Penderecki Orchestral Works Vol3
Classical | Easy CD-DA | APE tracks, No CUE, No Log | 1 CD, Cover LQ
231 Mb | Date CD: February 22, 2000 | NAXOS
Volume two of Naxos's Cycle of Krzysztof Penderecki's orchestral works continues a successful series of recordings by Antoni Wit and the NPRSO (Katowice) with two massive symphony's, No. 5 and No.1, in that order.
Encountering one of Penderecki's symphonies for the fist time, having known his unabashedly modernist St. Luke Passion and such orchestral works as Polymorphia, I was very surprised by Symphony No. 5. It is largely conventional in language, having episodes that remind me of any number of modern symphonists, from Simpson to Honneger. Once, about nine minutes in, a vividly painted image seems to recall a Sibelian frozen vista and then it shades into a Wagnerian forest scene. Far from an exercise in derivation, however, there is a very individual personality at work here. All of the directness of purpose and clarity of expression that I value in Penderecki's early music is present in this 1992 score. It is a powerful, dramatic and substantive work. |
Composer: Krzysztof Penderecki
Conductor: Antoni Wit
Orchestra/Ensemble: Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra Katowice
Tracks
Symphony No. 2, "Christmas Symphony":
1. I. Moderato 7:45
2. II. Allegretto 3:48
3. III. Lento 10:17
4. IV. Tempo I 4:06
5. V. Allegretto 8:31
Symphony No. 4:
6. I. Adagio 4:30
7. II. Piu animato 3:26
8. III. Tempo I 13:01
9. IV. Allegro 5:46
10. V. Tempo II
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