Silesian Quartet - Górecki: Complete Works for String Quartet (2025)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless | 2:04:27 | 529 Mb
Genre: Classical
FLAC (tracks), Lossless | 2:04:27 | 529 Mb
Genre: Classical
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 Wacław of Szamotuły. 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.
Track List:
CD1
1. String Quartet No. 1, Op. 62 "Already It Is Dusk" (16:08)
2. String Quartet No. 2, Op. 64 "Quasi una fantasia": I. Largo (7:41)
3. String Quartet No. 2, Op. 64 "Quasi una fantasia": II. Deciso (7:31)
4. String Quartet No. 2, Op. 64 "Quasi una fantasia": III. Arioso (7:53)
5. String Quartet No. 2, Op. 64 "Quasi una fantasia": IV. Allegro, sempre con grande passione e molto marcato (9:48)
CD2
1. String Quartet No. 3, Op. 67 "… Songs Are Sung": I. Adagio (10:37)
2. String Quartet No. 3, Op. 67 "… Songs Are Sung": II. Largo (12:06)
3. String Quartet No. 3, Op. 67 "… Songs Are Sung": III. Allegro (4:40)
4. String Quartet No. 3, Op. 67 "… Songs Are Sung": IV. Deciso (12:07)
5. String Quartet No. 3, Op. 67 "… Songs Are Sung": V. Largo (13:31)
6. 5 Kurpian Songs, Op. 75 (Version for String Quartet): No. 1, Hej, z góry, z góry! (4:17)
7. 5 Kurpian Songs, Op. 75 (Version for String Quartet): No. 2, Ciamna nocka, ciamna (3:13)
8. 5 Kurpian Songs, Op. 75 (Version for String Quartet): No. 3, Wcoraj, dziwcyno, nie dzisiaj (4:51)
9. 5 Kurpian Songs, Op. 75 (Version for String Quartet): No. 4, Z Torunia ja parobecek (2:12)
10. 5 Kurpian Songs, Op. 75 (Version for String Quartet): No. 5, Wysła burzycka, bandzie desc (8:02)
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Copyright © 2004 Oleg Berngardt. All rights reserved.
Copyright © 2004 Alexander Djourik. All rights reserved.
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