Hey, Hey, Thou Lily Virgin Mary 6. He Is Lying in a Manger 7. When Christ Was Born 8. They Hurried to Bethlehem 9. Tiny Jesus 10. Hey! We Rejoice 11. When the Lovely Maiden 12. Hey, on the Day of the Nativity 13. And What with This Child? 14. We Shepherds Too 15. The Little Babe 16. Sleep, Little Jesus 17. The Gentle Shepherds 18. Of the Lord's Birth 19. The Most Blessed Maiden Walked on Earth 20. God Is Born