Penderecki: A Polish Requiem - Antoni Wit, Warsaw National Philharmonic Choir & Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra

Penderecki: A Polish Requiem

Antoni Wit, Warsaw National Philharmonic Choir & Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra

  • Genre: Classical
  • Release Date: 2004-11-25
  • Explicitness: notExplicit
  • Country: USA
  • Track Count: 16

  • ℗ 2004 Naxos
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Tracks

Title Artist Time
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A Polish Requiem: I. Introitus 4:08 USD 0.99
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A Polish Requiem: II. Kyrie 4:16 USD 0.99
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A Polish Requiem: III. Dies ir 1:33 USD 0.99
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A Polish Requiem: IV. Tuba mir 1:58 USD 0.99
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A Polish Requiem: V. Mors stup 6:30 USD 0.99
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A Polish Requiem: VI. Quid sum 4:46 USD 0.99
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A Polish Requiem: VII. Rex tre 2:17 USD 0.99
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A Polish Requiem: VIII. Record 11:24 USD Album Only
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A Polish Requiem: IX. Ingemisc 12:07 USD Album Only
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A Polish Requiem: X. Lacrimosa 4:38 USD 0.99
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A Polish Requiem: XI. Sanctus 13:41 USD Album Only
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A Polish Requiem: XII. Agnus D 7:34 USD 0.99
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A Polish Requiem: XIII. Lux ae 4:42 USD 0.99
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A Polish Requiem: XIV. Libera 9:43 USD 0.99
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A Polish Requiem: XV. Swiety B 6:33 USD 0.99
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A Polish Requiem: XVI. Libera 3:26 USD 0.99
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Reviews

  • Very moving
    5
    By WGL
    I was taking a bit of a chance in buying this; the only Penderecki work I had ever encountered was the intriguing "Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima". And trust me, it's not music for the faint-hearted: from the raging "Dies Irae" to the haunting "Agnus Dei", it as elclectic and varied as can be. The music ranges from dense chromaticism (not strictly atonal, but good luck in finding a tonal center) featuring extensive use of tone clusters a la Ligeti (especially in the "Lux aeterna"), to a lush and almost neo-romantic sense of harmony (such as in the "Libera animas" or the "Agnus Dei"). As evidenced in the title, this is not a requiem conceived in memory of a single person, but rather both a lament and a memorial to the horrific sufferings of Poland (Penderecki's native country), from the Holocaust through the Cold War. The overall product is a turbulent, haunting, tortured work of art...nothing short of a modern masterpiece.