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Gorecki - Symphony No.3: Sorrowful Songs
 
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Gorecki - Symphony No.3: Sorrowful Songs
~ Henryk Górecki (Composer), David Zinman (Conductor), London Sinfonietta (Orchestra), Dawn Upshaw (Performer)
4.4 out of 5 stars  (17 customer reviews)
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Track Listings

1. Symphony No. 3 Op. 36 (1976): I. Lento - Sostenuto Tranquillo Ma Cantabile
2. Symphony No. 3 Op. 36 (1976): II. Lento e Largo - Tranquillissimo
3. Symphony No. 3 Op. 36 (1976): III. Lento - Cantabile Semplice

On this CD:
  1. Symphony No. 3, 'Symphony of Sorrowful Songs'
    Composed by Henryk Górecki
    Performed by London Sinfonietta
    with Dawn Upshaw
    Conducted by David Zinman


Product Description
Amazon.co.uk Review
This album, which catapulted Polish composer Henryk Górecki to into the international spotlight, takes texts born in pain and turns them into statements of affirmation through the use of music that ebbs and flows in mystic minimalism. The clear voice of soprano Dawn Upshaw, singing the Polish texts, is a large part of the success of this particular recording, but the music, contemporary without either dissonance or movie-music mawkishness, clarifies and uplifts the words. This is a moving and essential element of the modern repertoire. --Sarah Bryan Miller

From Amazon.com
You gotta have this. After all, everyone else does, right? This was the classical music phenomenon of the 1990s. An obscure Polish composer writes a symphony setting texts all dealing with the subject of sorrow or oppression. It's a very long symphony, too, and scored almost entirely for string orchestra, mostly very slow and very quiet. And it sells millions of copies and the astonished composer gets rich beyond his wildest dreams (and good for him!). So the record companies rush out to record more of his music, only none of it sounds like this symphony, so nobody buys it, and his star wanes once again. That's life, I guess. --David Hurwitz