Krzysztof Penderecki: A Polish Requiem [2CD]

Współczesna Muzyka Klasyczna
premiera polska: 2004-10-01
kontynent: Europa
kraj: Polska
opakowanie: Jewelcaseowe etui
opis:
Gramophone Classical Music Guide
The Polish Requiem had its origins in a setting of the Lacrimosa dedicated to Gdansk shipyard workers who died during clashes with the Communist authorities in 1970. Though the work's tendency to swing between bombast and sentimentality may make you long for the austerity of an Arvo Pärt, if you approach it as a valid attempt to continue the tradition of 19th-century concert Requiems – Verdi's, above all – then you may well feel it has much to offer.
This performance is well played and conducted, Antoni Wit ensuring that the big climaxes make their effect without labouring the less eventful episodes. The choral singing is robust, though the sustained high writing is demanding enough to give the Polish Philharmonic Choir some anxious moments. Of the vocal soloists, both Jadwiga Rappé and Piotr Nowacki are excellent, but the normally reliable Izabella Kposinska was clearly under strain, and Ryszard Minkiewicz also sounds out of sorts in places. The sound is typical of Naxos's Polish recordings in being rather too bright and generalised for music that depends for its effect on such strong contrasts between the very quiet and the extremely loud.

muzycy:
Izabella Klosinska: voice
Ryszard Minkiewicz: voice
Piotr Nowacki: voice
Jadwiga Rappe: voice

Warsaw National Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra
Antoni Wit: conductor

utwory:
CD1:
A Polish Requiem:
1. Introitus 00:04:10
2. Kyrie 00:04:16
3. Dies Irae 00:01:34
4. Tuba mirum 00:01:58
5. Mors stupebit 00:06:30
6. Quid sum miser 00:04:46
7. Rex tremendae 00:02:18
8. Recordare Jesu pie 00:11:24
9. Ingemisco tanquam reus 00:12:07
10. Lacrimosa 00:04:39

CD2:
1. Sanctus 00:13:44
2. Agnus Dei 00:07:35
3. Lux aeterna 00:04:43
4. Libera me, Domine 00:09:44
5. Offertorium - Swiety Boze 00:06:33
6. Libera animas 00:03:26


wydano: 2004
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