Anna Mikolajczyk-Niewiedzial, Podlasie Opera And Philharmonic Orchestra & Miroslaw Jacek Blaszczyk
Release Date: 18 February 2022
Label: DUX Recording Producers
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 5902547017624
Genres: Classical Symphonies
Description
Two symphonies by Pawel Lukaszewski (born 1968) are released for the first time on a DUX record label CD.
These compositions are a continuation of the interests of Pawel Lukaszewski, composer, conductor and teacher, in religious music, of his passion deepened by the study of apocryphal literature and profound reflection on the nature of transcendence.
In the Symphony No. 3 'Symphony of Angels' from 2010 presented on the album, we will hear echoes referring to the tradition of early religious music, with its rich choral texture and a solo soprano part in Latin, enriched with the spectrum of the orchestra, exploring subtle, pastel tone colour. The Book of Enoch, the Apocrypha of the Old Testament, inspired the first movement of the composition, while the second is directly related to the reflection on angels, mysterious God's messengers, present in many world religions.
The Symphony No. 4 'Song of Eternity' from 2020 refers to the concept of time understood from the point of view of transcendence. The three movements of the composition depict different dimensions of time – chronos, with its linear course, accompanying ordinary human activities, and the sacred dimension – Kairos – revealed, divine time, with its source in eternity. Kairos occupies the middle, central place in the three-movement structure of the piece, at the same time being its musical climax. Both pieces are performed by the Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra under the baton of Miroslaw Jacek Blaszczyk, while the soprano part was performed by Anna Mikolajczyk-Niewiedzial.
"Often the sheer richness of the orchestra sound – with many unusual elements – distracts from the singing, but the two are so confidently woven together in these performances that a second and third hearing will usually reveal the integrity of the whole." – Choir & Organ, 4 STARS
Tracklisting
Aukso - Chamber Orchestra Of The City Of Tychy, Camerata Silesia Katowice City Singers' Ensemble, Marek Mos
Rafal Janiak, Soloists, Choir and Orchestra of the Lodz Grand Theatre
Milosz Maczynski
Kacper Nowa, Lukasz Krupinski
Joanna Morska-Osinska
Ewa Gawronska, Various Artists
Altberg Ensemble, Jorg-Andreas Botticher
Camerata Silesia, Anna Szostak
