Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Krzysztof Penderecki - A Portrait

This is an album from 1972 courtesy of Vox. It's a collection of (some of) Penderecki's works composed between 1958-1965. As it's a good ol slice of vinyl there are some "pops" that are
audible during the first minute of the first track ("Emanationen" for 2 String Orchestras) and
after that it's smooth sailing all things considered. It happens to be a great recording all around,
I especially like the way the "Miniatures for Violin and Piano" and the brief String Quartet from
1960 are performed. This is nmr, I was lucky enough to find this some years back on a now
defunct blog. Enjoy.



Krzysztof_Penderecki_A_Portrait.zip

http://www61.zippyshare.com/v/77984439/file.html

3 comments:

Vivelo said...

Very interesting, thanks!

Tzadik said...

Hi Vivelo your'e welcome! Penderecki's music is oft intense, and highly emotional. As you may know he wrote much music based on/motivated by tragic events and the general flaws of humanity. This collection does not reflect this too strongly, in fact I'd call it brighter. He is a serious composer in more ways than one.. Regards

Anonymous said...

Muchas gracias.