Nowowiejski: Quo Vadis / Poznan Philharmonic Orchestra

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Label
CPO
Release Date
October 6, 2017
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      NOWOWIEJSKI, FELIKS
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Podlasie Opera & Philharmonic Choir, Poznan Philharmonic Or
    • PERFORMER
      Chodowicz, Gierlach, Gierlach, Kaminski
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      October 06, 2017
    • UPC
      761203508921
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      555089-2
    • LABEL
      CPO
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
      Chamber Music & Recitals
    Works ⌄

    1. Scene 1: Introduction: Maestoso dramatico (Chorus)

      Composer: Feliks Nowowiejski

      Ensemble: Poznań Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Łukasz Borowicz

    2. Scene 1: Jowiszow grom (The ire of gods, ray of vengeance) (Chorus)

      Composer: Feliks Nowowiejski

      Ensemble: Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic Choir, Poznań Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Sławomir Kamiński

      Conductor: Łukasz Borowicz

    3. Scene 1: Szesc dni nie wschodzi slonce nam (Six days have seen no blush of dawn) (Chorus)

      Composer: Feliks Nowowiejski

      Ensemble: Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic Choir, Poznań Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Sławomir Kamiński

      Conductor: Łukasz Borowicz

    4. Scene 1: Na szczycie gmachu (We saw the emperor up high) (Chorus)

      Composer: Feliks Nowowiejski

      Ensemble: Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic Choir, Poznań Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Sławomir Kamiński

      Conductor: Łukasz Borowicz

    5. Scene 1: Kto?… Kto to rozpetal (Tell! Who hath enkindled wrath) (Chorus)

      Composer: Feliks Nowowiejski

      Ensemble: Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic Choir, Poznań Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Sławomir Kamiński

      Conductor: Łukasz Borowicz

    6. Scene 2: Marsz pretorianow (March of the Praetorians)

      Composer: Feliks Nowowiejski

      Ensemble: Poznań Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Łukasz Borowicz

    7. Scene 2: Pozdrowienie sle boski Neron (Hail, all hail, to you, from divine Nero!) (Bass)

      Composer: Feliks Nowowiejski

      Ensemble: Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic Choir, Poznań Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Wojciech Gierlach, Sławomir Kamiński

      Conductor: Łukasz Borowicz

    8. Scene 2: Christianos ad leones! (Chorus)

      Composer: Feliks Nowowiejski

      Ensemble: Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic Choir, Poznań Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Sławomir Kamiński

      Conductor: Łukasz Borowicz

    9. Scene 3: O bracia, niechaj bedzie pochwalony Pan (Come, brothers, let us praise the Lord) (Baritone, Chorus)

      Composer: Feliks Nowowiejski

      Ensemble: Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic Choir, Poznań Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Wojciech Gierlach, Sławomir Kamiński

      Conductor: Łukasz Borowicz

    10. Scene 3: Tyrani groza (The tyrants threaten) (Baritone)

      Composer: Feliks Nowowiejski

      Ensemble: Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic Choir, Poznań Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Robert Gierlach, Sławomir Kamiński

      Conductor: Łukasz Borowicz

    11. Scene 3: Mysmy gotowi w imieniu Pana (We are prepared, in the name of Jesus (Soprano)

      Composer: Feliks Nowowiejski

      Ensemble: Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic Choir, Poznań Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Wioletta Chodowicz, Sławomir Kamiński

      Conductor: Łukasz Borowicz

    12. Scene 3: Az po dzien ostatni zycia (I the Shepherd, you, my flock here) (Baritone)

      Composer: Feliks Nowowiejski

      Ensemble: Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic Choir, Poznań Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Robert Gierlach, Sławomir Kamiński

      Conductor: Łukasz Borowicz

    13. Scene 3: O Panie, nasz swiety przewodniku (Thou, Lord, a victim of Rome's tyrant) (Soprano)

      Composer: Feliks Nowowiejski

      Ensemble: Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic Choir, Poznań Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Wioletta Chodowicz, Sławomir Kamiński

