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Welcome to the Acte Préalable Website

Afin que les oeuvres humaines accomplies durant les siècles ne se perdent pas dans la nuit de l'oublie, il est bon et juste de maintenir leur mémoire et de la léguer à la postérité.

Henryk Sienkiewicz

The Acte Préalable Publishing House is an unquestionable worldwide leader on the classical music market in terms of premiere recordings of Polish music. The label was founded in 1997 with a principal aim of promoting Polish classical music and the following figures attest to this dedication: over 200 CDs available in the catalogue, including over 100 Polish composers, of which 50 were recorded for the first time, accounting for more than 400 Polish works, mostly first recordings, unavailable elsewhere.

Our albums are recorded by the foremost Polish artists, being an excellent introduction into the Polish musical culture. What is more, the covers to our records present outstanding works of mostly Polish painting and contemporary photography. The booklet notes, written by distinguished specialists, provide in many cases an indispensable compendium of knowledge that could hardly be found anywhere else.

Our recordings are popular with music connoisseurs around the world and are well reviewed by the international press.

Jan A. Jarnicki

 

The Wydawnictwo Muzyczne Acte Préalable (Acte Préalable Music Publishing) and Jan A. Jarnicki would like to announce their Seventh Recording Project Competition called "Polish Forgotten Music".

The competition is addressed to all performers, soloists and ensembles, regardless of their nationality, education, age, and place of residence, who have not released before, or are not in the process of releasing, a recording with music. In order to take part in the competition, you need to submit the following information to the Publisher (e-mails are acceptable) by 28 February 2010:

1) curriculum vitae with photos of all the competitors (artists, ensemble; if the ensemble is larger than a sextet the information should concern only the ensemble);
2) signed declaration stating that the artists have not released a musical record before (each artist if the ensemble is not larger than a sextet);
3) project of the repertoire written by Polish composers or by those composers who had close links with Poland and who died no later than 1940. The repertoire must fulfil the programmatic requirements of the competition;
4) sample recording of any repertoire (on CD-R or by e-mail).

The organisers will decide on the winner of the competition until 31 March 2009 and will announce the results in the May issue of the Muzyka21 magazine. The Publisher will record the project of the winner and then release it in CD format. The Publisher reserves the right to modify the project. Projects containing music by only one composer are favoured. In the moment of submitting the project, the competitors must be in possession of all the score materials necessary for the recording process, the rights to perform and record it, as well as permission from all the artists who are going to take part in the recording. The winner of the competition will have four months to prepare the repertoire. Afterwards, the Publisher will set the date of the rehearsal, and then there will be a decision concerning the date of the recording sessions.

The competition organiser's address:

Acte Préalable Music Publishing
PO Box 71 - 02-800 Warsaw 93
tel./fax 0 - 22 648 88 38 · actepre_konkurs@interia.eu
www.acteprealable.com

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Polish Songs
Chopin - Moniuszko - Karłowicz - Paderewski

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Zygmunt Stojowski (1870-1946)
Violin concerto - Romance - II Sonata

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François Devienne (1759-1803)
6 Duos Concertants pour Flute et Alto Op. 5

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Aleksander Tansman (1897-1986)
Mazurkas vol. II & III; Deux pieces pour piano; Valse-Impromptu pour piano; Mazurka a Andres Segovia

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Together in Music
Icelandic & Polish Flute Music

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Juliusz Łuciuk (1927)
Sonorous Piano Visions

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Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778-1837)
Potpourri op. 94 - Works for viola

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Juliusz Łuciuk (1927)
Piano concertino - Concerto for double bass

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Ryszard (1942) & Aleksander Gabryś (1974)
Music for strings

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Juliusz Łuciuk (1927)
Wings and Hands

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Mariusz Klimek
Sekret

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Romuald Twardowski
Exegi monumentum

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Michael Garrett (1944)
Piano works

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Kwintet Śląskich Kameralistów
ba... ROCKOWO

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Zygmunt Noskowski (1846-1909)
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