Choral, Penderecki (composer)
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These utterly fearless unaccompanied singers bring precision to the most complex textures while retaining a palpable grasp of the music’s emotional heart, imbuing it with an engaging sense of... —
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2024, Recording of the Month
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Choral
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Penderecki: St Luke Passion
Lucas Meachem (baritone), Slawomir Holland (narrator), Sarah Wegener (soprano), Matthew Rose (bass), Warsaw Boys Choir, Kraków Philharmonic Chorus, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Kent Nagano
Nagano’s soloists are uniformly excellent and his choral singers exceptional in their unfailing commitment. A definitive recording of a modern masterpiece. —
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2020
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Juno Awards, 2021, Nominated - Classical Album of the Year (Large Ensemble)
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Penderecki: Symphony No. 7 'Seven Gates of Jerusalem'
Olga Pasichnyk (soprano), Aga Mikol/aj (soprano), Ewa Marciniec (alto), Wiesl/aw Ochman (tenor), Romuald Tesarowicz (bass) & Boris Carmeli (narrator)
Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra, Warsaw National Philharmonic Choir (Henryk Wojnarowski, choirmaster), Antoni Wit
Performances under Antoni Wit are superb, strong and intense, with an excellent chorus and team of soloists. —
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Special offer. Penderecki: Credo
RecommendedJuliane Banse, Milagr Vargas, Marietta Simpson & Thomas Randle
Oregon Bach Festival Choir & Orchestra, Helmuth Rilling
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Grammy Awards, 43rd Awards (2000), Best Choral Performance
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Penderecki: Chamber Works, Vol. 1
Roman Widaszek (clarinet), Marek Szlezer (piano), Maria Machowska (violin), Artur Rozmysłowicz (viola), Jan Kalinowski (cello), Tadeusz Tomaszewski (horn)
These fine performances have been excellently recorded at the European Music Centre in Lusławice, and heard together in this way cast an unusual and fascinating light on Penderecki's work. Highly... —
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2015, Editor's Choice
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Penderecki conducts Penderecki, Vol 1
RecommendedJohanna Rusanen (soprano), Agnieszka Rehlis (mezzo-soprano) & Nikolai Didenko (bass)
Warsaw Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra, Krzysztof Penderecki
The singers of the Warsaw Philharmonic Choir would appear to relish the music; and performances throughout are not only outstanding but beautifully recorded —
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Grammy Awards, 59th Awards (2016), Best Choral Performance
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Penderecki: Cello Concerto No. 2, Partita & Stabat mater
RecommendedMstislav Rostropovich (cello), Elzbieta Stefanska-Lukowicz (harpsichord), Helga Bohnstedt (electric guitar), Wolfgang Bargel (bass guitar), Annemarie Schmeisser (harp) & Norbert Brenner (double bass)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Sinfonieorchester des Südwestfunks, Solistes des Choeurs de l’O.R.T.F,...
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Grammy Awards, 30th Awards (1987), Best Contemporary Classical Composition
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Penderecki: Symphony No. 8
Agnieszka Rehlis (mezzo-soprano), Wojtek Drabowicz (baritone) & Michaela Kaune (soprano), Ryszard Minkiewicz (tenor), Anna Lubanska (mezzo-soprano) & Jaroslaw Brek (bass-baritone)
Warsaw National Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra, Antoni Wit
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Special offer. Britten: War Requiem, Penderecki: Tren & Berg: Violin Concerto
Kari Lövaas (soprano), Anthony Roden (tenor), Theo Adam (bass-baritone), Hansjürgen Scholze (organ), Manfred Scherzer (violin)
Leipzig Radio Orchestra, Dresden Cathedral Boys Choir, Leipzig Radio Chorus, Herbert Kegel
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