GÓRECKI Symphony No 3 'Symphony of Sorrowful Songs’
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Composer or Director: Henryk Górecki
Genre:
Orchestral
Label: Dux Recordings
Magazine Review Date: 08/2018
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 55
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: DUX1459
Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
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Symphony No. 3, 'Symphony of Sorrowful Songs' |
Henryk Górecki, Composer
Andrzej Boreyko, Conductor Ewa Iżykowska, Soprano Henryk Górecki, Composer Poznan Philharmonic Orchestra |
Author: Ivan Moody
The orchestra’s clarity of sound and precision of articulation also serves the opening of the second movement well, and not only is Iżykowska’s lower register much darker than one would expect but her ascent to higher regions is of an extraordinary subtlety. Boreyko is masterly in sustaining the tension throughout the movement, right to the almost motionless final chords. In contrast to the first, the third movement initially seemed to me slightly too slow, but Boreyko knows exactly what he is doing – again, the tension never flags and the pacing is exactly right – and Iżykowska is simply superb, perfectly at one with the orchestra.
If you have not already guessed, I was in tears almost throughout the disc. Even if you have every other recording of this work in the catalogue, you should still buy this one. It is a masterly performance of a masterpiece.
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