Gorecki: String Quartet No. 3, Op. 67 '...songs are sung'
Kronos Quartet
Górecki's lyricism and faith pervade the piece, but their expression in beautifully-voiced, reiterated melodies is undercut by acrid harmonies suggesting doubt, grief and mental strife. Kronos...
Gorecki: String Quartet No. 3, Op. 67 '...songs are sung'
Kronos Quartet
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Górecki's lyricism and faith pervade the piece, but their expression in beautifully-voiced, reiterated melodies is undercut by acrid harmonies suggesting doubt, grief and mental strife. Kronos...
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“Without any question,” says Kronos violinist David Harrington, "'…songs are sung,’ for me, is one of the most lyrical, poignant and far-reaching works ever written for string quartet…This music consoles as it faces, unflinchingly, the deepest aspects of life. It is music so personal that in its performance one feels the audience is listening in to one’s very own soul and life."
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May 2007
Górecki's lyricism and faith pervade the piece, but their expression in beautifully-voiced, reiterated melodies is undercut by acrid harmonies suggesting doubt, grief and mental strife. Kronos vividly yet subtly realise and reconcile these inner conflicts.
22nd March 2007
The Kronos Quartet’s interpretation is, unsurprisingly, perfectly judged, and conjures up an eerie, absorbing sound world...As the last chord dies away, it seems almost a sin to break the spell by moving or talking too soon. If it is this powerful on a CD player, performed live it must be magical.
June 2007
Like so much of Górecki's music, the Third Quartet inhabits territory that oscillates between the great tradition of Western art music and the folk music of his native Poland. …there is an intimacy about the profundity-in-simplicity of this work that is truly astounding. Utterly remarkable - a master at work, performed by masters.
