Mieczysław Weinberg: Symphony No. 8 "Polish Flowers"

Klasyczna Muzyka Symfoniczna
premiera polska: 2013-02-08
kraj: Polska
opakowanie: Jewelcaseowe etui
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Editor's info:
A product of Mieczysaw Weinberg's remarkable burst of creativity in the 1960s, the Eighth Symphony uses texts drawn from Julian Tuwim's epic poem Polish Flowers which reflect on Poland's troubled past and ominous future. Social inequities, poverty, cruelty in times of war and a final luminous vision of hope are eloquently expressed in one of Weinberg's most personal and powerful artistic statements.

Antoni Wit, one of the most highly regarded Polish conductors, became managing and artistic director of the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir in 2002. He is also professor at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw.

Weinberg's astonishing ear for unusal orchestral colours (is) as evident here as everywhere else in this Kaleidicope score.
IRR,Mar'13

Antoni Wit conducts a thoroughly well-prepared account, with respectable solo and choral singing.
Gramophone, Apr'13

It was a masterstroke on the part of Naxos to use Polish forces. Antoni Wit and The Warsaw Philharmonic Chorus and Orchestra already have a wonderful track record in releases of large-scale choral works, and deliver a performance of searing intensity.
BBC Music Magazine, Awards issue'13 - Performance **** Recording *****

muzycy:
Rafal Bartminski: tenor
Magdalena Dobrowolska: soprano

Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir
Antoni Wit: conductor

utwory:
Symphony Number 8 'Polish Flowers' opus 83

wydano: 2013
more info: www.naxos.com