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A sombre Te Deum, dark Magnificat (and unchristmassy Christmas Symphony); only the Lacrimosa and Kanon fulfil titular expectations! Despite fuzziness of detail, Penderecki's personality shines... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2009, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 6th Oct 2008
Catalogue No: 2176692
Label: Warner Classics
Series: Gemini
Length: 2 hours 13 minutes

Penderecki: Symphony No. 2 'Christmas Symphony'

Work length34:56

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Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra
Krzysztof Penderecki
Recorded: 1983-03-08
Recording Venue: 8th March 1983/Polish Radio & TV Studios Katowice, Poland

Penderecki: Te Deum (1979-80)

Work length38:25

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Jadwiga Gadulanka (soprano), Ewa Podles (mezzo-soprano), Wiéslaw Ochman (tenor)
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Stanislaw Krawczynski, Polnisches Radio-Sinfonieorchester Krakau, Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra, Polish Radio Chorus Of Krakow, Chor Des Polnischen Rundfunks Krakau
Krzysztof Penderecki
Recorded: 1983-03-07
Recording Venue: 7 March 1983/Kattowitz, Poland

Penderecki: Lacrimosa (1980)

Work length5:11

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Jadwiga Gadulanka (soprano)
Polish Radio Chorus Of Krakow, Polnischer Rundfunkchor Krakau, Polnisches Radio-Sinfonieorchester Krakau
Krzysztof Penderecki
Recorded: 1983-03-07
Recording Venue: 7 March 1983/Polonaise Radio-Television Studios/Katowice

Penderecki: Magnificat (1973-74)

Work length45:26

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Peter Lagger (bass)
Krakow Philharmonic Chorus, Solisten Des Philharmonischen Chor Krakau, Polish Radio Chorus Of Krakow, Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Krzysztof Penderecki
Recorded: 1975-02-08
Recording Venue: 28 January-8 February 1975/Katowice, Poland

Magnificat-Fuga-Quia Respexit-Misericordia

Track length13:17

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Fecit Potentiam

Track length7:59

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Passacaglia-Magnificat

Track length9:07

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Sicut Locutus Est - Gloria

Track length15:03

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Penderecki: Kanon

Work length9:37

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Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra, Polnisches Radio-Sinfonieorchester Krakau
Krzysztof Penderecki
Recorded: 1972-05-01
Recording Venue: 24 April - 1 May 1972/Katowice, Poland

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Krzysztof Penderecki (born 1933) had a reputation for being something of an “enfant terrible" by his use of new sonorities with note clusters and massive glissandi but there is no doubt that these were used to heighten the impact of the message he wished to express. His devout Catholicism stimulated many moving choral works and this collection contains two large – Magnificat (premiered 1974, recorded 1975) and Te Deum (premiered 1980, recorded 1983) and the short Lacrimosa (premiered 1980, recorded 1983). The Te Deum was started on the day that his friend Karel Woityla became, as John Paul II, the first Polish Pope. His second symphony, written for the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, was originally intended as a multi-movement work but on Christmas Eve 1979 he decided to complete it in one movement. The collection concludes with Kanon a work dating from 1962. All the works are performed by Polish artists under the direction of the composer.

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May 2009

A sombre Te Deum, dark Magnificat (and unchristmassy Christmas Symphony); only the Lacrimosa and Kanon fulfil titular expectations! Despite fuzziness of detail, Penderecki's personality shines through.

Penderecki - Symphony No. 2 ‘Christmas’ and Sacred Works

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