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Special offer. Gorecki: Symphony No. 3 & Three Pieces in the Old Style

Zofia Kilanowicz (soprano)

Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Antoni Wit

Gorecki: Symphony No. 3 & Three Pieces in the Old Style
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Special offer. Gorecki: Symphony No. 3 & Three Pieces in the Old Style

Zofia Kilanowicz (soprano)

Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Antoni Wit

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Contents and tracklist

I. Lento - Sostenuto tranquillo ma cantabile
Track length27:11
This track is only available as an album download.
II. Lento e largo - Tranquillissimo
Track length10:18
III. Lento - Cantabile semplice
Track length18:37
I.
Track length3:17
II.
Track length2:12
III.
Track length4:27

Awards and reviews

Classic CD

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2010

This recording is virtually as good as the betterknown Zinman version. The performance is exceptionally fine, although the acoustic is more resonant, the orchestral choirs less closely balanced and Antoni Wit isn't as meticulous as Zinman in his observance of minor details.
Interpretatively, Wit leaves the more austere impression. His relative inwardness squares convincingly with the symphony's harrowing texts and 'Sorrowful Songs' sub-title. If spectacular singing is your main priority, then Upshaw's is the vocal tour de force. Zofia Kilanowicz displays stronger lower registers and a brilliant, bleached-white soprano that reflects the score's innate pathos, its sense of shock. Her enunciation is more idiomatic, while her partial suspension of vibrato is a powerful interpretative ploy. What's most impressive about this performance is its spirituality; and given the overall excellence of the recording, the conducting and the singing, it's strongly recommended, particularly to those who have yet to discover the Symphony's hypnotic sound-world. It's also commended to those who do know the work but who find Upshaw and Zinman too 'plush'.
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