Release Date: 09 January 2007
Label: Naxos / Naxos Classics
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 747313298020
Genres: Classical
Composer/Series: PENDERECKI
Description
Since 1966, with the composition of the 'St Luke Passion' (Naxos 8.557149), Penderecki has enjoyed an international reputation for music that blends direct, emotional appeal with contemporary compositional techniques. The neo-Romantic choral work, 'Te Deum', was inspired by the anointing of Karol Wojtyla as the first Polish Pope in 1978. Although Penderecki's recent choral works have tended to be similarly monumental in scale, he has written several of a more compact nature, such as 'Hymne an den heiligen' Daniel, whose opening ranks as one of the composer's most affecting. This disc closes with two works for strings: the experimental 'Polymorphia' from 1961, and the expressive Chaconne, written in 2005 as a tribute to the late Pope John Paul II.
Tracklisting
Dariia Lytvishko
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; Marin Alsop
Alice Di Piazza; Basel Sinfonietta; NDR Bigband; Titus Engel
Anna Alas i Jove; Miquel Villalba
David Childs; Black Dyke Band; Nicholas Childs
Veneto Po:Maag
Various
Various
