Composer: Krzysztof Penderecki
Performer: Barry Douglas, Łukasz Długosz
Orchestra: Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Antoni Wit
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Naxos
Catalogue: 8572696
Release: 2013
Size: 276 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Piano Concerto ‘Resurrection’ (Revised 2007 Version)
01. Allegro molto sostenuto
02. Adagio
03. Allegro moderato molto
04. Adagio
05. Allegretto capriccioso
06. Grave
07. Allegro sostenuto molto
08. Andante maestoso
09. Allegro molto sostenuto (Tempo dell’inizio)
10. Adagio
Concerto for Flute or Clarinet & Chamber Orchestra
11. Andante
12. Piu animato
13. Andante
14. Allegro con brio
15. Vivo
Scored for a large orchestra, including triple wind and a raft of percussion, Penderecki’s Piano Concerto, heard here in its 2007 revision first performed by Barry Douglas, renews the composer’s direct involvement with the ‘grand’ concerto tradition that culminated in Rachmaninov and Prokofiev. Its subtitle ‘Resurrection’ refers to the melody based on a chorale of a non-religious character, which gradually make its way into the foreground before emerging with striking power at the work’s climax. The more modest forces used in the Flute Concerto place no restriction on this work’s exceptional emotional range and kaleidoscopic colours.