Seven Gates of Jerusalem

by Krzysztof Penderecki

Seven Gates of Jerusalem cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1 January 2000
  • Label: Unknown
  • Country: Poland
  • Length: 58:29
  • Community rating: 3.41/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A live recording of Penderecki's Seventh Symphony, the choral 'Seven Gates of Jerusalem' composed for the city's third millennium and premiered there in 1997. Scored for five soloists, narrator, three choirs and orchestra, its texts draw on the Psalms in Latin and Hebrew.

Genres

Descriptors: choral, orchestral, atmospheric, avant-garde, live

Tracklist

  1. Part I: Magnus Dominus Et Laudabilis Nimis (10:57)
  2. Part II: Si Oblitus Fuero Tui, Jerusalem (2:53)
  3. Part III: De Profundis (6:10)
  4. Part IV: Si Oblitus Fuero Tui, Jerusalem (5:18)
  5. Part V: Lauda, Jerusalem, Dominum (16:03)
  6. Part VI: 讛讬转讛 注诇讬 讬讚讬讛讜讛 [Hajet脿 Alai Jad Adon脿i] (5:49)
  7. Part VII: Haec Dicit Dominus: Ecce Ego Do Coram Vobis Viam Vitae, Et Viam Mortis (11:19)

Credits

  • Krzysztof Penderecki - primary artist, composed by
  • Jadwiga Rapp茅 - alto vocals [alto]
  • Romuald Tesarowicz - bass vocals [bass]
  • Kazimierz Kord - conductor [leitung]
  • David Roberts - cover, illustration [cover-abbildung]
  • Bo偶ena Harasimowicz-Haas - soprano vocals [soprano]
  • Izabella K艂osi艅ska - soprano vocals [soprano]
  • Wies艂aw Ochman - tenor vocals [tenor]
  • Beata Jankowska-Burzy艅ska - edited by [schnitt], engineer [toningenieure]
  • Andrzej Sasin - engineer [toningenieure]
  • Wolfram Schwinger - liner notes
  • Steven Lindberg - liner notes [english translation]
  • Martine Paulauskas - liner notes [traduit par]
  • Julita Emanui艂ow - mastered by [mastering]
  • Katharina Freiberger - photography by [fotos s. 6]

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