Is the first biography of Gorecki to be published in any language and it says everything you need to know about the composer who reached cult status thanks to valuable exposure on Classic FM.

The serene Third Symphony (the Symphony of Sorrowful Songs) becoming the focus of his incredible rise in popularity.

(with a foreword by Sir Lennox Berkeley) - gives a vivid account of the life and times of Stanislaw Moniuszko who, while continuing as prolific composer, became head of the Warsaw Opera and whose works can be said to bridge the gap in Polish music between Chopin and Szymanowski.

(foreword by the Earl of Harewood, 1976) - where Mr. Maciejewski writes on what he calls The Polish School of composers.

The composers are representative of the period of Polish music post 1945 and include Witold Lutoslawski, Andrzej Panufnik and Krzysztof Penderecki.

Is an enlightening book revealing the friendship and mutual respect between the Polish composer Szymanowski and the Polish pianist Jan Smeterlin, which began as Maestro/Student relationship but quickly developed into a deep and lasting friendship. The book is divided into three parts:

• Correspondence;
• Selected Articles and Essays by Karol Szymanowski translated and edited by B. M. Maciejewski
• Jan Smeterlin’s Articles and Essays edited by Felix Aprahamian.

Mr Maciejewski's first book (and the first English language biography on Szymanowski, with a foreword by Felix Aprahamian) is currently undergoing its second edition.