Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima; Capriccio for Violin & Orchestra; Partita for Harpsichord & Orchestra; Cello Concerto; Symphony; The Dream of Jacob

by Krzysztof Penderecki

Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima; Capriccio for Violin & Orchestra; Partita for Harpsichord & Orchestra; Cello Concerto; Symphony; The Dream of Jacob cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 21 May 2001
  • Label: Unknown
  • Country: Poland
  • Length: 2:28:13
  • Community rating: 4.12/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

This compilation gathers Krzysztof Penderecki's early orchestral works, including 'Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima' and the Cello Concerto. The recordings represent the sonoristic style, built on tone clusters and extended string techniques, that defined the Polish avant-garde of the 1960s.

Genres

Descriptors: complex, acoustic, compilation, scary, orchestral

Tracklist

  1. Anaklasis for Strings & Percussion (6:01)
  2. Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima (1959 - 61) (1994 Remastered Version) (10:03)
  3. Fonogrammi (1994 Remastered Version) (6:48)
  4. De Natura Sonoris No. 1 (1994 Remastered Version) (7:23)
  5. Capriccio for Violin and Orchestra (1967) (1994 Remastered Version) (11:45)
  6. Canticum Canticorum Salomonis (1970) (1994 Remastered Version) (16:54)
  7. De Natura Sonoris No. 2 (1994 Remastered Version) (9:11)
  8. The Dream of Jacob (1994 Remastered Version) (7:32)
  9. Emanations for Two String Orchestras (1995 Remastered Version) (6:56)
  10. Partita for Harpsichord and Chamber Orchestra (1973 Remastered Version) (19:23)
  11. Cello Concerto No. 1 (1973 Remastered Version) (14:54)
  12. Symphony No. 1 (1995 Remastered Version): I. Arche - Dynamis I (19:52)
  13. Symphony No. 1 (1995 Remastered Version): II. Dynamis II - Arche II (11:31)

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