Composer: Krzysztof Penderecki
Performer: Olga Pasichnyk, Rafał Bartmiński, Tomasz Konieczny, Olga Pasichnyk, Jerzy Artysz, Warsaw Philharmonic Choir
Orchestra: Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Antoni Wit
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Naxos
Catalogue: 8572481
Release: 2012
Size: 236 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Hymne an den heiligen Adalbert
02. Izhe Xeruvimy
03. Canticum canticorum Salomonis
04. Kosmogonia
05. Strophen für Sopran, Sprechstimme und zehn Instrumente
The range of Penderecki’s music is exemplified by this disc, which presents five works written over a period of nearly 40 years. Hymne an den heiligen Adalbert was composed in 1997 and evokes the martyred eighth-century Bishop of Prague through spare but fervent gestures. More austere, but intense in its focus, is Song of the Cherubim, whilst Canticum Canticorum Salomis is a richly sensuous exploration of the Song of Songs. Kosmogonia explores a complex sound tapestry. Strophen (1959) was a breakthrough work – spare, intricate and marvellously tensile.