ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra & Michael Gielen - Szymanowski: Stabat Mater, Op. 53 & Penderecki: Dies Irae (2022) [24/48]

Despite all the differences in the musical language of the works by the Polish composers Karol Szymanowski and Krzysztof Penderecki included on this recording, they are united by their quality as a lament: Szymanowski's Stabat mater, completed in 1926 and based on a Polish translation rather than the original Latin text of the medieval poem, is still considered one of the most important contributions to 20th-century music.

Penderecki's three-part oratorio Dies Irae (1967) was commissioned for a memorial service in the former concentration camp of Auschwitz and is dedicated to the memory of those murdered there, which is why it bears the epithet "Auschwitz Oratorio".

The album closes with Threnos, composed for 52 string instruments and dedicated to the victims of Hiroshima. At the end of the piece there is a tutti cluster for 30 seconds, which sinks from triple forte into quadruple piano with poignant effect.

Elena Mosuc, soprano (Szymanowski)
Annette Markert, alto
Anton Scharinger, baritone
Chorus sine nomin
Ewa Izykowska, soprano (Penderecki)
Zachos Terzakis, tenor
Stephen Roberts, bass
Vienna Concert Choir
ORF Radio Symphony Orchestra Vienna
Michael Gielen, conductor

Tracklist:
1. Austrian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Michael Gielen, Elena Mosuc & Chorus Sine Nomine – Stabat Mater, Op. 53: I. Stała matka bolejąca (06:32)
2. Austrian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Michael Gielen, Anton Scharinger & Chorus Sine Nomine – Stabat Mater, Op. 53: II. I któż widział tak cierpiącą (02:53)
3. Austrian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Michael Gielen, Elena Mosuc, Annette Markert & Chorus Sine Nomine – Stabat Mater, Op. 53: III. O Matko Źródło Wszechmiłości (04:03)
4. Michael Gielen, Elena Mosuc, Annette Markert & Chorus Sine Nomine – Stabat Mater, Op. 53: IV. Spraw niech płaczę z Tobą razem (02:44)
5. Austrian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Michael Gielen, Anton Scharinger & Chorus Sine Nomine – Stabat Mater, Op. 53: V. Panno słodka racz mozołem (03:16)
6. Austrian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Michael Gielen, Elena Mosuc, Annette Markert, Anton Scharinger & Chorus Sine Nomine – Stabat Mater, Op. 53: VI. Chrystus niech mi będzie grodem (04:22)
7. Austrian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Michael Gielen, Ewa Izykowska, Zachos Terzakis, Stephen Roberts & Wiener Konzertchor – Dies Irae: I. Lamentatio (10:47)
8. Austrian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Michael Gielen, Ewa Izykowska, Zachos Terzakis, Stephen Roberts & Wiener Konzertchor – Dies Irae: II. Apocalypsis (11:42)
9. Austrian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Michael Gielen, Ewa Izykowska, Zachos Terzakis, Stephen Roberts & Wiener Konzertchor – Dies Irae: III. Apotheosis (03:50)
10. Austrian Radio Symphony Orchestra & Michael Gielen – Threnody to the victims of Hiroshima (09:28)


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