Gorecki: Concerto-Cantata, Little Requiem For A Certain Polka / Wit, Warsaw Philharmonic

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
May 29, 2012
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      GORECKI, HENRYK
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra
    • PERFORMER
      Wit, Górecka, Wincenc
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      May 29, 2012
    • UPC
      747313287277
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8572872
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Concertos
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Tranquillo

      Composer: Henryk Mikołaj Górecki

      Ensemble: Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Anna Górecka

      Conductor: Antoni Wit

    2. II. Allegro impetuoso - Marcatissimo

      Composer: Henryk Mikołaj Górecki

      Ensemble: Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Anna Górecka

      Conductor: Antoni Wit

    3. III. Allegro - Deciso assai

      Composer: Henryk Mikołaj Górecki

      Ensemble: Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Anna Górecka

      Conductor: Antoni Wit

    4. IV. Adagio cantabile

      Composer: Henryk Mikołaj Górecki

      Ensemble: Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Anna Górecka

      Conductor: Antoni Wit

    5. I. Recitativo: Lento (quasi molto lento)

      Composer: Henryk Mikołaj Górecki

      Ensemble: Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Carol Wincenc

      Conductor: Antoni Wit

    6. II. Arioso: Lento assai tranquillissimo - Cantabile - Dolce

      Composer: Henryk Mikołaj Górecki

      Ensemble: Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Carol Wincenc

      Conductor: Antoni Wit

    7. III. Concertino: Allegro

      Composer: Henryk Mikołaj Górecki

      Ensemble: Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Carol Wincenc

      Conductor: Antoni Wit

    8. IV. Arioso e corale: Lento - Tranquillo cantabile - Dolce

      Composer: Henryk Mikołaj Górecki

      Ensemble: Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Carol Wincenc

      Conductor: Antoni Wit

    9. I. Allegro molto

      Composer: Henryk Mikołaj Górecki

      Ensemble: Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Anna Górecka

      Conductor: Antoni Wit

    10. II. Vivace marcatissimo

      Composer: Henryk Mikołaj Górecki

      Ensemble: Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Anna Górecka

      Conductor: Antoni Wit

    11. No. 1. Presto, marcatissimo

      Composer: Henryk Mikołaj Górecki

      Ensemble: Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Antoni Wit

    12. No. 2. Andante cantabile - Tranquillo

      Composer: Henryk Mikołaj Górecki

      Ensemble: Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Antoni Wit

    13. No. 3. Presto

      Composer: Henryk Mikołaj Górecki

      Ensemble: Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Antoni Wit


These four works, written between 1973 and 1993, fully reflect Górecki’s expressive variety. The Little Requiem for a Certain Polka, for piano and thirteen instruments, combines a wide range of moods. The Concerto-Cantata, which received its world première from the soloist on this recording, alternates a moving vein of melancholy with a charged, violent energy. The radical, energetic Harpsichord Concerto is heard here in the version for piano, performed by the composer’s daughter. The Three Dances are hugely approachable and full of exciting contrast.