Rafal Janiak; Polish Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Sopot
Release Date: 02 June 2023
Label: DUX Recording Producers
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 5902547019031
Genres: Classical Orchestral
Description
This new release from DUX presents a tribute to the life and works of Polish composer Krysztof Penderecki, including world premiere recordings of several his works. The works are performed here by the Polish Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Sopot under the direction of conductor Rafal Janiak.
"Thanks to the trust of Director Professor Wojciech Rajski, once again, I had the honour of making a recording with the participation of excellent musicians of the Polish Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Sopot. This album is a tribute of that institution to Professor Krzysztof Penderecki. His oeuvre has always been and will be present in both concert and recording programmes of the ensemble.
The repertoire concept of this album was about showing the path of development of the compositional master, whose beginning dates back to his studies in the class of Professor Artur Malawski (Toccata), through the diploma work of Krzysztof Penderecki himself written before the memorable Polish Composers' Union competition (Epitafium Artur Malawski in memoriam – world premiere recording), finally, a composition of Joanna Wnuk-Nazarowa, an outstanding student of Penderecki (Lamento – world premiere recording), to the masterpieces of her mentor: Sinfonietta No. 2 (version for oboe and string orchestra, with the participation of Mariusz Pedzialek, who premiered this version – world premiere recording) and Sinfonietta No. 3 – his last composition for string orchestra.
Therefore, we are taking you on an extraordinary musical journey during which you will be able to see the diversity and evolution of Krzysztof Penderecki's compositional style as well as to look at it through the prism of the contexts that determined it and of the contexts that were influenced by it." – Rafal Janiak
Tracklisting
Collegium Cantorum Choir, Janusz Siadlak
Jacek Szponarski, Szymon Mechlinski, Jolanta Pszczolkowsla-Pawlik
Jan Milosz Zarzycki, Witold Lutoslowski Lomza Chamber Philharmonic
Pawel Przytocki, Arthur Rubinstein Philharmonic Orchestra, Wojciech Niedziolka
Tomasz Ritter, Tansman Trio
Messages Quartet, Piotr Lato
Malgorzata Wasiucionek-Potera, Andrzej Karalow
Maciej Tworek, Jerzy Semkow Polish Sinfonia luventus Orchestra
Josef Krips
Atalanta Fugiens Orchestra; Vanni Moretto
The Orchestra Now; Leon Botstein
Yannick Nezet-Seguin; Orchestre Metropolitain de Montreal
Brussels Philharmonic, Kazushi Ono
Bohuslav Martinu Philharmonie, Friedrich Kleinhapl, Robert Kruzik
Sibylle Mahni; Andreas Spering; Brandenburger Symphoniker
Liepaja Symphony Orchestra, Atvars Lakstigala
