Penderecki / Warsaw Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra Magnificat Kadisz CD

The two works on this recording are separated by 35 years, during which time Penderecki made a decisive break with the post-war European avant-garde. In the Magnificat, chilling instrumental clusters, spectral sounds and impassioned rhetoric unite with tonality and counterpoint to deliver a work of monumental emotional power. Written to mark the 65th anniversary of the end of the Jewish ghetto in Lodz, Kadisz is among the most distinctive of Penderecki's later choral works in the stark contrasts between drama and sombre reflection of it's individual sections.

1. Magnificat Anima Mea 2. Fuga. Quia Respexit Humilitatem Ancillae Suae 3. Et Misericordia Eius 4. Fecit Potentiam 5. Passacaglia. Deposuit Potentes de Sede 6. Sicut Locutus Est 7. Szla Smierc Od Mogily Do Mogily: Tempo Di Marcia Funebre 8. Lezy Na Ziemi Po Ulicach Dziecie, I Starzec: Grave, Senza Misura 9. Prosimy Cie, Abys Nas Na Wieki Nie Wydawal: Molto Tranquillo 10. Jitgadal Wejitkadasz Szmeh Raba. Amen: Senza Misura