Szymanowski: Stabat Mater / Veni Creator / Litany to the Virgin Mary / etc

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KAROL SZYMANOWSKI
Szymanowski: Stabat Mater / Veni Creator / Litany to the Virgin Mary / etc
Iwona Hossa (soprano) Ewa Marciniec (mezzo-soprano) Jaroslaw Brek (baritone) / Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir / Antoni Wit

[ Naxos / CD ]

Release Date: Friday 10 October 2008

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BBC Music Magazine - Choral Choice of the Month (Oct 2008) - "Superb singing, faultless technique and interpretative breadth."
(MusicWeb Nov 2008)

BBC Music Magazine - Choral Choice of the Month (Oct 2008)

"Superb singing, faultless technique and interpretative breadth."
(MusicWeb Nov 2008)

Karol Szymanowski's Stabat Mater, set to a Polish translation of the medieval poem, makes extensive use of traditional Polish musical ideas. His setting of the Veni Creator was composed for the opening of the Warsaw Academy of Music, of which he was the first rector. The Litany for the Virgin Mary is a more meditative work, yet rises at times to a level of rhapsodic intensity. All the choral works on this recording are as firmly embedded in Christian musical tradition as they are recognisably of their period.

Tracks:

Stabat Mater, Op. 53
Veni Creator, Op. 57
Litania do Marii Panny (Litany to the Virgin Mary), Op. 59
Demeter, Op. 37b
Penthesilea, Op. 18