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New recording of Górecki’s iconic Third Symphony

PR dla Zagranicy
Victoria Bieniek 19.01.2018 15:00
  • New recording of Górecki’s iconic Third Symphony
In the 1990s, the Third Symphony skyrocketed Polish composer Henryk Mikołaj Górecki to worldwide fame.
University Hall, home of the Poznań Philharmonic concert hall. Photo: A.Savin/Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)University Hall, home of the Poznań Philharmonic concert hall. Photo: A.Savin/Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)

It's English recording with soprano Dawn Upshaw sold over one million copies and climbed to the top of the classical music charts.

The work has since been performed and recorded by many famous singers.

Poland’s DUX label has just released a 1995 live recording with Ewa Iżykowska and the Poznan Philharmonic.

Interviewed for Radio Poland, Iżykowska describes Górecki’s work as a very special ‘transcendental, mystic piece of music’.

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