Kilar: Missa Pro Pace / Kilanowicz, Rappe, Dniels, Nowacki, Witold Lutoslawski PO, Pijarowski – Tonträger gebraucht kaufen

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68 Min.

2008

CD

120 g

Album: NEU und EINGESCHWEISST (OVP). STILL SEALED

Kilar: Missa Pro Pace / Pjarowski, Kilanowicz, Et Al

Release Date: 01/27/2008
Label: Dux Records Catalog #: 434 Spars Code: DDD
Composer: Wojciech Kilar
Performer: Zofia Kilanowisz, Jadwiga Rappé, Charles Daniels, Piotr Nowacki
Conductor: Marek Pijarowski
Orchestra/Ensemble: Lower Silesian Opera Choir, Witold Lutoslawski Philharmonic
Number of Discs: 1
Recorded in: Stereo


Works on This Recording

1. Missa pro pace by Wojciech Kilar
Performer: Zofia Kilanowisz (Soprano), Jadwiga Rappé (Alto), Charles Daniels (Tenor),
Piotr Nowacki (Bass)
Conductor: Marek Pijarowski
Orchestra/Ensemble: Lower Silesian Opera Choir, Witold Lutoslawski Philharmonic
Period: 20th Century
Written: Poland


Notes and Editorial Reviews

Kilar Missa Pro Pace
A beautiful and compelling new Mass that stands apart from the Pärt imitators
There is a tangible sense of occasion about this which
makes it clear why so many people were ‘greatly stirred'
(to quote the director of the Festival Wratislavia Cantans)
by the work's première, recorded here. Of course, a
greatly stirring live performance does not necessarily
survive the transfer to CD and many things here don't
stand up to close scrutiny in the cold light of day. The
tenors get carried away in an over-enthusiastic duet with
the basses in the Creed's ‘Deum de Deo', while, led by
the sopranos, the Lower Silesian Opera Choir lose their
grip on tuning in the ‘Crucifixus'.
Nevertheless such flaws pale into insignificance when set
beside the many moments of ravishing beauty. Zofia Kilanowicz is
radiant in the sumptuous Sanctus, Charles Daniels contributes
burning passion and utter conviction, while Jadwiga Rappé and Piotr
Nowacki blend to perfection in their moving duet which saves an
otherwise over-long and over-gloomy Kyrie. All four soloists also
provide one of the most memorable moments, the Gloria's ‘Qui
tollis'.
With its swathes of static consonant harmony and simple,
unaccompanied melodic lines, this might be by any one of a dozen
imitators of the Górecki and Pärt school of devotional writing, were it
not for Kilar's incredible sense of musical effect honed by years of
composing film scores. Orchestral involvement is kept to an absolute
minimum, making its appearances – not least in its glowing
accompaniment to the Sanctus – all the more effective, while the
largely a cappella writing for voices, without actually using plainsong,
creates a rich, timeless effect through its use of single lines and basic
counterpoint. All this is gauged and handled with sensitivity by Marek
Pijarowski making this a compelling performance of a truly lovely
work.

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