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After lavish and huge boxed sets for Maria Callas and […]
I vividly remember seeing Penderecki conduct the New York Philharmonic
Penderecki wrote his Piano Concerto, subtitled “Resurrection”, in 2001/02 and revised it in 2007. It was premiered in this latest version by Barry Douglas, who
In 1967 RCA Victor’s budget classical Victrola label brought out “The New Music”, three individual Italian-based LPs featuring prominent European modernists who made their mark
There’s a huge range of style in these works for smaller forces, from the baroque/romantic pastiche of Three Pieces in Old Style (based on a
This disc won a 2013 Grammy award in the rather strange category of “Best Classical Compendium”. What does that mean? This is simply a Penderecki
Krzysztof Penderecki’s Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima remains a startling work 52 years after it was composed. Its alarming pile-up of strings—52 separate players—is
Antoni Wit’s Penderecki series for Naxos has been uniformly excellent, and this latest installment is no exception. Credo, which was commissioned by Helmut Rilling and
This is an absolutely magnificent disc. Penderecki’s First violin concerto is a grand work, evocative but not merely imitative of the Romantic concerto tradition. It
Thanks to Arkivmusic.com’s “on demand” program this Japanese RCA title is available domestically, and it’s an important one. Yes, the sonics are nothing to write
