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PENDERECKI, K.: Canticum canticorum Salomonis / Kosmogonia (Warsaw Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra, Wit)

Composer(s):Penderecki, Krzysztof
Artist(s)
Period(s) Contemporary
Genre Classical Music
Category Choral - SacredChoral - SecularVocal
Catalogue 8.572481
Label Naxos
Quality   320kbps
Album Price
 
MP3
USD 6.99
 

 


The range of Penderecki’s music is exemplified by this disc, which presents five works written over a period of nearly 40 years. Hymne an den heiligen Adalbert was composed in 1997 and evokes the martyred eighth-century Bishop of Prague through spare but fervent gestures. More austere, but intense in its focus, is Song of the Cherubim, whilst Canticum Canticorum Salomis is a richly sensuous exploration of the Song of Songs. Kosmogonia explores a complex sound tapestry. Strophen (1959) was a breakthrough work—spare, intricate and marvellously tensile.


   




Review By Record Geijutsu,May 2013


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Review By Raymond Tuttle,Fanfare,March 2013

The Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir, whether they are conducted by Wit or someone else, can be depended upon to bring authenticity and fire to Penderecki’s music…I really have no reservations about these performances. In fact, this Canticum Canticorum Salomonis is the most impressive I’ve heard, eclipsing the composer’s own recording on EMI. (Wit’s slower tempos emphasize the music’s sensuality.) I am looking forward to hearing what Wit does with the Magnificat. © Fanfare Read complete review



Review By James A. Altena,Fanfare,March 2013

…Antoni Wit and the forces under his command provide exemplary performances of these works, and all three vocal soloists and the narrator discharge their duties ably…Naxos provides them with well-defined recorded sound. If this repertoire appeals to you, then you definitely will want to add this disc to your collection. © 2013 Fanfare Read complete review



Review By Steve Holtje,Culture Catch,January 2013

Naxos’ Penderecki series is the most important and impressive ongoing project in classical music right now…My favorite is the a cappella “Song of the Cherubim”…which has an attractive purity of focus, though the murmuring beginning of Canticum Canticorum Salomonis…is also a striking a cappella moment. The superb engineering required to make the denser works, such as Canticum Canticorum Salomonis, come through the speakers with such crystalline clarity is a major contributor to the impact of this album and Naxos’ whole Penderecki series. Of course, Antoni Wit is a extremely talented conductor who understands these works as well as anyone besides the composer, but Penderecki himself had already conducted

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Review By Juan Berberana,Ritmo,December 2012

Nueva grabación de la integral de Penderecki en Naxos, y nueva aportación de su mejor paladín, Antoni Wit. Esta vez Wit selecciona un grupo de cinco piezas para coro (a veces con solistas) y orquesta, con el objetivo de dar una visión temporal de la obra de su compatriota, en apenas una hora. En los extremos Hymne (1997) y Strophen (de 1959). Pese a que el objetivo se logra con creces, resulta un poco triste que éste sirva para corroborar el progresivo deterioro del mundo musical de Penderecki, con el paso de los años. Hymne simboliza a la perfección al Penderecki de los últimos 20 años, grandilocuente, por momentos amanerado y casi obsesionado por la interrelación entre religión y música.

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Review By Norbert Tischer,Pizzicato,


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Review By Jean-Yves Duperron,Classical Music Sentinel,October 2012

In this, the latest release in the impressive ongoing Naxos series of recordings covering most of Krzysztof Penderecki’s output, conductor Antoni Wit and the Warsaw Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra bring together some of Penderecki’s most diverse and captivating choral works.

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