Penderecki / Orf Vienna Radio Symphony Orch- Stabat Mater / Dies Irae
Despite their different musical languages, all works by the Polish composers Karol Szymanowski and Krzysztof Penderecki presented on this album have in common the inherent character of a lament: Szymanowski's Stabat mater, which was completed in 1926 and is based on a Polish translation of the Latin medieval poem, is considered as one of the most important compositions of the 20th century. Penderecki's three-part oratorio Dies Irae was commissioned for a commemoration day in remembrance of the murder victims at the former concentration camp in Auschwitz, and hence carries the epithet "Auschwitz Oratorium". The album closes with a Threnos for 52 string instruments dedicated to the Victims of Hiroshima. The final haunting bars of this composition present a tutti cluster, starting in a triple forte and fading out to quadruple piano.
Tracklist:
- Stabat Mater, Op. 53: I. Stała Matka Bolejąca
- Stabat Mater, Op. 53: II. I Któż Widział Tak Cierpiącą
- Stabat Mater, Op. 53: III. O Matko Źródło Wszechmiłości
- Stabat Mater, Op. 53: IV. Spraw Niech Płaczę Z Tobą Razem
- Stabat Mater, Op. 53: V. Panno Słodka Racz Mozołem
- Stabat Mater, Op. 53: VI. Chrystus Niech Mi Będzie Grodem
- Dies Irae: I. Lamentatio
- Dies Irae: II. Apocalypsis
- Dies Irae: III. Apotheosis
- Threnody To The Victims Of Hiroshima
Despite their different musical languages, all works by the Polish composers Karol Szymanowski and Krzysztof Penderecki presented on this album have in common the inherent character of a lament: Szymanowski's Stabat mater, which was completed in 1926 and is based on a Polish translation of the Latin medieval poem, is considered as one of the most important compositions of the 20th century. Penderecki's three-part oratorio Dies Irae was commissioned for a commemoration day in remembrance of the murder victims at the former concentration camp in Auschwitz, and hence carries the epithet "Auschwitz Oratorium". The album closes with a Threnos for 52 string instruments dedicated to the Victims of Hiroshima. The final haunting bars of this composition present a tutti cluster, starting in a triple forte and fading out to quadruple piano.
Tracklist:
- Stabat Mater, Op. 53: I. Stała Matka Bolejąca
- Stabat Mater, Op. 53: II. I Któż Widział Tak Cierpiącą
- Stabat Mater, Op. 53: III. O Matko Źródło Wszechmiłości
- Stabat Mater, Op. 53: IV. Spraw Niech Płaczę Z Tobą Razem
- Stabat Mater, Op. 53: V. Panno Słodka Racz Mozołem
- Stabat Mater, Op. 53: VI. Chrystus Niech Mi Będzie Grodem
- Dies Irae: I. Lamentatio
- Dies Irae: II. Apocalypsis
- Dies Irae: III. Apotheosis
- Threnody To The Victims Of Hiroshima