Description
Naxos: Karol Szymanowski — Stabat Mater • Veni Creator • Litany to the Virgin Mary (Audio CD)
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Product Details
- Product Type: Audio CD
- Brand / Label: Naxos
- Artist: Karol Szymanowski (Compositions) / Jadwiga Gadulanka (Soprano), Krystyna Szostek-Radkowa (Contralto), Andrzej Hiolski (Baritone), Barbara Zagórzanka (Soprano), Anna Malewicz-Madej (Contralto), Roma Owsinska (Soprano) / Polish State Philharmonic Chorus & Orchestra (Katowice) / Karol Stryja (Conductor) / Jan Wojtacha (Chorus Master)
- Release Year: 1996
- Genre: Classical / Vocal / Choral
- Style: Modern Era / Twentieth-Century Sacred Music
Product Features
- Format: CD, Album, Stereo
- Discs: 1
- Condition: Brand New / Factory Sealed (MINT)
- Country of Manufacture: Made in Germany
- Catalog Number: 8.553687
- UPC / Barcode: 730099468725
Overview
This exceptional release captures the brilliant and deeply evocative sacred masterworks of Polish composer Karol Szymanowski. Recorded in the Concert Hall of the Polish State Philharmonic in Katowice between December 1988 and June 1989, the album spotlights the magnificent Stabat Mater, Op. 53, alongside Veni Creator, Op. 57, Litany to the Virgin Mary, Op. 59, Demeter, Op. 37b, and Penthesilea, Op. 18. Directed by the legendary Karol Stryja, these definitive performances seamlessly blend sweeping late-Romantic orchestration with highly original twentieth-century vocal elements.
Interesting Facts
- Features front cover artwork titled A River of Water of Life by renowned photographer and artist Michael Freeman.
- The recording includes comprehensive music notes written by musicologist Keith Anderson and features full text resources in English, German, and French inside the booklet.
Track Listing
- Stabat Mater, Op. 53: I. Stabat mater dolorosa (Stala matka bolejaca): Andante mesto (Soprano & Chorus) — 7:49
- Stabat Mater, Op. 53: II. Quis est homo qui non fleret (I któz widzac tak cierpiaca): Moderato (Baritone & Chorus) — 3:05
- Stabat Mater, Op. 53: III. Eia Mater, fons amoris (O Matka, zródlo wszechmilosci): Lento dolcissimo (Soprano & Contralto Soli & Chorus) — 4:53
- Stabat Mater, Op. 53: IV. Fac me tecum pie flere (Spraw, niech placze z Toba razem): Moderato (Soprano & Contralto Soli & Unaccompanied Chorus) — 3:49
- Stabat Mater, Op. 53: V. Virgo virginum praeclara (Panno slodka, racz mozolem): Allegro (Baritone & Chorus) — 3:15
- Stabat Mater, Op. 53: VI. Christe, cum sit hinc exire (Chrystus niech mi bedzie grodem): Andante tranquillissimo (Soprano, Contralto, Baritone Soli & Chorus) — 5:17
- Veni Creator, Op. 57 (Soprano & Chorus) — 10:39
- Litania do Marii Panny / Litany to the Virgin Mary, Op. 59 (Soprano & Chorus) — 9:01
- Demeter, Op. 37b (Contralto & Chorus) — 7:34
- Penthesilea, Op. 18 (Soprano) — 6:51
Publishers
- ℗ 1990 HNH International Ltd. / © 1996 HNH International Ltd. Distributed by MVD Music and Video Distribution GmbH.
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Review
An immaculate, unopened document of modern vocal precision and Polish cultural legacy.
