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Composer: GORECKI, Henryk Mikolaj ((b. 1933)) |
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ID: ACDHN034w-2
CDs: 1
Type: SACD
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Collection: Choral Collection
Subcollection: Choir
3 - Soloist: Rudmer de Vries, tenor
6, 7 - Noriko Yabe, piano
14 - Soloists: Rudmer de Vries, tenor / Bauke Hoekstra, bass
Cantatrix is an ensemble aiming for the highest level of choral singing. In their first cd the singers present their group in a programme of mainly contemporary music. The principal characteristic of the repertoire in this recording is a high degree of variety, resulting in - you guessed - contrasts.
Frits Ham.
Elgar, Mäntyjärvy, Biebl, Whitacre, Vermeeren, Lauridsenen, Gorecki. |
| 18.00 eur Buy |
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ID: ARNR0496
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Subcollection: New Music
A collection of musical gems by great contemporary composers of the minimalist and postminimalist trend.
Music of Steve Reich (Vermont Counterpoint, New York Counterpoint - first recording of the saxophone version), Arvo Paert (Pari Intervallo), Hans Otte (Eins), Ludovico Einaudi (Quattro Passi), skilfully interpreted by Andrea Ceccomori and Goffredo Degli Esposti on the flutes, Paul Wehage on the saxophones, Cecilia Chailly on harp and Fabrizio Ottaviucci on piano. |
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ID: DCD34054
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: Choral Collection
Subcollection: Choir
The massed voices of the National Youth Choir of Great Britain are ideally suited to the choral music of Henryk Mikolaj Górecki, music of a monumental radiance which demands a huge and rich sonority. Alongside the ever-popular Totus Tuus, this resplendent recording also contains two recent works here receiving their premieres on disc - the luminous Lobgesang and the thrillingly massive Salve Sidus Polonorum, for choir, organ, two pianos and percussion.
Górecki (1933-2010) made his reputation as a leader of the Polish avant-garde in the 1950s, with his early works marking ‘the most colourful and vibrant expression of the new Polish wave.’ Inspired by folk and religious influences, and demonstrating a clear affinity with the likes of Szymanowski and Bartók, the emotional power and clarity of his music continues to radiate and inspire. Tracing his choral works from the Psalm settings of 1972 to music written in his final decade, this disc provides a fascinating insight into one of the most unique musical voices of the twentieth century.
Track listing
1 Euntes Ibant Et Flebant Op. 32
2 Lobgesang Op. 76
3 Totus Tuus Op. 60
Salve, Sidus Polonorum Op. 72
4 I. Per Merita Sancti Adalberti
5 II. Swiety Wojciechu Patronie Nasz Drogi
6 III. Salve, Sidus Polonorum
7 Amen Op. 35
Total playing time [62:02] |
| 15.00 eur Buy |
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ID: SIGCD180
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: Choral Collection
Subcollection: Choir
Naked Byrd: Featuring music by composers who wore their hearts on their sleeves and whose art saw their emotions laid bare. An atmospheric concert where magical musical moments are intertwined with sublime passages of plainchant and violin improvisation.
The varied programme of this recording identifies, as Armonico Consort’s director, Christopher Monks describes, ‘... a wide range of pieces united by the tendency of their composers to wear their hearts on their sleeves and their ability to fix a sense of raw emotion on paper’. For the majority of the composers represented here, the reasons for revealing naked sentiments through their music is as a response to a religious theme, whether through the suppression of particular relgious practices or the influence of relgious ideals themselves. Crossing several centuries, from the sixteenth to the present day this disc displays how every generation has been inspired to use both sacred and secular music as a powerful medium to express their personal emotions.
