Gorecki
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Taylor plays a 1970s harpsichord built by the Parisbased maker Anthony Sidey. The instrument has a sturdy, gut-like quality that allows it to punch above the orchestra in Poulenc's concerto,... —
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Under its conductor of 40 years’ standing, Jan Łukaszewski, the Gdańsk-based Polish Chamber Choir produces a beautifully smooth and glowing tone. The overall effect is sweet, like eating too... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Choral
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Throughout, the Tippett Quartet are sympathetic and expert interpreters negotiating Gorecki’s soundworld with a strong sense of ensemble and making the most of the abundant contrasts of material... —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2019, Editor's Choice
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Gorecki: Symphony No. 3, Op. 36 'Symphony of Sorrowful Songs'
RecommendedDawn Upshaw (soprano)
London Sinfonietta, David Zinman
Górecki's Third Symphony has become legend. Composed in 1976, it's always had its champions and admirers within the contemporary music world, but in 1993 it found a new audience of undreamt-of... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 15th November 2010
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Once again Paul Hillier and his Estonian choir provide a varied programme of new choral works by Baltic composers. Despite a wide gamut of styles, each composition has an immediacy that is not... —
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2007, Choral Finalist
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2006, Editor's Choice
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‘Already it is Dusk’ owes something to Bartókian tradition in its processing of folk elements from Górecki’s beloved Tatra mountains, while the prayer of its title, taken from a Polish renaissance... —
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2025, Chamber Choice
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Gorecki: Symphony No. 3 & Three Pieces in the Old Style
Zofia Kilanowicz (soprano)
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Antoni Wit
This disc seems a clear first choice. —
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Górecki: String Quartet No. 3 '…songs are sung', Sonata for Two Violins
John Mills (violin I), Jeremy Isaac (violin II), Tippett Quartet
[Sonata] playing is clean, crisp, and thoroughly enjoyable. —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2020, Recording of the Month
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Górecki: Symphony No.3 'Sorrowful Songs' & Pieces in Olden Style & Totus Tuus
Stefania Woytowicz (soprano), Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Wlodzimierz Kamirski, Krakow Philharmonic, Roland Bader, Krakow Choral Society,
Malgorzata Orawska
