Kolysz sie kolysz (Sway, Oh Sway)

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Label
DUX
Release Date
May 16, 2025
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Zuzanna Koziej, Traditional
    • PERFORMER
      Astrolabium Choir
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      May 16, 2025
    • UPC
      5902547021317
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      DUX2131
    • LABEL
      DUX
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    Works ⌄

    1. Święty Janie (arr. Z. Koziej for voice, choir and chamber ensemble)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Chór Astrolabium

      Performer: Iga Czyżykowska, Tomasz Drozdek

      Conductor: Kinga Litowska

    2. Rozpalił nam Pan Bóg (arr. Z. Koziej for voice, choir and percussion)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Chór Astrolabium

      Performer: Joanna Czajkowska, Tomasz Drozdek

      Conductor: Kinga Litowska

    3. Sowa na gaju siada (arr. Z. Koziej for voices and chamber ensemble)

      Composer: Traditional

      Performer: Joanna Czajkowska, Zuzanna Koziej, Kinga Litowska, Tomasz Drozdek

      Conductor: Kinga Litowska

    4. Ruta (arr. Z. Koziej for voice, choir and chamber ensemble)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Chór Astrolabium

      Performer: Joanna Czajkowska, Kinga Litowska, Tomasz Drozdek

      Conductor: Kinga Litowska

    5. Oj, ty rzeko (arr. Z. Koziej for 2 voices, choir and chamber ensemble)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Chór Astrolabium

      Performer: Joanna Czajkowska, Michał Sulik, Tomasz Drozdek

      Conductor: Kinga Litowska

    6. Sady moje, sady (arr. Z. Koziej for choir and chamber ensemble)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Chór Astrolabium

      Performer: Tomasz Drozdek

      Conductor: Kinga Litowska

    7. Pozic mamo raz (arr. Z. Koziej for choir and chamber ensemble)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Chór Astrolabium

      Performer: Tomasz Drozdek

      Conductor: Kinga Litowska

    8. W polu lipeńka (arr. Z. Koziej for 2 voices, choir and chamber ensemble)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Chór Astrolabium

      Performer: Iga Czyżykowska, Aleksander Niklas, Tomasz Drozdek

      Conductor: Kinga Litowska

    9. Poznałem dziewczyna (arr. Z. Koziej for voice, choir and chamber ensemble)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Chór Astrolabium

      Performer: Michał Sulik, Tomasz Drozdek

      Conductor: Kinga Litowska

    10. Zaświeć niesiądzu (arr. Z. Koziej for choir and chamber ensemble)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Chór Astrolabium

      Performer: Tomasz Drozdek

      Conductor: Kinga Litowska

    11. Oj lulaj, lulaj (arr. Z. Koziej for voice, choir and chamber ensemble)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Chór Astrolabium

      Performer: Zuzanna Koziej, Tomasz Drozdek

      Conductor: Kinga Litowska

    12. Matulu moja (arr. Z. Koziej for choir and percussion)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Chór Astrolabium

      Performer: Tomasz Drozdek

      Conductor: Kinga Litowska

    13. Kołyszże się kołysz (arr. Z. Koziej for choir and chamber ensemble)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Chór Astrolabium

      Performer: Tomasz Drozdek

      Conductor: Kinga Litowska

    14. Wianku, wianeczku

      Composer: Zuzanna Koziej

      Ensemble: Chór Astrolabium

      Performer: Tomasz Drozdek

      Conductor: Kinga Litowska


The album contains compositions for female and mixed choir by a young artist, Zuzanna Koziej, fascinated by traditional culture. They are based on Kurpie, Vilnius, Lublin and other melodies present in many variants in various regions of Poland. These compositions are a response to the need to show a nostalgic, lyrical version of folk music. The works are largely improvised - the parts written down in the score are supplemented by solo vocal and instrumental improvisations. The latter is the responsibility of Tomasz Drozdek, a multi-instrumentalist who perfectly plays the cimbalom, bells, pipes, percussion instruments, pump organ, zither and lyre. In the works by Zuzanna Koziej, folk melodies take on a shape no less natural and authentic than in their original context. Their author speaks her own, honest language, in which the musical layer closely coincides with the text. The Astrolabium Choir fits perfectly into the magical sound aura of the entire album, bringing to mind the old tradition of polyphonic singing, present in the everyday life of the inhabitants of the Polish countryside.