Composer: Krzysztof Penderecki
Orchestra: Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Antoni Wit
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Naxos
Catalogue: 8554491
Release: 1999
Size: 292 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
Symphony No. 3
01. Andante con noto
02. Allegro con brio
03. Adagio
04. Passacaglia – Allegro moderato
05. Vivace
06. Tren (Threnody), “To the Victims of Hiroshima”
07. Fluorescences
08. De Natura Sonoris No. 2
The performances, as led by Penderecki student Antoni Wit, are lusty and vigorous. It is easy to imagine that the National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra plays this music with the same personal identification that the Leningrad Philharmonic under Mravinsky played Shostakovich. Between these two CDs, there is a trove of modern classics that cover a great range of style, yet taken as a whole stamp a deep impression on the musical world of the late 20th century.