Universal Prayer
Andrzej Panufnik’s choral works blend Polish themes with sacred influences. This album features the meditative "Song to the Virgin Mary" and the groundbreaking "Universal Prayer".
Andrzej Panufnik’s choral works blend Polish themes with sacred influences. This album features the meditative "Song to the Virgin Mary" and the groundbreaking "Universal Prayer".
The album explores Mykola Dyletsky’s works, blending Eastern liturgy with Western compositional techniques, showcasing the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth’s impact on Ukrainian polyphony.
This album explores the dance of death through works by Brahms, Reger, and Bach, offering musical and philosophical reflections on mortality, culture, and transformation.
The Petite messe solennelle (‘Little solemn mass’) is the last masterwork to be penned by Gioachino Rossini. In the oeuvre of this brilliant Italian composer, dominated by operatic works, sacred music always maintained a constant, albeit discreet, presence. […]
Poulenc’s Concerto is primarily for strings (timpani are used sparingly throughout). It was commissioned by Princess Edmond de Polignac for her small private instrument and dedicated to her ‘with the highest regard’. (…)
We present to you the twelfth album with Old Polish music, this time from the 16th century. The direct inspiration for its recording was the invitation of Wrocław Baroque Ensemble to Lviv, Kyiv and Vilnius in the autumn of 2021.
Kompozycje Zuzanny Koziej w jej pierwszym monograficznym albumie oparte są na łacińskich tekstach liturgicznych i biblijnych, które kompozytorka traktuje w uniwersalny sposób, kierując swoją twórczość zarówno do osób wierzących, jak i niewierzących.
String Quartet No. 5 was written in the autumn of 1945 and was performed on 17 May 1947 in Moscow by the Beethoven Quartet, to whom it was dedicated.
Music Ensemble ‘Scandicus’ specialises in medieval, mostly vocal music
We present to you an album with compositions by Jacek Różycki, who we know was one of the most significant figures of the royal chapels of John II Casimir Vasa, Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki, John III Sobieski, and Augustus II the Strong.