PENDERECKI, K.: Magnificat / Kadisz (Warsaw Boys Choir, Warsaw Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra, Wit)

The two works on this recording are separated by 35 years, during which time Penderecki made a decisive break with the post-war European avant-garde. In the Magnificat, chilling instrumental clusters, spectral sounds and impassioned rhetoric unite with tonality and counterpoint to deliver a work of monumental emotional power. Written to mark the 65th anniversary of the end of the Jewish ghetto in Łódź, Kadisz is among the most distinctive of Penderecki’s later choral works in the stark contrasts between drama and sombre reflection of its individual sections.

Tracklist

Penderecki, Krzysztof
Bible - New Testament - Lyricist
Warsaw Boys Choir (Choir)
Warsaw Philharmonic Choir (Choir)
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Wit, Antoni (Conductor)
Burzynski, Jakub (tenor)
Cyciura, Mariusz (tenor)
Warmijak, Tomasz (tenor)
Gunerka, Sebastian (bass)
Wawreczko, Roman (bass)
Wota, Marek (bass)
Zywczok, Przemyslaw (bass)
Gierlach, Wojtek (bass)
1Magnificat anima mea04:59
Warsaw Boys Choir (Choir)
Warsaw Philharmonic Choir (Choir)
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Wit, Antoni (Conductor)
2Fuga. Quia respexit humilitatem ancillae suae07:43
Burzynski, Jakub (tenor)
Cyciura, Mariusz (tenor)
Warmijak, Tomasz (tenor)
Gunerka, Sebastian (bass)
Wawreczko, Roman (bass)
Wota, Marek (bass)
Zywczok, Przemyslaw (bass)
Warsaw Boys Choir (Choir)
Warsaw Philharmonic Choir (Choir)
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Wit, Antoni (Conductor)
3Et misericordia eius02:58
Burzynski, Jakub (tenor)
Cyciura, Mariusz (tenor)
Warmijak, Tomasz (tenor)
Gunerka, Sebastian (bass)
Wawreczko, Roman (bass)
Wota, Marek (bass)
Zywczok, Przemyslaw (bass)
Warsaw Boys Choir (Choir)
Warsaw Philharmonic Choir (Choir)
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Wit, Antoni (Conductor)
4Fecit Potentiam04:36
Gierlach, Wojtek (bass)
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Wit, Antoni (Conductor)
5Passacaglia. Deposuit potentes de sede09:14
Warsaw Boys Choir (Choir)
Warsaw Philharmonic Choir (Choir)
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Wit, Antoni (Conductor)
6Sicut locutus est15:16
Burzynski, Jakub (tenor)
Cyciura, Mariusz (tenor)
Warmijak, Tomasz (tenor)
Gunerka, Sebastian (bass)
Wawreczko, Roman (bass)
Wota, Marek (bass)
Zywczok, Przemyslaw (bass)
Warsaw Boys Choir (Choir)
Warsaw Philharmonic Choir (Choir)
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Wit, Antoni (Conductor)
Penderecki, Krzysztof
Bible - Old Testament - Lyricist
Cytryn, Abraham - Lyricist
Pasichnyk, Olga (soprano)
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Wit, Antoni (Conductor)
Olbrychski, Daniel (narrator)
Warsaw Philharmonic Choir, male section (Choir)
Mizrahi, Alberto (tenor)
7I. Szla smierc od mogily do mogily: Tempo di marcia funebre07:31
Pasichnyk, Olga (soprano)
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Wit, Antoni (Conductor)
8II. Lezy na ziemi po ulicach dziecie, i starzec: Grave, senza misura02:50
Olbrychski, Daniel (narrator)
Warsaw Philharmonic Choir, male section (Choir)
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Wit, Antoni (Conductor)
9III. Prosimy cie, abys nas na wieki nie wydawal: Molto tranquillo03:14
Warsaw Philharmonic Choir, male section (Choir)
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Wit, Antoni (Conductor)
10IV. Jitgadal wejitkadasz szmeh raba. Amen: Senza misura06:50
Mizrahi, Alberto (tenor)
Warsaw Philharmonic Choir, male section (Choir)
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Wit, Antoni (Conductor)

Total Playing Time: 01:05:11