- Barry Douglas, Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrey Boreyko: Krzysztof Penderecki: Piano Concerto “Resurrection” & Symphony No. 2 “Christmas” (CD Accord)
- Stéphanie d’Oustrac, Les Lunaisiens, Arnaud Marzorati: “Merd’v’là l’hiver: Complaintes des gens de rue” (Alpha)
- Daniel Sæther: “Vintersong” (LAWO)
In the third episode of “Dekalog,” Krzysztof Kieślowski’s ten-part series of interconnected short films (each based on one of the Ten Commandments), cab driver Janusz’s Christmas Eve is interrupted by Ewa, his former extramarital lover. Janusz abandons his family dinner to assist Ewa with what he believes is tracking down her missing husband. What Ewa reveals at 7 a.m., after their long night’s journey into day, is that her husband left her shortly after he’d discovered her affair with Janusz three years earlier. He has a new family, and she’s spent the last three Christmases alone. If, she reasons, she can get Janusz to spend Christmas Eve with her, she’ll be able to face the uncertainty of the future. If not, she would kill herself.