St Luke Passion

by Krzysztof Penderecki

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A highly acclaimed recording of the Polish avant-garde composer's massive 1966 orchestral and choral masterpiece. The terrifyingly dissonant sonorism, microtonal clusters, and shrieking choirs create an overwhelmingly intense, modernist reinterpretation of a sacred musical tradition.

Genres

  • Serialism
  • Oratorio
  • Christian Liturgical Music

Tracklist

  1. St Luke Passion, Part I: O Crux
  2. St Luke Passion, Part II: In pulverem mortis
  3. St Luke Passion, Part II: Stabat Mater
  4. St Luke Passion, Part II: Erat autem fere