Górecki: Little Requiem for a Certain Polka - Concerto-Cantata - Harpsichord Concerto - 3 Dances Anna Gorecka

• Henryk Mikolaj Gorecki (1933 - 2010): Little Requiem for a Certain Polka, Op. 66:
• 1I. Tranquillo10:29
• 2II. Allegro impetuoso - Marcatissimo06:17
• 3III. Allegro - Deciso assai02:43
• 4IV. Adagio cantabile06:26
• Concerto-Cantata, Op. 65:
• 5I. Recitativo: Lento (quasi molto lento)05:39
• 6II. Arioso: Lento assai tranquillissimo - Cantabile - Dolce04:36
• 7III. Concertino: Allegro05:02
• 8IV. Arioso e corale: Lento - Tranquillo cantabile - Dolce06:09
• Harpsichord Concerto, Op. 40:
• 9I. Allegro molto03:46
• 10II. Vivace marcatissimo04:00
• Three Dances, Op. 34:
• 11No. 1. Presto, marcatissimo03:13
• 12No. 2. Andante cantabile - Tranquillo05:15
• 13No. 3. Presto05:57
• Total Runtime01:09:32

Info for Górecki: Little Requiem for a Certain Polka - Concerto-Cantata - Harpsichord Concerto - 3 Dances

Górecki is an important figure in Polish music, and his Third Symphony is one of the great ‘success stories’ in all twentieth century symphonic music. This deeply moving quality permeates his other works, but he was also a more ambiguous, interesting composer. These four works showcase different aspects of his art in a broad ranging approach. The nearest match in the current catalog is Nonesuch, which has issued the Harpsichord Concerto coupled with the Little Requiem, but our disc presents the piano version of the Concerto. Anna Górecka’s piano recording of the same concerto is on Conifer but in a mixed recital coupled with Bacewicz and Shostakovich. Antoni Wit is a master of this repertoire and his international reputation is growing all the time.

“The Concerto-Cantata (1992) receives its premiere recording here, and the Warsaw Philharmonic does it full justice, playing equally convincingly and intensely in the severe, concentrated slow sections and the all-out loud and fast episodes. Carol Wincenc plays the prominent flute part expressively” (BBC Music Magazine)

“[The Three Dances and Harpsichord Concerto] show a side to Gorecki that has often been forgotten since the success of the Third Symphony but is still to be found in his later works - open, eclectic, witty and ironic.” (Gramophone Magazine)

“Anna Górecka, the composer’s daughter, turns in a roller-coaster of a performance of the concerto...Most importantly, though, she plays the work with total commitment, and if ultimately this listener finds the work unconvincing, it is most certainly not the fault of this brilliant player. The playing of the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra under Antoni Wit in all four works cannot be faulted.” (MusicWeb International)

Anna Gorecka, piano
Carol Wincenc, flute
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra
Antoni Wit, conductor

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