Henryk Górecki: Church Songs, Op. 84 Polski Chór Kameralny & Jan Łukaszewski

• Henryk Górecki (1933 - 2010): O Virgo Maria:
• 1 Górecki: O Virgo Maria 06:38
• Sicut parvi amplectamur:
• 2 Górecki: Sicut parvi amplectamur 04:39
• Veni, o mater terrae:
• 3 Górecki: Veni, o mater terrae 10:09
• O mater sempter alma:
• 4 Górecki: O mater sempter alma 07:49
• Nunc avemus et laudemus:
• 5 Górecki: Nunc avemus et laudemus 02:20
• Ave, carmina milia:
• 6 Górecki: Ave, carmina milia 04:37
• O stella caeli:
• 7 Górecki: O stella caeli 00:58
• Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus:
• 8 Górecki: Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus 02:24
• Domine Deus:
• 9 Górecki: Domine Deus 12:47
• Popule meus:
• 10 Górecki: Popule meus 08:54
• Pie Jesu, pastor alme:
• 11 Górecki: Pie Jesu, pastor alme 04:18
• Jesu Christe, frater noster:
• 12 Górecki: Jesu Christe, frater noster 04:58
• Pater noster, omnipotens Deus:
• 13 Górecki: Pater noster, omnipotens Deus 04:45
• Ave, lauderis:
• 14 Górecki: Ave, lauderis 01:04
• Christi crux:
• 15 Górecki: Christi crux 02:45
• Jesus Christus resurrexit:
• 16 Górecki: Jesus Christus resurrexit 03:10
• Beati qui eligunt Joseph:
• 17 Górecki: Beati qui eligunt Joseph 06:00
• Salve mater matris Jesu:
• 18 Górecki: Salve mater matris Jesu 03:41
• Jam conclamamus:
• 19 Górecki: Jam conclamamus 04:01
• Audi clamantes, audi plorantes:
• 20 Górecki: Audi clamantes, audi plorantes 02:54
• Total Runtime 01:38:51

Info for Henryk Górecki: Church Songs, Op. 84

Henryk Mikolaj Górecki (1933-2010) achieved an international success in the mid-1990s, with his Symphony No. 3, "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs". Since then, Górecki's name has been associated almost exclusively with this piece. However, his music is much more than this one brilliant work. Górecki never looked at musical fashions, but consistently created his own sound universe. In the 1980s Górecki, feeling misunderstood, stepped back from the official concert life in Poland. He reached out to simple folk and church melodies, making their choral arrangements. He treated them with a great devotion and humility. In 1985, the composer drew on traditional church songs collected in the 19th-century Spiewnik koscielny (Church Songbook) by Jan Siedlecki. He first selected five songs from it, which made up the cycle of five Marian Songs, Op. 54, for mixed choir a cappella. A year later, Górecki decided to compile other church songs of various character and associated with different liturgical seasons. This led to a collection of twenty Church Songs for a cappella choir today known as his Op. 84. Apart from two, the songs were not published during composer's lifetime. This album by the Polish Chamber Choir led by Jan Lukaszewski offers this choral gem for the first time sang in Latin.

Polski Chor Kameralny
Jan Lukaszewski, conductor

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