This beautifully realized set includes three single and two double CD's recorded and released by Polskie Nagrania Records. Each volume of the set comes with its own jewel case type CD, with complete artwork, extensive esseys, detailed album information and line notes.
KRZYSZTOF PENDERECKI
THE MASTERPIECES
(7-CD'S BOX SET)
This beautifully realized set includes three single and two double CD's recorded and released by Polskie Nagrania Records. Each volume of the set comes with its own jewel case type CD, with complete artwork, extensive esseys, detailed album information, and line notes.
The set consists of five volumes:
Volume 1 (2-CD's)
Saint Luke's Passion, Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima, Polymorphy, String Quartet No.1, Psalms for Davis, Dimensions of time and silence
Performed by: Stefania Woytowicz - soprano (1-24) / Bernard Ladysz- bass (1-24) / Andrzej Hiolski - baritone (1-24) / Leszek Herdegen - narrator (1-24) / Cracow Philharmonic Orchestra, Henryk Czyz - conductor (Tracks 1-18, Disk#1, Tracks 1-6 Disk#2) / National Philharmonic Orchestra in Warsaw, Witold Rowicki - conductor (Track 7, Disk #2) / Cracow Philharmonic Orchestra, Henryk Czyz - conductor (Track 8, Disk #2) / Walter Levin, Henry Meyer - violin; Peter Kamnitzer - viola; Jack Kirstein - cello (Track, 9 Disk #2) / National Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir in Warsaw, Andrzej Markowski - conductor (Track 10, Disk #2) / National Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir in Warsaw, Antoni Karuzas - conductor (Track 11, Disk #2)
Recorded: 1962-1973, Warsaw, Poland
Volume 2 (1 CD)
Utrenya
Performed by: THE ENTOMBMENT OF CHRIST (tracks 1-5): Delfina Ambroziak - soprano, Krystyna Szczepanska - mezzo soprano, Kazimierz Pustelak - tenor, Wlodzimierz Denysenko - bass, Boris Carmeli - basso profondo / THE RESURRECTION OF CHRIST (TRACKS 6-13): Stefania Woytowicz - soprano, Krystyna Szczepanska - mezzo soprano, Kazimierz Pustelak - tenor, Bernard Ladysz - bass, Peter Lagger - basso profondo, Pioneer Choir - Wladyslaw Skoraczewski, chorus master, Warsaw National Philharmonics Orchestra and Choir, Andrzej Markowski - conductor, Jozef Bok - chorus master
Recorded: in 1973, Warsaw, Poland
Volume 3 (1 CD)
Violin concerto and Symphony No.2 (Christmas Symphony)
Performed by: Konstanty Andrzej Kulka - violin , Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra: Krzysztof Penderecki (1) and Jacek Kasprzyk (2) - conductors
Recorded: 1979 and 1981 at the Center of Arts in Katowice, Poland
Volume 4 (1 CD)
Cello Concerto No.2, The Awekening of Jacob, Adagietto from "Paradise Lost", Concerto for Viola and Orchestra
Performed by: Ivan Monighetti - cello, Stefan Kamasa - viola, Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra, Antoni Wit - conductor
Recorded: (1) 18-20 July, 1984; (2, 3, 4) 11-14 September, 1985 at the Center of Arts in Katowice, Poland
Volume 5 (2-CD's)
Polish Requiem, Dies Irae
Performed by: Polish Requiem: Jadwiga Godulanka - soprano, Jadwiga Rappe' - alto, Henryk Grychoniak - tenor, Carlo Zardo - bass, Polish Radio and Television Choir in Cracow; Bronislawa Wietrzny - chorus master, Cracow Philharmonic Choir, Stanislaw Krawczynski, chorus master, Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra, Henryk Czyz - conductor / Dies Irae: Stefania Wojtowicz - soprano, Wieslaw Ochman - tenor, Bernard Ladysz - bass, Cracow Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra, Janusz Przybylski - chorus master, Henryk Czyz - conductor
Recorded: Polish Requiem: in 1985 at the Center of Art in Katowice, Poland / Dies Irae: in 1967 at the Holy Mary Church in Warsaw, Poland
