Silesian Chamber Orchestra, Camerata Silesia, Katowice City Singers, Michal Klauza
Release Date: 15 December 2023
Label: DUX Recording Producers
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 5902547019857
Genres: Classical Orchestral
Description
Another CD documenting the concerts of the Musica Sacromontana festival held every year in the Basilica on the Holy Mountain near Gostyn. The Festival serves the continuation of the intentions of the Oratory of Saint Philip Neri, who wanted to evangelize through the broadly understood propagation of culture. It is thanks to their efforts that in the 17th century a great ensemble was established there, and the greatest composers, including Giovanni Palestrina, came to Gostyn. Many of them wrote works commissioned by the Congregation; the fathers also filled the library with copies of the works of the greatest masters.
There were also outstanding artists among Poles, including Jozef Zeidler, one of the most outstanding representatives of Classicism in Polish music, who was associated with the monastery. His works have been presented in all editions of the festival. In 2022,a performance of Zeidler's Litany to John Nepomucene and Rorate cael took place.
In addition to liturgical music, non-sacred works could also be heard on the Holy Mountain (in the temple itself or in front of its facade). Those were - as the chronicler writes - "symphonies, adagios or other fine and appropriate arts". That type of repertoire is represented by the Sinfonia in C by Czech composer Vaclav Pichl(1741-1805), the score of which has survived in the collections of the Holy Mountain Library.
Performers on this recording:
Anna Mikolajczyk-Niewiedzial (soprano), Ewa Marciniec (alto), Tomasz Krzysica (tenor), Wojciech Gierlach (bass), Silesian Chamber Orchestra, Camerata Silesia, Katowice City Singers' Ensemble, Michal Klauza (conductor) Anna Szostak (choirmaster)
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
Johanna Domotor; Meesun Hong Coleman; Stuttgarter Kammerorchester
Josef Krips; Various Orchestras
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
