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Szymanowski - Stabat Mater
Iwona Hossa (soprano), Ewa Marciniec (mezzo-soprano) & Jaroslaw Brek (baritone), Ewa Marciniec (mezzo-soprano)
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Warsaw Philharmonic Choir, Antoni Wit
Awards:
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2009, Choral Finalist
Antoni Wit and his players undoubtedly have the measure of this music, but it is the singing of the soprano Iwona Hossa that lends this disc its special distinction… superb value.
Szymanowski - Stabat Mater
Iwona Hossa (soprano), Ewa Marciniec (mezzo-soprano) & Jaroslaw Brek (baritone), Ewa Marciniec (mezzo-soprano)
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Warsaw Philharmonic Choir, Antoni Wit
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Awards:
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2009, Choral Finalist
Antoni Wit and his players undoubtedly have the measure of this music, but it is the singing of the soprano Iwona Hossa that lends this disc its special distinction… superb value.
About
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.
Contents and tracklist
- Ewa Marciniec (mezzo-soprano), Jaroslaw Brek (baritone), Iwona Hossa (soprano)
- Warsaw Philharmonic Choir, Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra
- Antoni Wit
- Recorded: 27-28 August 2007
- Recording Venue: Warsaw Philharmonic Hall, Poland
- Iwona Hossa (soprano)
- Warsaw Philharmonic Choir, Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra
- Antoni Wit
- Recorded: 14 June 2007
- Recording Venue: Warsaw Philharmonic Hall, Poland
- Iwona Hossa (soprano)
- Warsaw Philharmonic Choir, Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra
- Antoni Wit
- Recorded: 14 June 2007
- Recording Venue: Warsaw Philharmonic Hall, Poland
- Ewa Marciniec (mezzo-soprano)
- Warsaw Philharmonic Choir, Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra
- Antoni Wit
- Recorded: 20 May 2007
- Recording Venue: Warsaw Philharmonic Hall, Poland
- Iwona Hossa (soprano)
- Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra
- Antoni Wit
- Recorded: 20 May 2007
- Recording Venue: Warsaw Philharmonic Hall, Poland
Awards and reviews
October 2008
Antoni Wit and his players undoubtedly have the measure of this music, but it is the singing of the soprano Iwona Hossa that lends this disc its special distinction… superb value.
