Władysław Żeleński: Sacred Choral Works

Release Date: 1st Jan 2017
Catalogue No: AP0374
Label: Acte Préalable

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Żeleński: Hymn Boga Rodzico

Stanislaw Diwiszek (organ)
Chœur Trybunalu Koronnego w Lublinie
Przemyslaw Stanislawsk

Żeleński: Prelude, Op. 38 No. 18

Stanislaw Diwiszek (organ)
Chœur Trybunalu Koronnego w Lublinie
Przemyslaw Stanislawsk

Żeleński: Salve Regina

Stanislaw Diwiszek (organ)
Chœur Trybunalu Koronnego w Lublinie
Przemyslaw Stanislawsk

Żeleński: Prelude, Op. 38 No. 22

Stanislaw Diwiszek (organ)
Chœur Trybunalu Koronnego w Lublinie
Przemyslaw Stanislawsk

Żeleński: Mass, Op. 51

Stanislaw Diwiszek (organ)
Chœur Trybunalu Koronnego w Lublinie
Przemyslaw Stanislawsk

Żeleński: Prelude, Op. 38 No. 25

Stanislaw Diwiszek (organ)
Chœur Trybunalu Koronnego w Lublinie
Przemyslaw Stanislawsk

Żeleński: Veni Creator

Stanislaw Diwiszek (organ)
Chœur Trybunalu Koronnego w Lublinie
Przemyslaw Stanislawsk

Żeleński: Prelude Pastoral, Op. 68

Stanislaw Diwiszek (organ)
Chœur Trybunalu Koronnego w Lublinie
Przemyslaw Stanislawsk

Żeleński: Zwiastowanie

Stanislaw Diwiszek (organ)
Chœur Trybunalu Koronnego w Lublinie
Przemyslaw Stanislawsk

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At the end of the 1950s, nearly 40 years after the death of Zelenski’, the author of the Podreczna encyklopedia muzyki koscielnej, the priest Gerard Mizgalski, called him a “notable opera composer”. Nowadays, in 2017, only a few would associate Zelenski as an opera composer, and even fewer would consider him a great composer. Where did this state of affairs come from? What caused yet another Polish composer to live only within dictionary profiles, instead of opera and concert halls? Before we answer these question we should, at least briefly, talk about Zelenski. Maciej Negrey’s article in the PWM Music encyclopaedia, will help us do that. Wladyslaw Zelenski was born in 1837 and died in 1921. His father was an amateur piano player, displaying exceptional skills. Maybe this is what caused the adolescent Wladyslaw to start playing this instrument. He also had the fortune to visit Vienna, where he encountered Mozart’s music which, immensely impressed him. After being prompted by his mother he finished philosophical studies, graduating with a doctor’s degree from the Karol’s University in Prague. He continued learning the piano in Prague, but quickly realised that a piano career was not his calling. Thus, he started to study counterpoint, and began to learn to play the organ – and later in Paris he plumbed the secrets of composition…

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