Short bio Tadeusz Baird
Full biography Tadeusz Baird
Tadeusz Baird was a Polish composer who lived from 1928 to 1981. He was born in Grodzisk Mazowiecki and studied at the State Higher School of Music in Warsaw, where he later became a professor.
Baird's music reflected his fascination with the human mind and emotions. His compositions were often introspective and sought to explore the depths of the human psyche. Many of his works reflect his interest in psychoanalysis and philosophy.
Baird was also interested in the natural world, and his compositions often incorporated sounds and motifs from nature. This is particularly evident in his orchestral work "Colas Breugnon Overture," which features bird songs and other natural sounds.
Baird was a prolific composer, and his works span a range of genres, including symphonies, chamber music, and operas. One of his most famous compositions is his "Four Essays," which explores different moods and emotions through four separate movements.
Despite the political turmoil of the time, Baird managed to maintain artistic freedom and produced music that was both challenging and accessible. His legacy continues to inspire musicians and listeners today, and he is recognized as one of the most important composers of the 20th century.
Compositions featuring Tadeusz Baird
| # | Name | Duration | Genre | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Canzona for Orchestra | 14:39 min | Orchestral | 1981 |
| 2 | Voices From Afar | 18:56 min | Choral | 1981 |
| 3 | Elegy for orchestra | 10:06 min | Orchestral | 1973 |
| 4 | Play, for string quartet | 10:32 min | Chamber Music | 1971 |
| 5 | Goethe-Briefe, cantata for baritone, choir and orchestra | 13:44 min | Orchestral | 1970 |
| 6 | Oboe Concerto | 14:42 min | Concerto | 197? |
| 7 | Scene for cello, harp & orchestra | 18:30 min | Concerto | 1966 |
| 8 | Dialogues (4), for oboe & orchestra | 10:12 min | Concerto | 1964 |
| 9 | Variazioni senza tema, for orchestra | 10:35 min | Orchestral | 1961 |
| 10 | Preludes (4) for bassoon & piano | 7:05 min | Chamber Music | 1954 |
| 11 | Tomorrow, opera | 54:39 min | Opera | - |
| 12 | Samson, film score | Film Score | - | |
| 13 | Symphony No. 3 | 15:43 min | Symphony | - |
| 14 | The Passenger, film score | Film Score | - | |
| 15 | The Unknown, film score | Film Score | - | |
| 16 | Those Who Are Late, film score | Film Score | - | |
| 17 | Year One, film score | Film Score | - | |
| 18 | Visit at the Kings, film score | Film Score | - | |
| 19 | Warsaw in Canaletto Paintings, film score | Film Score | - | |
| 20 | When Love Was a Crime, film score | Film Score | - | |
| 21 | A Sky of Stone, film score | Film Score | - | |
| 22 | Rugged Creativeness, film score | Film Score | - | |
| 23 | Room for One | Film Score | - | |
| 24 | Psychodrama for orchestra | 8:59 min | Orchestral | - |
| 25 | Piano Concerto | 19:47 min | Concerto | - |
| 26 | Panic on a Train, film score | Film Score | - | |
| 27 | Manhunters, film score | Film Score | - | |
| 28 | Love Sonnets (4) for baritone & chamber orchestra | 11:20 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 29 | Every Day, film score | Film Score | - | |
| 30 | Epiphany Music for orchestra | 12:31 min | Orchestral | - |
| 31 | Concerto Lugubre for viola | 18:33 min | Concerto | - |
| 32 | Colas Breugnon, suite for flute & string orchestra | 14:29 min | Concerto | - |
| 33 | Burning Mountains, film score | Film Score | - | |
| 34 | Between the Shores, film score | Film Score | - | |
| 35 | April, film score | Film Score | - |
Albums featuring Tadeusz Baird
| # | Сover | Name album | Year | Music label |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
