Henryk Gorecki - A Nonesuch Retrospective (7CD) (CD Box Set)
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This seven-disc box set contains all Nonesuch recordings of Polish composer Henryk Górecki's works - Lerchenmusik, Symphony No. 3, String Quartets Nos. 1-3, Miserere, Kleines Requiem für eine Polka, Harpsichord Concerto, and Good Night - as well as the newly released first recording of Górecki's final composition, Symphony No. 4, Tansman Episodes, which was completed by Górecki's son Mikolaj after his father's death.
Tracklist:
CD1:
1. Lerchenmusik: Recitatives and Ariosos - I.
2. Lerchenmusik: Recitatives and Ariosos - II.
3. Lerchenmusik: Recitatives and Ariosos - III.
CD2:
1. Symphony No. 3: I. Lento - Sostenuto Tranquillo Ma Cantabile
2. Symphony No. 3: II. Lento E Largo - Tranquillissimo
3. Symphony No. 3: III. Lento - Cantablile Semplice
CD3:
1. Already It Is Dusk: String Quartet No. 1, op. 62
2. Quasi Una Fantasia: String Quartet No. 2, Op.64--l. Largo Sostenuto - Mesto
3. Quasi Una Fantasia: String Quartet No. 2, Op.64--ll. Deciso - Energico: Furioso, T
4. Quasi Una Fantasia: String Quartet No. 2, Op.64--lll. Arioso: Adagio Cantabile
5. Quasi Una Fantasia: String Quartet No. 2, Op.64--lV. Allegro - Sempre Con Grand
CD4:
1. Misere, Opus 44
2. Amen, Opus 35
3. Euntes Ibant Et Flebant
4. Wislo Moja, Wislo Szara (My Vistula, Grey Vistula), Opus 46
5. Szeroka Woda (Broad Waters), Opus 39: A Ta Nasza Narew (Oh, Our River Narew), lento malinconico
6. Szeroka Woda (Broad Waters), Opus 39: Oj, Kiedy No Powislu (Oh, When in Powisle), non troppo
7. Szeroka Woda (Broad Waters), Opus 39: Oj, Janie, Janie (Oh, Johnny, Johnny), molto lento - dolce cantabile
8. Szeroka Woda (Broad Waters), Opus 39: Polne Roze Rwala (She Picked Wild Roses), lento sostenuto
9. Szeroka Woda (Broad Waters), Opus 39, maestoso espressivo
CD5:
1. Kleines Requiem fur eine Polka: I. Tranquillo
2. Kleines Requiem fur eine Polka: II. Allegro impetuoso - marcatissimo
3. Kleines Requiem fur eine Polka: III. Allegro - deciso assai
4. Kleines Requiem fur eine Polka: IV. Adagio cantabile
5. Concerto for Harpsichord and String Quartet: I. Allegro molto
6. Concerto for Harpsichord and String Quartet: II. Vivace
7. Good Night
8. Good Night: II. Lento tranquillissimo
9. Good Night: III. Lento - largo: dolcissimo - cantabilissimo
CD6:
1. I. Adagio-Molto Andante-Cantabile - Kronos Quartet
2. II. Largo, Cantabile - Kronos Quartet
3. III. Allegro, Sempre ben marcato - Kronos Quartet
4. IV. Deciso-Espressivo ma ben tenuto - Kronos Quartet
5. V. Largo-Tranquillo - Kronos Quartet
CD7:
1. Symphony No. 4, Op. 85 Symphony No. 4, Op. 85: Deciso - Marcatissimo ma ben tenuto - London Philharmonic Orchestra & Andrey Boreyko, Henryk Gorecki
2. Symphony No 4, Op 85 Symphony No 4, Op 85 Largo-Ben Tenuto - Marcatissimo - London Philharmonic Orchestra & Andrey Boreyko, Henryk Gorecki
3. Symphony No. 4, Op. 85 Symphony No. 4, Op. 85 Deciso-Marcatissimo - Tranquillo e Cantabile - London Philharmonic Orchestra & Andrey Boreyko, Henryk Gorecki
4. Symphony No. 4, Op. 85 Symphony No. 4, Op. 85 Allegro Marcato - Giocosa - Deciso - Marcatissimo ma ben tenuto - London Philharmonic Orchestra & Andrey Boreyko, Henryk Gorecki