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"Tryptyk sakralny" Kilara, Góreckiego i Pendereckiego na DVD
2006-01-30
Sacred Triptych – DVDs with recordings of compositions by Wojciech Kilar, Henryk Mikołaj Górecki and Krzysztof Penderecki – was presented at the Witold Lutosławski Studio of Polish Radio in Warsaw on 28 January. The "Sacred Triptych" consists of the vocal-instrumental works by the three Polish composers: Krzysztof Penderecki’s "Credo", Henryk Mikołaj Górecki’s "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs" (Symphony No. 3) and Wojciech Kilar’s "Missa pro pace". The disc also contains 20-minute films with the composers’ statements on their creative output. Penderecki’s "Credo" was recorded in the Dominican Fathers’ church in Warsaw. The performers were: Bożena Harasimowicz-Haas and Olga Pasiecznik, Agnieszka Rehlis, Adam Zdunikowski and Romuald Tesarowicz as well as the Polish Radio Choir, the National Philharmonic Choir, the Boys’ Choir of the Karol Szymanowski Philharmonic in Cracow and the Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra under the baton of the composer himself. Górecki’s Symphony No. 3 was recorded in the Holy Cross church in Zakopane. The performers were: Zofia Kilanowicz and the Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra under the baton of the composer. The "Missa pro pace" was recorded at the Polish Cathedral in Lvov and was performed by Izabella Kłosińska, Anna Lubańska, Piotr Kusiewicz and Romuald Tesarowicz as well as the Polish Radio Choir and the Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Kazimierz Kord. The project, formed by Joanna Wnuk-Nazarowa, the managing director of the Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra, was financed by KRRiTV (Home Council for Radio and Television), as a kind of special commission to be realized by the Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra having its seat in Katowice. The recordings were made during the jubilee concerts of the composers on the occasion of their seventieth birthdays. The most recent formats and technologies of the image and sound recording were used in their production (DVD digital and SACD).Most popular:
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