Penderecki: A Polish Requiem / Wit, Warsaw National Philharmonic

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
January 18, 2005
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      PENDERECKI
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Warsaw Philharmonic Choir
    • PERFORMER
      Jadwiga, Piotr, Rappé, Ryszard, Nowacki, Izabella, Minkiewicz, Klosinska
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      January 18, 2005
    • UPC
      747313238620
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8557386-87
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
      Choral - Sacred

This album was nominated for the 2006 Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance.
Recording information: Warsaw Philharmonic Hall (05/27/2003-06/03/2003).

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REVIEW:

Stylistically speaking, A Polish Requiem is remarkably coherent. Penderecki knows how to handle large choral-orchestral forces, and how to develop long paragraphs and build up to well-calculated climaxes, while drawing on a large stylistic palette. A Polish Requiem may not be without "longueurs", but it nevertheless contains many powerful moments that cannot fail to impress.

The present performance conducted by the ever-faithful Antoni Wit is as fine and assured as one may wish. He draws committed and convincing singing and playing from all concerned, to make the best of this substantial work.

– MusicWeb International