Szymanowski & Penderecki / Gielen, ORF Vienna Radio Symphony
Despite their different musical languages, all works by the Polish composers Karol Szymanowski and Krzysztof Penderecki presented on this album have in common the inherent character of a lament: Szymanowski’s Stabat mater, which was completed in 1926 and is based on a Polish translation of the Latin medieval poem, is considered as one of the most important compositions of the 20th century. Penderecki’s three-part oratorio Dies Irae was commissioned for a commemoration day in remembrance of the murder victims at the former concentration camp in Auschwitz, and hence carries the epithet “Auschwitz Oratorium”. The album closes with a Threnos for 52 string instruments dedicated to the Victims of Hiroshima. The final haunting bars of this composition present a tutti cluster, starting in a triple forte and fading out to quadruple piano.
Product Description:
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Release Date: September 02, 2022
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UPC: 4011790212517
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Catalog Number: ORF-C210311
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Label: Orfeo
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Number of Discs: 1
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Period: 20th Century
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Composer: Krzysztof Penderecki, Karol Szymanowski
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Conductor: Michael Gielen
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Orchestra/Ensemble: ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Chorus sine nomine, Wiener Konzertchor
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Performer: Ewa Izykowska, Zachos Terzakis, Stephen Roberts, Elena Mosuc, Annette Markert, Anton Scharinger
Works:
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Stabat Mater, Op. 53
Composer: Karol Szymanowski
Ensemble: ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Michael Gielen
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Dies irae
Composer: Krzysztof Penderecki
Ensemble: ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Michael Gielen
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Threnody To the Victims of Hiroshima
Composer: Krzysztof Penderecki