Günter Wand, Walter Braunfels, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Tadeusz Baird – Günter Wand-Edition Volume 17(CD, Compilation) | 2011 | Profil Edition Günter Hänssler |
| 2 |  |
Selected Works(2×CD, Reissue) | 2011 | Polskie Nagrania Muza |
| 3 |  |
Kazimierz Serocki, Tadeusz Baird, Jan Krenz, Adam Wodnicki, National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra In Katowice, Tadeusz Wojciechowski, Jerzy Swoboda – Piano Concertos(CD, Album) | 2008 | DUX Recording Producers |
| 4 |  |
Orchestral Works(CD, Album) | 2001 | Koch |
| 5 |  |
Tadeusz Baird: Film Music - Vol. 2(CD, ) | 1995 | Olympia (2) |
| 6 |  |
Szymanowski, Górecki, Baird – Szymanowski: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2, Górecki: Three Pieces in the Olden Style, Baird: Colas Breugnon - Suite(CD, Compilation, Remastered) | 1995 | EMI Classics |
| 7 |  |
Film Music(CD, Album, Compilation) | 1994 | Sound-Pol |
| 8 |  |
Orchesterwerke(CD, Album) | 1993 | Koch Schwann |
| 9 |  |
Songs And Orchestral Music(CD, Album, Stereo) | 1993 | Olympia (2) |
| 10 |  |
"Psychodrama" / "Tomorrow"(CD, Album) | 1990 | Olympia (2) |
| 11 |  |
Epiphany Music - Elegeia For Orchestra - Concerto Lugubre For Viola And Orchestra - Four Love Sonnets - Symphony No. 3(CD, Album, Stereo) | 1989 | Olympia (2) |
| 12 |  |
Tadeusz Baird, Varsovia-Quartett – Streichquartette(LP) | 1986 | Colosseum (2) |
| 13 |  |
Penderecki, Lutosławski, Baird, Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jacek Kasprzyk – Anaklasis / Mi-Parti / Elegeia / The Awakening Of Jacob | 1980 | Supraphon |
| 14 |  |
Psychodrama Elegeia Sceny | 1980 | Polskie Nagrania Muza |
| 15 |  |
Adam Jarzebski / Feliks Janiewicz / Henryk M. Gorecki / Tadeusz Baird - Polnisches Kammerorchester, Jerzy Maksymiuk – Musik Aus Polen - Gestern Und Heute(LP, Quadraphonic) | 1977 | EMI Electrola |
| 16 |  |
Various – XIII Warszawska Jesień - Automne De Varsovie 1969 - Kronika Dzwiękowa Nr 1 | 1975 | Polskie Nagrania Muza |
| 17 |  |
Bacewicz / Baird / Górecki / Paciorkiewicz – Works Composed For The Warsaw Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra | 1970 | Polskie Nagrania Muza |
| 18 |  |
Tadeusz Baird / Edward Bogusławski / Bolesław Szabelski – Warszawska Jesień - 1968 - Automne De Varsovie - Kronika Dzwiękowa Nr 4(LP, Album, Mono) | 1968 | Polskie Nagrania Muza |
| 19 |  |
Penderecki / Bacewicz / Baird / Serocki – Contemporary Polish Music | 1968 | Philips |
| 20 |  |
Lutosławski / Baird / Penderecki – Polští Skladatelé Současnosti(2×LP, Compilation, Club Edition, Mono) | 1968 | Supraphon |
| 21 |  |
Zbigniew Rudziński / Tadeusz Baird / Grażyna Bacewicz – Warszawska Jesień - 1967 - Automne De Varsovie (Kronika Dzwiękowa Nr 1)(LP, Mono) | 1967 | Polskie Nagrania Muza |
| 22 |  |
Darius Milhaud / Petr Eben / Albert Roussel / Tadeusz Baird / Gian Francesco Malipiero - Rejchovo Dechové Kvinteto – Moderní Dechové Komorní Skladby | 1967 | Supraphon |
| 23 |  |
Witold Lutosławski / Kazimierz Serocki / Tadeusz Baird – Muzyka Żałobna - Sinfonietta Na Dwie Orkiestry Smyczkowe - Cztery Eseje | 1960 | Polskie Nagrania Muza |
| 24 |  |
Concerto Lugubre, Four Love Sonnets, Goethe-Briefe(LP, Album) | - | Polskie Nagrania Muza |
| 25 |  |
Tadeusz Baird, Wanda Wiłkomirska, Aleksander Bardini, Stefania Woytowicz, National Philharmonic Orchestra And Chorus, Witold Rowicki – Expressions / Exhortation / Love Songs / Variations Without A Theme(LP, Mono) | - | Polskie Nagrania Muza |
Videos featuring Tadeusz Baird
Tadeusz Baird: Psychodrama (1972)
Tadeusz Baird (1928-1981): Psychodrama, for Orchestra (1972).
Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz diretta da Peter Gülke.
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Tadeusz Baird - Cztery Sonety Miłosne - [Winyl]
Bacewicz/ Baird/ Górecki/ Paciorkiewicz - Works Composed For The Warsaw Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra.
Label: Polskie Nagrania Muza - XL 0586.
Released: 1970, Poland.
Conductor - Karol Teutsch.
Orchestra - Orkiestra Kameralna Filharmonii Narodowej.
Tadeusz Baird: Four Essays (1958)
Tadeusz Baird (1928-1981): Four Essays, per orchestra (1958) --- Warsaw National Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra diretta da Witold Rowicki --
I. Molto adagio
II. Allegretto grazioso
III. Allegro
IV. Molto adagio (improvvisando e rubato)
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MSQ LIVE Tadeusz Baird - PLAY
Moniuszko String Quartet
Sandra Haniszewska - 1st violin
Wojciech Sablik - 2nd violin
Remigiusz Strzelczyk - viola
Krzysztof Kubasik - cello
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Tadeusz Baird - Film Music Vol.2
Extracts from the Original Soundtracks
Between the Shores (Miedzy Brzegami) 1963
Burning Mountains (Ogniomistrz Kalen) 1961
Every Day (Ich Dzien Powszedni) 1963
A Sky of Stone (Kamienne Niebo) 1959
Those Who Are Late (Spoznieni Przechodnie) 1962
Samson (1
VA - Baird / Rudziński / Dobrowolski / Bogusławski / Kotoński - Polish Modern Music (FULL ALBUM)
Tadeusz Baird - 4 Dialogi Na Obój I Orkiestrę Kameralną / 4 Dialogues For Oboe And Chamber Orchestra
Zbigniew Rudziński - Moments Musicaux For Orchestra
Andrzej Dobrowolski - Muzyka Na Smyczki I 4 Grupy Instrumentów Dętych / Music For String O
Bacewicz: Contradizione - I. Grave
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Bacewicz: Contradizione - I. Grave · Orchestre Pasdeloup · Marzena Diakun
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Released on: 2021-01-29
Conductor:
Witold Lutoslawski - Muzika zalobna / Funeral music, for strings
Dramat Muzyczny W 1 Akcie / Music Drama In 1 Act
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Composer - Tadeusz Baird
Conductor - Renard Czajkowski
Orchestra - The Poznań State Philharmonic Orchestra
Libretto - Jerzy S. Sito (based on novel by Joseph Conrad)
">Tadeusz Baird - "Jutro / Tomorrow" [19xx]
Tadeusz Baird - "Jutro / Tomorrow"
Dramat Muzyczny W 1 Akcie / Music Drama In 1 Act
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Composer - Tadeusz Baird
Conductor - Renard Czajkowski
Orchestra - The Poznań State Philharmonic Orchestra
Libretto - Jerzy S. Sito (based on novel by Joseph Conrad)
Tadeusz Baird Kwartet Smyczkowy cz. I Sine Nomine Ensemble
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Tadeusz Baird (1928-1981)
Kwartet Smyczkowy ( 1957) część I
String Quartet (1957) 1st movement
Sine Nomine Ensemble
Paulina Woś - skrzypce/violin
Jakub Bańdur - skrzypce/violin
Sylwia Wojtowicz - altówka/viola
Jakub Gucik - wiolo
Tadeusz Baird: Elegia per orchestra (1973)
Tadeusz Baird (1928-1981): Elegia per orchestra (1973) -- Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra in Katowice diretta da Wojciech Michniewski
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Bacewicz: Contradizione - II. Acuto
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Bacewicz: Contradizione - II. Acuto · Orchestre Pasdeloup · Marzena Diakun
Polish Heroines of Music
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Conductor:
Tadeusz Baird: Variations without a Theme (1962)
Tadeusz Baird (1928-1981): Variations without a Theme, per orchestra (1962) --- Warsaw National Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra diretta da Witold Rowicki
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Baird: 4 Dialogues for Oboe and Orchestra
Unesco Pricewinning (1966) composition from 1964.
