Górecki: Symphony No. 3 ; Three Olden Style Pieces

Zofia Kilanowicz GÃ³recki: Symphony No. 3 ; Three Olden Style Pieces

Zofia Kilanowicz
Label: Naxos
Number of Discs: 1
Format: Audio CD
Release date:28th June 1994

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Track Listing

1. Symphony No. 3, Op. 36 ('Symphony of Sorrowful Songs'): Lento - Sostenuto tranquillo ma cantabile
2. Symphony No. 3, Op. 36 ('Symphony of Sorrowful Songs'): Lento e largo - Tranquillisimo
3. Symphony No. 3, Op. 36 ('Symphony of Sorrowful Songs'): Lento - Cantabile semplice
4. Pieces (3) in the Olden Style, for string orchestra: I. Lamentation of the Holy Cross Monastery (15th Century)
5. Pieces (3) in the Olden Style, for string orchestra: II. Prayer of the 18-year-old Helena Wanda Blazusiakowna, inscribed on the wall
6. Pieces (3) in the Olden Style, for string orchestra: III. Folk-Song in Opole Region Dialect

Amazon.com

The current Schwann catalog lists nine versions of Górecki's phenomenally popular Symphony 3 (Sorrowful Songs) composed in 1976. During his early career, Górecki embraced serialism and concentrated on instrumental sonorities in the vein of Messiaen. But in Symphony 3, his atonality disappears into a strategy of gently mounting thematic pitches, taking the strings through all possible registers. All three movements are marked lento, rare for any symphony. The Elektra Nonesuch recording has tended to be the bestseller, but give this Naxos release a try--it's just as good. The sound is excellent and the performances are above reproach. --Paul Cook

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