Includes Allegri's Miserere MeiSt Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Carmen Giannattasio, Veronica Simeoni, Alxander Timchenko, Carlo Colombara & Yuri Temirkanov St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Carmen Giannattasio, Veronica Simeoni, Alxander Timchenko, Carlo Colombara & Yuri Temirkanov Artist: St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Carmen Giannattasio, Veronica Simeoni, Alxander Timchenko, Carlo Colombara & Yuri Temirkanov
The Armonico Consort is, at its heart, a highly talented vocal ensemble that stages a wide variety of concerts. The quality of the performances they stage is reflected in the praise they have recently received: "Superb!" The Times |
| 18.00 eur Buy |
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ID: TPDVD102
CDs: 1
Type: DVD
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Collection: Documentary
Subcollection: Voices and Orchestra
Region Code: NTSC color broadcast system : Plays in all territories
Presentation: Wide Screen
Color mode: Colour
Screen (Picture) Format: 16:9, Aspect Ratio
Duration: 53 mins
Language Note: Performance and commentary in Polish with optional subtitles in English, French, Italian, German, and Spanish.
Sound Format: Dolby Digital Stereo
DVD Format: DVD VIDEO
Notes: Booklet with program notes and English translation of texts inserted in container.
The Symphony actually dates from 1976 when Górecki was (as he tells us in the film) a 'non-person' in the political sense, when his music was banned in his native Katowice in Poland. He told me that its inspiration had come from a book he had found about the Nazi occupation of Poland. In the footnotes there was an example of the different messages scratched on the walls of a Gestapo prison. One, written by a young girl, said only: "Mama, don't cry". Very simple. Nothing melodramatic or even tragic, but a heartfelt cry that scorched the soul. At an early performance in Paris, a music critic whispered in Górecki's ear "Merde!" At the first screening of the film in 1993, the then commissioning editor of music programmes on Channel FOUR said: "what rubbish is this?" Now, only a few years later, no-one can remember either of their names. Melvyn Bragg showed the film on The South Bank Show, and even managed to persuade the hierarchy of ITV that it would be an abomination to disrupt the film with any commercial breaks for, say, Durex. The 53 minute film was shown uninterrupted, an acceptance perhaps of the urgency of its content. "I wanted to express a great sorrow", Górecki says. "The war...the rotten times under Communism...our life today...the starving. What madness! This sorrow, it burns inside me. I cannot shake it off". |
| 21.00 eur Buy |
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ID: TPDVDBOX2
CDs: 11
Type: DVD
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Subcollection: Biography Movie
Region Code: NTSC color broadcast system : Plays in all territories
DVD1: TPDVD102 - Henryck Gorecki - The Symphony of Sorrowful Songs
DVD2: TPDVD103 - Maria Callas - La Divina - A Portrait
DVD3: TPDVD112 - Malcolm Arnold - Toward The Unknown Region
DVD4: TPDVD113 - William Walton - At The Haunted End of the Day
DVD5: TPDVD116 - Berlioz - I, Berlioz
DVD6: TPDVD123 - Michael Crawford - The Fantastic World of Michael Crawford
DVD7: TPDVD124 - Margot - story of Margot Fonteyn
DVD8: TPDVD125 - Benjamin Britten - A Time There Was...
DVD9: TPDVD126 - Stravinsky - Once, at a Border...
DVD10: TPDVD158 - John Adams - Hail Bop! A Portrait of John Adams
DVD11: TPDVD159 - Renee Fleming - Miss Renee Fleming
Melvyn Bragg has run The South Bank Show for over 30 years, producing in all over 250 films. Sadly, ITV has now decided to axe the show, so to celebrate the final season of The South Bank Show, a brilliant collection of Tony Palmer's films made for The South Bank Show is being released in a special commemorative boxset.
The eleven films include the Italia Prize-winning definitive portraits of Benjamin Britten, William Walton and Maria Callas; the New York Film & TV Festival Gold medal winners about Stravinsky, Margot Fonteyn and Malcolm Arnold; and the controversial films about Gorecki, John Adams and Berlioz. Films about the great American soprano Renée Fleming and the original 'Phantom of the Opera' Michael Crawford complete the package.
As Bragg says: "Palmer's films for me have been one of the highlights of every season since we began." |
| 115.00 eur Buy |
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