Penderecki: A sea of dreams did breathe on me...

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
October 9, 2015
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      PENDERECKI, KRZYSZTOF
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Warsaw Philharmonic Choir
    • PERFORMER
      Pasiecznik, Marciniec, Brek, Wit
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      October 09, 2015
    • UPC
      747313306275
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8573062
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. Part I: The enchanted garden: No. 1. Dzieci w makach (Children among poppies)

      Composer: Krzysztof Penderecki

      Ensemble: Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Ewa Marciniec

      Conductor: Antoni Wit

    2. Part I: The enchanted garden: No. 2. Pod jednym drzewem niezbadanym (Beneath a mysterious tree)

      Composer: Krzysztof Penderecki

      Ensemble: Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Olga Pasichnyk

      Conductor: Antoni Wit

    3. Part I: The enchanted garden: No. 3. Prośba o wyspy szczęśliwe (Request for the happy isles)

      Composer: Krzysztof Penderecki

      Ensemble: Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Olga Pasichnyk

      Conductor: Antoni Wit

    4. Part I: The enchanted garden: No. 4. Jesienne lasy poczerwienione (The autumn woods, their leaves already turning)

      Composer: Krzysztof Penderecki

      Ensemble: Warsaw Philharmonic Choir, Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Olga Pasichnyk, Jarosław Bręk

      Conductor: Antoni Wit

    5. Part I: The enchanted garden: No. 5. Próżnia (Drzewo samotne) (Emptiness (A solitary tree))

      Composer: Krzysztof Penderecki

      Ensemble: Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Jarosław Bręk

      Conductor: Antoni Wit

    6. Part I: The enchanted garden: No. 6. Anioł Pański (The Angelus)

      Composer: Krzysztof Penderecki

      Ensemble: Warsaw Philharmonic Choir, Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Olga Pasichnyk, Ewa Marciniec, Jarosław Bręk

      Conductor: Antoni Wit

    7. Part II: What is the night saying?: No. 1. Niebo w nocy (Sky at night)

      Composer: Krzysztof Penderecki

      Ensemble: Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Jarosław Bręk

      Conductor: Antoni Wit

    8. Part II: What is the night saying?: No. 2. Cisza (Silence)

      Composer: Krzysztof Penderecki

      Ensemble: Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Jarosław Bręk

      Conductor: Antoni Wit

    9. Part II: What is the night saying?: No. 3. Co mówi noc? (What is the night saying?)

      Composer: Krzysztof Penderecki

      Ensemble: Warsaw Philharmonic Choir, Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Olga Pasichnyk

      Conductor: Antoni Wit

    10. Part II: What is the night saying?: No. 4. Powiało na mnie morze snów (A sea of dreams did breathe on me)

      Composer: Krzysztof Penderecki

      Ensemble: Warsaw Philharmonic Choir, Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Ewa Marciniec

      Conductor: Antoni Wit

    11. Part II: What is the night saying?: No. 5. O nocy cicha, nocy błękitna (O silent night, blue-hued night)

      Composer: Krzysztof Penderecki

      Ensemble: Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Ewa Marciniec

      Conductor: Antoni Wit

    12. Part III: I visited you in these near-final days…: No. 1. Requiem: Fortepian Szopena I (Requiem: Chopin's piano I)

      Composer: Krzysztof Penderecki

      Ensemble: Warsaw Philharmonic Choir, Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Jarosław Bręk

      Conductor: Antoni Wit

    13. Part III: I visited you in these near-final days…: No. 2. Widzę kraj jakiś w oddali (I can see some land far away)

      Composer: Krzysztof Penderecki

      Ensemble: Warsaw Philharmonic Choir, Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Olga Pasichnyk, Ewa Marciniec

      Conductor: Antoni Wit

    14. Part III: I visited you in these near-final days…: No. 3. Fortepian Szopena II (Chopin's piano II)

      Composer: Krzysztof Penderecki

      Ensemble: Warsaw Philharmonic Choir, Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Jarosław Bręk

      Conductor: Antoni Wit

    15. Part III: I visited you in these near-final days…: No. 4. Zahuczał wicher (The wind, an autumn wind, howled)

      Composer: Krzysztof Penderecki

      Ensemble: Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Ewa Marciniec

      Conductor: Antoni Wit

    16. Part III: I visited you in these near-final days…: No. 5. Jeśli Cię zapomnę walcząca Warszawo (If I forget you, fighting Warsaw)

      Composer: Krzysztof Penderecki

      Ensemble: Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Olga Pasichnyk

      Conductor: Antoni Wit

    17. Part III: I visited you in these near-final days…: No. 6. Pan Cogito myśli o powrocie do rodzinnego miasta (Mr Cogito thinks about returning to his home town)

      Composer: Krzysztof Penderecki

      Ensemble: Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Jarosław Bręk

      Conductor: Antoni Wit

    18. Part III: I visited you in these near-final days…: No. 7. Fortepian Szopena III (Chopin's piano III)

      Composer: Krzysztof Penderecki

      Ensemble: Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Jarosław Bręk

      Conductor: Antoni Wit

    19. Part III: I visited you in these near-final days…: No. 8. Grób Potockiej (Countess Potocka's grave)

      Composer: Krzysztof Penderecki

      Ensemble: Warsaw Philharmonic Choir

      Conductor: Antoni Wit

    20. Part III: I visited you in these near-final days…: No. 9. Do sosny polskiej znalezionej w jednym z ogrodów w Chatenay (To a Polish pine…) - No. 10. Fortepian Szopena VI (Chopin's piano VI)

      Composer: Krzysztof Penderecki

      Ensemble: Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Jarosław Bręk

      Conductor: Antoni Wit

    21. Part III: I visited you in these near-final days…: No. 11. Anioł Pański (The Angelus)

      Composer: Krzysztof Penderecki

      Ensemble: Warsaw Philharmonic Choir, Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Olga Pasichnyk, Ewa Marciniec, Jarosław Bręk

      Conductor: Antoni Wit


Composed for the final concert of the Chopin bicentenary celebrations in Warsaw in 2010, Krzysztof Penderecki’s Powia?o na mnie morze snów… (A sea of dreams did breathe on me…) is an extended song cycle comparable in scale to the composer’s Eighth Symphony [Naxos 8.570450]. The individual songs, settings of both Romantic and contemporary Polish poetry grouped into larger movements, chart a progression from an almost impressionistic lightness to monumentality, the expressive tenor of the music ranging widely – nostalgic for loss, but also tense and impassioned. Antoni Wit, Polish conductor non-pareil and for over a decade the managing and artistic director of the Warsaw Philharmonic, is at the conductor’s podium leading the orchestra, chorus and soloists gathered together for this grandly-scaled, important project.

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REVIEW:

As one by now expects as a matter of course, conductor Antoni Wit and the Warsaw Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra provide letter-perfect renditions that also fully capture the spirit as well. While the difficulties of mastering the Polish language (not a particularly mellifluous one for singing) may prove a hindrance to this work entering the standard repertoire, on the basis of musical merits it fully deserves such placement; a stronger piece than the recent and uneven Symphony No. 8, for me this confirms Penderecki’s status as the world’s greatest living composer. Naxos provides excellent recorded sound, and Polish-English texts in the booklet rather than online. Urgently and emphatically recommended.

– Fanfare