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Gorecki / Silesian Quartet - Complete Music For String Quartet

Gorecki / Silesian Quartet - Complete Music For String Quartet

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The Gramophone Award-winning Silesian Quartet present a double-album of the complete works for string quartet by compatriot Henryk Gorecki. All three of his numbered string quartets were written late in life - the first in 1988 - and all three were commissioned by the Kronos Quartet. The First Quartet is a single-movement work, based on a sixteenth-century song by Waclaw of Szamotuly. The Second, double the length of the First, is subtitled 'quasi una fantasia' and follows a classical four-movement form, subtly referencing Beethoven. Gorecki completed the Third Quartet (double the length of the Second!) after the Symphony of Sorrowful Songs had catapulted his music to much wider acclaim. It extends to five movements and is considered by many to be one of his greatest compositions. In the 1980s and 1990s, Gorecki composed several collections of choral songs. Five Kurpian Songs is based on folksongs from Kurpie, a region north-west of Warsaw. The composer himself suggested that these works would be effective when performed by a string quartet, and here the Silesian Quartet gives us the world premiere recording of that version.

Tracklist:

  1. String Quartet No. 1, Op. 62 'Juz sie zmierzcha'
  2. String Quartet No. 2, Op. 64 'Quasi una fantasia'~I. Largo. Sostenuto. Mesto - Tranquillo (quasi in Tempo I). Mesto. Semplice -
  3. String Quartet No. 2, Op. 64 'Quasi una fantasia'~II. Deciso. Energico. Marcatissimo sempre - Con grande passione, con grande te
  4. String Quartet No. 2, Op. 64 'Quasi una fantasia'~III. Arioso. Adagio cantabile ma molto espressivo e molto appassionato - Pochi
  5. String Quartet No. 2, Op. 64 'Quasi una fantasia'~IV. Allegro, sempre con grande passione e molto marcato - Con fuoco, molto esp
  6. String Quartet No. 3, Op. 67'...songs are sung'~I. Adagio. Molto andante. Cantabile - Più mosso. Espressivo. Marcato - Più esp
  7. String Quartet No. 3, Op. 67'...songs are sung'~II. Largo. Cantabile - Pochissimo più lento e più largo ma cantabilissimo. Dol
  8. String Quartet No. 3, Op. 67'...songs are sung'~III. Allegro. Sempre ben marcato - Meno mosso. Molto espressivo e ben tenuto - T
  9. String Quartet No. 3, Op. 67'...songs are sung'~IV. Deciso. Espressivo ma ben tenuto - Quasi in lo stesso tempo ma tranquillo -
  10. String Quartet No. 3, Op. 67'...songs are sung'~V. Largo. Tranquillo - Più largo. Più tranquillo - Sempre lo stesso tempo
  11. Five Kurpian Songs, Op. 75 for Unaccompanied Mixed Choir~I. Hej, z góry. z góry! (Hey Down the Hill, Down the Hill!). Largo. D
  12. Five Kurpian Songs, Op. 75 for Unaccompanied Mixed Choir~II. Ciamna nocka, ciamna (Dark is the Night, How Dark). Largo. Espressi
  13. Five Kurpian Songs, Op. 75 for Unaccompanied Mixed Choir~III. Wcoraj, dziwcyno, nie dzisiaj (Yesterday, My Dear, Not Today). Lar
  14. Five Kurpian Songs, Op. 75 for Unaccompanied Mixed Choir~IV. Z Torunia ja parobecek (I Am a Farm-Hand from Torun). Lento moderat
  15. Five Kurpian Songs, Op. 75 for Unaccompanied Mixed Choir~V. Wysla burzycka. bandzie desc (The Storm Is Coming. It Will Rain). Le

UPC: 095115238325
Label: Chandos
Release Date: 4.4.25
Format: CD
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