Henryk Gorecki: Symphony 3 "Sorrowful Songs"
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Composer: Henryk GoreckiConductor: David Zinman
Orchestra: London Sinfonietta
Performer: Dawn Upshaw
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1992-05-05
Music Label: Nonesuch
Soundtracks:
- Lento - sostenuto tranquillo ma cantabile
- Lento e Largo - tranquillissimo - cantabillissimo - dolcissimo legatissimo
- Lento - cantabile semplice Opus 36 (Symphony of Sorrowful Songs)
Music reviews of Henryk Gorecki: Symphony 3 "Sorrowful Songs"
Music Review: Polish lament
Rating: 5 Stars
I am not a trained musician and cannot speak in such terms. However, I can speak to the emotion I felt as I listened to this music. I find this work particularly moving from the near silence of the beginning of the first movement to the plaintive prayer to Our Lady in the last. To me this is a piece of quiet power; the gradual crescendo of sound to Dawn Upshaw's first soaring soprano and gradual decrescendo to near silence in the first movement, the soulful prayer to the Holy Mother in the second movement. In the third movement where one might expect anger I heard the despairing lament and final quiet resolution. I do not speak Polish but am familiar with the sounds of the language. Dawn Upshaw sings with such clarity that I was able to follow the Polish libretto without difficulty. I am not Catholic but can hear the strong faith in this piece. I believe that even if one is not religious the beauty of this work will move one.
Description of Henryk Gorecki: Symphony 3 "Sorrowful Songs"
This album, which catapulted Polish composer Henryk Gorecki to into the international spotlight, takes texts born in pain and turns them into statements of affirmation through the use of music that ebbs and flows in mystic minimalism. The clear voice of soprano Dawn Upshaw, singing the Polish texts, is a large part of the success of this particular recording, but the music, contemporary without either dissonance or movie-music mawkishness, clarifies and uplifts the words. This is a moving and essential element of the modern repertoire. --Sarah Bryan MillerGeneral CDs
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