Lukaszewski: Sacred Choral Works State Choir Latvija & Maris Sirmais

• Paweł Lukaszewski (b. 1968): Oratio pro adventus:
• 1 Lukaszewski: Oratio pro adventus 02:14
• Popule meus:
• 2 Lukaszewski: Popule meus 06:45
• Rosary Prayer:
• 3 Lukaszewski: Rosary Prayer 04:51
• Ubi caritas:
• 4 Lukaszewski: Ubi caritas 04:46
• Anima Christi:
• 5 Lukaszewski: Anima Christi 03:31
• Deus misereatur nostri:
• 6 Lukaszewski: Deus misereatur nostri 06:54
• Ego sum pastor bonus:
• 7 Lukaszewski: Ego sum pastor bonus 03:31
• Prayer for Those Who Shall Return:
• 8 Lukaszewski: Prayer for Those Who Shall Return 04:50
• Corpus Christi hymnus:
• 9 Lukaszewski: Corpus Christi hymnus 03:35
• Salve Regina:
• 10 Lukaszewski: Salve Regina 05:42
• Veni Creator:
• 11 Lukaszewski: Veni Creator 11:47
• Total Runtime 58:26

Info zu Lukaszewski: Sacred Choral Works

Paweł Łukaszewski (b. 1968) is possibly the most-performed contemporary composer from Poland. His spiritual choral works are performed by both professional and amateur choirs around the world. Paweł Łukaszewski’s output has a significant position in Great Britain where his works are performed and premiered by renowned London and Cambridge choral ensembles. This new album by the award-winning State Choir LATVIJA under Māris Sirmais includes several world première recordings from the Polish master.

Łukaszewski is a prolific contemporary composer whose entire output (which includes some chamber and orchestral works) can be described as profoundly spiritual, with almost all of his compositions overtly sacred. In his work he continues a centuries-old Sacred Music tradition of his native Poland, presently being one of its most prominent creators. This album, much of it containing world première recordings, presents settings of psalms, liturgical, evangelical, and religious texts. The first nine works, all for SATB choir, were composed between 2012 and 2019, with the last two dating 2009 and 2004 respectively. The last two works are for two a cappella choirs, and most are commissions. Łukaszewski’s style has been described as relating to, or emerging from, the neo-medieval, neo-tonal spiritual tradition of Henryk Górecki, Arvo Pärt, and John Tavener. The composer himself describes himself working in the style of a ‘renewed tonality’. The works on this recording present a comprehensive portrait of the composer’s vocal writing: accomplished, technically masterful and mature, with euphonious choral sonorities and dramatic contrasts achieved via dynamic, rhythmic, and harmonic shifts, a variety of emotional states from calm and peaceful to pleading, yearning, and agitated, bold harmonic progressions, and above all, luscious, melodic, and vibrant choral writing that respects its texts.

State Choir Latvija
Maris Sirmais, conductor

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