Live in Wroclaw
The CD was recorded on 19th March 2021 in the Main Hall of the Witold Lutosławski National Forum of Music during a concert held as part of 75 Years of the NFM Wrocław Philharmonic.
The CD was recorded on 19th March 2021 in the Main Hall of the Witold Lutosławski National Forum of Music during a concert held as part of 75 Years of the NFM Wrocław Philharmonic.
Completorium, presented in this recording, is one of the most extensive and well-known works by Gorczycki. It is a musical setting of selected parts of the compline.
The four strongly contrasting pieces form a compact cycle, expressive in texture, harmony and intense lyricism, subtly tinged with folklore.
In his final composition, the “Quasi-Requiem” Libera me, written in the Autumn of 2018, Giya Kancheli bypassed the Latin Responsory from the Catholic Office of the Dead
The album in your hands is an invitation to create such a personal, intimate relationship with music. You can take it with you for a walk in the forest or on a long journey.
Weinberg began writing another string quartet on 25 November. He finished this first “student work”, and his second for such a line-up, on 13 March 1940. He dedicated it to his mother and sister, whose fate was unknown to him.
Lutosławski’s twenty carols are not a ‘Top Twenty’ collection; conspicuous by their absence are some of the most popular carols like Wśród nocnej ciszy (In the midst of night’s quiet), Mędrcy świata (Wise men of the world) or Pójdźmy wszyscy do stajenki (Let’s all go to the stable) while little known works are included.
For me, Christmas carols are associated with a certain nostalgia – these melodies have always reminded me of childhood, and I think it will always be like that.
Music Ensemble ‘Scandicus’ specialises in medieval, mostly vocal music
‘In this work,’ said Paweł Mykietyn about Concerto No. 2, ‘I tried to synthesize my research related to time in music