PENDERECKI : Symphony No. 8, Dies Irae, Psalmen Davids

Wit, Antoni;
Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra;
Minkiewicz, Ryszard;
Warsaw Philharmonic Choir;
Bręk, Jarosław

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Symphony nr 8 "Lieder Verganglichkeit" composed in 2005, and recorded here for the first time, is a work very much in the spirit of the late romantic German comporsers. In this work set to poems of German poets, one can hear a bit of the style of the Mahler symphonies and a bit of the early style of Schoenberg. The Symphony # 8 is score for large orchestra, vocal soloists, and a bass trumpet only heard in parts of the last movement(Yes, it sounds like a trombone but it's not, it's a bass trumpet). This recording also includes the Dies Irae composed in 1967, also for orchestra, chorus and soloists (thou the orchestra part is written for dissimilar forces in comparison to the 8th symphony)is what we come to expect from the composer's religious works, and so is his "Aus den Psalmen Davids". The Warsaw National Philharmonic under Mr. Antoni Wit,who does a great, as so did the soloists and chorus as well.

Works:

• Penderecki: Aus den Psalmen Davids
• Penderecki: Dies irae
• Penderecki: Symphony No. 8

CD

Muzyka klasyczna

Naxos

07-01-2008

747313045075