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DUX 848/49CD
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Twenty Gazes Upon The Infant Jesus. Performed by Eugeniusz Knapik - piano. "The significance of Olivier Messiaen in the history of the 20th century music is exceptional. His willingness to face great, beyond-musical ideas and at the same time show incredible intensity and passion of expression -- these are, apart from purely technical virtues, the most distinguishing features and strengths of his music."
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DUX 822CD
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Performed by The Polish Sinfonia Iuventus Orchestra. "The Italian word 'adagio', which was chosen by Krzysztof Penderecki for the title of his Symphony No. 4 has some obvious music connotations for everyone. It is worth reminding here however, that -- the word of great, going back to Petrarch's times tradition; the word alive till now creating more and more new meanings, phrases and idioms. This adverb means first of all a slowly performed activity which takes place without haste.... In Penderecki's Symphony No. 4 the music seems to possess this maturity on a perfect level, there is certain dignified celebration of content, inner focus."
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DUX 770CD
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$19.00
NOT IN STOCK, SPECIAL ORDER
Performed by: DAFÔ String Quartet; Arkadiusz Adamski, clarinet. "Arkadiusz Adamski is now Principal Clarinet in the National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra in Katowice (since 1993) as well as in SInfonietta Cracovia (since 2000). He has performed as a soloist and chamber musician with numerous orchestras and ensembles including the National Polish Radio SO, The Hilliard Ensemble, the Polish Chamber Philharmonic, the Warsaw Chamber Opera, the Byelorussia National Philharmonic Orchestra and SInfonietta Cracovia. He is also a member of The New Art Ensemble and has made many recordings for Polish Radio, Polish Television and the BBC. The DAFÔ Quartet has been involved in contemporary music, gaining numerous prestigious prizes in this field."
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DUX 694CD
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$19.00
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Performed by Polish Chamber Choir Schola Cantorum Gedanensis/Jan Lukaszewski. "Looking at Krzysztof Penderecki's choral output, one cannot help noticing that in comparison with other, highly diverse forms of his artistic utterance, it constitutes the most homogenous whole. While it is possible to point to various stylistic references that inspired many strands of his musical itinerary, his works for a cappella choir, spanning as they do almost five decades, appear to be very coherent in terms of their expressive features and also stylistically homogeneous. The reasons for this state of affairs may be found both in the sound matter itself and the specific sound possibilities of an ensemble of human voices, to which Penderecki deliberately assigned an idiomatic value, and in the 'external' inclinations of his choral compositions which are something far more than an ideological inspiration. The organic homogeneity of these works stems first and foremost from Penderecki's mature compositional craft which is manifested not only in the masterful command of many stylistic practices from previous periods (evident also in his pieces in other genres) but above all in the expressively perfect synthesis of numerous musical styles and trends. All of Penderecki's a cappella choral compositions on this CD go a long way to show that reconciling broadly-understood traditions with openness to contemporary avant-garde trends is possible and can bring aesthetically impressive results."
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DUX 678CD
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$19.00
NOT IN STOCK, SPECIAL ORDER
Featured works: "Adagietto From 'Paradise Lost,' A Version For English Horn And String Orchestra" (1979), "Chaconne In Memoria Del Giovanni Paolo II" (2005), "Intermezzo For 24 Strings" (1973); "De Profundis From 'Seven Gates Of Jerusalem'" (1998) "Serenade For String Orchestra" (1996-1997); "Sinfonietta Per Archi" (1992) Agnes Dei From 'Requiem', A Version By Boris Pergamenschikow For String Orchestra" (1994) "3 Pieces In Baroque Style After Sound-Tracks To 'The Saragossa Manuscript' For String Orchestra" (1963). Performed by: Albrecht Mayer, English horn; Artur Haufa, violin; Artur Paciorkiewicz, viola; Jerzy Klocek, cello; Sinfonia Varsovia Orchestra/Krzysztof Penderecki. "The artistic vision of the world communicated by Krzysztof Penderecki in his compositions has fascinated successive generations of music lovers for half a century. Starting with the debut work Psalms of David (1958) up to his latest piece, the Concerto for Horn and Orchestra (2008), the music of Poland's most distinguished composer has never ceased to surprise listeners with its originality, the perfect balance of form and the careful selection of ideological message. It seems, however, that far more intriguing is the continuity of the aesthetic program that can be clearly traced in Penderecki's works marking the successive stages of his artistic development. They include experiments with the individual sound idiom as well as retrospective stylistic syntheses which are rooted in the natural laws guiding the development of an artist's personality. The deep aesthetic background of all these developmental stages, however, is constant. Indeed, it seems that gaining full insights into this background not only allows for the objective assessment of Penderecki's entire oeuvre but is also a precondition for its appropriate reception and understanding."
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