Günter Wand conducts the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Lothar Faber, oboe.
Grażyna Bacewicz - Divertimento Na Smyczki - [Winyl]
Bacewicz/ Baird/ Górecki/ Paciorkiewicz - Works Composed For The Warsaw Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra.
Label: Polskie Nagrania Muza - XL 0586.
Released: 1970, Poland.
Conductor - Karol Teutsch.
Orchestra - Orkiestra Kameralna Filharmonii Narodowej.
Kazimierz Serocki — Sinfonietta for Two String Orchestras: Allegro (Mvmt. 1 in Stereo)
Sinfonietta for Two String Orchestras: Allegro
Kazimierz Serocki
Witold Rowicki
Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra
Tadeusz Baird: Scene for cello and harp with orchestra (1966/1967)
Tadeusz Baird (1928-1981): Scene for cello and harp with orchestra (1966/1967).
Helga Storck, arpa
Klauss Storck, violoncello
Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra, Katowice diretti da Wojciech Michniewski.
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Kazimierz Serocki — Sinfonietta for Two String Orchestras: Adagio (Mvmt. 2 in Stereo)
Sinfonietta for Two String Orchestras: Adagio
Kazimierz Serocki
Witold Rowicki
Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra
H.M.Górecki - Trzy utwory w dawnym stylu
Tadeusz Baird Kwartet Smyczkowy cz. II Sine Nomine Ensemble
www.sinenomine.art.pl
Tadeusz Baird (1928-1981)
Kwartet Smyczkowy ( 1957) część II
String Quartet (1957) 2nd movement
Sine Nomine Ensemble
Paulina Woś - skrzypce/violin
Jakub Bańdur - skrzypce/violin
Sylwia Wojtowicz - altówka/viola
Jakub Gucik - wiol
Tadeusz Baird Kwartet Smyczkowy cz. III Sine Nomine Ensemble
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Tadeusz Baird (1928-1981)
Kwartet Smyczkowy ( 1957) część III
String Quartet (1957) 3rd movement
Sine Nomine Ensemble
Paulina Woś - skrzypce/violin
Jakub Bańdur - skrzypce/violin
Sylwia Wojtowicz - altówka/viola
Jakub Gucik - wio
Tadeusz Paciorkiewicz - Adagio & Allegro - [Winyl]
Bacewicz/ Baird/ Górecki/ Paciorkiewicz - Works Composed For The Warsaw Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra.
Label: Polskie Nagrania Muza - XL 0586.
Released: 1970, Poland.
Conductor - Karol Teutsch.
Orchestra - Orkiestra Kameralna Filharmonii Narodowej.
Kazimierz Serocki — Sinfonietta for Two String Orchestras: Vivace (Mvmt. 3 in Stereo)
Sinfonietta for Two String Orchestras: Vivace
Kazimierz Serocki
Witold Rowicki
Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra
T Baird Play na kwartet smyczkowy (1971r)
Kwartet Wilanowski
Tadeusz Gadzina- 1 skrzypce
Paweł Łosakiewicz- 2 skrzypce
Artur Paciorkiewicz- altówka
Wojciech Walasek- wiolonczela
nagr: 1976r
Penderecki: Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima
-National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra.
Antoni Wit, Conductor.
Kazimierz Serocki (1922-1981): Sinfonietta for Two string orchestras (1956)
Kazimierz Serocki (1922-1981) (Poland)
Sinfonietta for Two string orchestras (1956) **MUST HEAR**
Dir : Witold Rowicki
1- Allegro (4.00)
2- Adagio (5.37)
3- Finale : Vivace (4.01)
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Grażyna Bacewicz: Music for Strings, Trumpet and Percussion (1958) / Penderecki (live)
Grażyna Bacewicz (1909-1969): Music for Strings, Trumpet and Percussion (1958)
I. Allegro
II. Adagio [07:24]
III. Vivace [12:57]
Sinfonia Varsavia diretta da Krzysztof Penderecki.
Cover image: painting by Zdzisław Beksiński.
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