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Szymanowski - Stabat Mater; Penderecki - Dies irae, Threnody | Orfeo C210311

Szymanowski - Stabat Mater; Penderecki - Dies irae, Threnody

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Label: Orfeo

Cat No: C210311

Barcode: 4011790212517

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 7th October 2022

Contents

Artists

Elena Mosuc (soprano)
Annette Markert (alto)
Anton Scharinger (baritone)
Ewa Izykowska (soprano)
Zachos Terzakis (tenor)
Stephen Roberts (bass)
Chorus sine nomine
Wiener Konzertchor
ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra

Conductor

Michael Gielen

Works

Penderecki, Krzysztof

Dies Irae
Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima

Szymanowski, Karol

Stabat Mater, op.53

Artists

Elena Mosuc (soprano)
Annette Markert (alto)
Anton Scharinger (baritone)
Ewa Izykowska (soprano)
Zachos Terzakis (tenor)
Stephen Roberts (bass)
Chorus sine nomine
Wiener Konzertchor
ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra

Conductor

Michael Gielen

About

Despite their different musical languages, all three works on this album by Polish composers Karol Szymanowski and Krzysztof Penderecki share the inherent character of a lament.

Szymanowski’s Stabat Mater, completed in 1926 and based on a Polish translation of the Latin medieval text, is considered one of the most important compositions of the 20th century.

Penderecki’s three-part oratorio Dies Irae was commissioned to commemorate the murder victims at the former concentration camp in Auschwitz, and hence carries the subtitle ‘Auschwitz Oratorium’.

The album closes with Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima for 52 strings. The final haunting bars of the work use a tutti note cluster, starting fff and fading to pppp.

Historical recordings from the archives of the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation.

Recorded at Konzerthaus Wien, 31 March 1995 (Penderecki), 28 January 2000 (Szymanowski)

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