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Penderecki Has Enjoyed an International Reputation for Music That Blends Direct, Emotional Appeal with Contemporary Compositional Techniques CMYK NAXOS NAXOS Since 1966, with the composition of the St Luke Passion (Naxos 8.557149), Penderecki has enjoyed an international reputation for music that blends direct, emotional appeal with contemporary compositional techniques. The neo-Romantic choral work, Te Deum, was inspired by the anointing of Karol Wojtyla as the first Polish Pope in 1978. Although Penderecki’s recent choral works have tended to be similarly monumental in scale, he has written several of a more compact DDD PENDERECKI: nature, such as Hymne an den heiligen Daniel, whose opening ranks as one of the composer’s most PENDERECKI: affecting. This disc closes with two works for strings: the experimental Polymorphia from 1961, 8.557980 and the expressive Chaconne, written in 2005 as a tribute to the late Pope John Paul II. Krzysztof Playing Time PENDERECKI 67:06 (b. 1933) Te Deum Te Deum Te Te Deum (1979-80)* 36:46 Deum Te 1 Part One 13:02 2 Part Two 7:53 3 Part Three 15:51 4 Hymne an den heiligen Daniel (1997)† 12:14 www.naxos.com Made in the EU Kommentar auf Deutsch Booklet notes in English ൿ 5 Polymorphia (1961) 10:48 & 6 Polish Requiem: Chaconne (2005) 7:18 Ꭿ 2007 Naxos Rights International Ltd. Izabela Kłosi´nska, Soprano* • Agnieszka Rehlis, Mezzo-soprano* Adam Zdunikowski, Tenor* • Piotr Nowacki, Bass* Warsaw National Philharmonic Choir*† (Henryk Wojnarowski, choirmaster) Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra • Antoni Wit Sung texts are available at www.naxos.com/libretti/557980.htm 8.557980 Recorded from 5th to 7th September, 2005 (tracks 1-3), and on 29th September, 2005 (track 4), 8.557980 at Warsaw Philharmonic Hall, Poland Produced, engineered and edited by Andrzej Lupa and Aleksandra Nagórko (tracks 1 and 4), and Andrzej Sasin and Aleksandra Nagórko (tracks 2 and 3) • Publisher: Schott Musik Booklet notes: Richard Whitehouse • Cover image: Grey Black Cross by Sybille Yates (dreamstime.com).
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