      Conductor: Łukasz Borowicz

    14. Scene 3: Czyz Pan przez wasze mowi usta (Me thinks that God thro' you hath spoken!) (Baritone)

      Composer: Feliks Nowowiejski

      Ensemble: Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic Choir, Poznań Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Robert Gierlach, Sławomir Kamiński

      Conductor: Łukasz Borowicz

    15. Scene 3: Niech Pan strzeze Cie (The Lord be with thee and protect thee) (Chorus)

      Composer: Feliks Nowowiejski

      Ensemble: Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic Choir, Poznań Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Sławomir Kamiński

      Conductor: Łukasz Borowicz

    16. Scene 4: Andante sostenuto

      Composer: Feliks Nowowiejski

      Ensemble: Poznań Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Łukasz Borowicz

    17. Scene 4: Jak ciemna noc (Deep, deep dark night) (Baritone)

      Composer: Feliks Nowowiejski

      Ensemble: Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic Choir, Poznań Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Robert Gierlach, Sławomir Kamiński

      Conductor: Łukasz Borowicz

    18. Scene 4: Quo vadis, Domine? (Baritone)

      Composer: Feliks Nowowiejski

      Ensemble: Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic Choir, Poznań Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Robert Gierlach, Sławomir Kamiński

      Conductor: Łukasz Borowicz

    19. Scene 4: O Panie, oto w prochu leze ja (O Lord, look down on me, reduced to dust) (Baritone)

      Composer: Feliks Nowowiejski

      Ensemble: Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic Choir, Poznań Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Robert Gierlach, Sławomir Kamiński

      Conductor: Łukasz Borowicz

    20. Scene 4: A wiec do Rzymu (I'll go to Rome!) (Baritone)

      Composer: Feliks Nowowiejski

      Ensemble: Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic Choir, Poznań Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Robert Gierlach, Sławomir Kamiński

      Conductor: Łukasz Borowicz

    21. Scene 5: Czesi Ci, Czesc Ci, potezny czesc (Glory, glory and praise be thine!) (Chorus)

      Composer: Feliks Nowowiejski

      Ensemble: Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic Choir, Poznań Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Sławomir Kamiński

      Conductor: Łukasz Borowicz

    22. Scene 5: Doppelfuge: Gloria Tibi Sancte Petrus (Praise and glory and thanks be unto you, the anointed) (Chorus)

      Composer: Feliks Nowowiejski

      Ensemble: Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic Choir, Poznań Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Sławomir Kamiński

      Conductor: Łukasz Borowicz

    23. Scene 5: Gloria Patri et Filio et Spiritui Sancto (Glory be to the Father, and to the Son) (Chorus)

      Composer: Feliks Nowowiejski

      Ensemble: Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic Choir, Poznań Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Sławomir Kamiński

      Conductor: Łukasz Borowicz

    24. Scene 5: Amen (Chorus)

      Composer: Feliks Nowowiejski

      Ensemble: Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic Choir, Poznań Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Sławomir Kamiński

      Conductor: Łukasz Borowicz


A hundred years ago it was absolutely the greatest hit everywhere in Europe – the oratorio Quo Vadis by Feliks Nowowiejski, based on Henryk Sienkiewicz’s novel of the same name and magnificently scored for soloists, mixed chorus, organ, and orchestra. We at cpo are now releasing this gigantic work in an interpretation by the Poznan Philharmonic under the conductor Lukasz Borowicz and with outstanding soloists and the Chorus of the Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic of Bialystok. Nowowiejski composed his oratorio in 1903, and during the following thirty years it was performed more than two hundred times throughout Europe and in North and South America – not least because its literary source, Henryk Sienkiewicz’s novel with this title, was very well known. The Polish writer Sienkiewicz was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1905, and the popularity of his novel Quo Vadis must have substantially contributed to this decision. Many of Nowowiejski’s works are the expression of a quest for identity, and here the oratorio Quo Vadis leads the search. After all, it embodies generally humanistic values – like Sienkiewicz’s literary oeuvre – and was and is situated beyond the realm of partisan politics.