Henryk Gorecki: Symphony 3 "Sorrowful Songs"
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Free Music Review: Gorecki has composed a real winning composition!
Hit: 5 Stars
Folks, the symphony No.3, opus 36 by Gorecki is one of the most beautiful works of music you could possible listen to. If there was ever a musical composition that could be literally described as heavenly, this is it! This music will uplift and transform you to another world, and give you a true perspective of what heaven's music must sound like! The composer, conductor and soloist have truly been called to perform this magnificent work, and it accomplishes the task of communicating the incommunicable. Enjoy!Free Music Review: HENRYK GORECKI: SYMPHONY NO. 3 OPUS 36
Hit: 5 Stars
Imagine while driving your car, your listening to 96.3FM in New York, and you hear a voice that stops you in your tracks. That is what happened to me. I heard this wonderful music while driving and then came the voice. I'm talking about Dawn Upshaw who is the soprano for this album. I heard her angelic voice and had to stop the car and literally wait 20 minutes until the Symphony was over so I could hear the name of this woman and the name of the symphony she was so graciously singing. I love classical music, but never have I heard this symphony. I immediately purchased this CD and it is now a part of my all time favorite list. You must listen to this Symphony w/Dawn Upshaw from beginning to end without interruption to truly feel the experience. GORECKI'S SYMPHONY ACCOMPANIED BY DAWN UPSHAWS VOICE IS BREATHTAKING!Free Music Review: It's too good
Hit: 5 Stars
I never play this CD...It's too good. After years of listening to it, nearly weeping every time, trying to understand what made it SO GOOD, I realized that I never would understand. So I put it away, and I'm waiting for the right time to play it. It's been almost two years now.Free Music Review: WOW! WOW!WOW!
Hit: 5 Stars
This is simply an incredible recording. I am not going to spout off about Gorecki and the things he has done. I have no clue. I am a big fan of Dawn Upshaw and that is how I found this recording. She absolutely shines. I love requeims and all that they stand for. This recording,in light of what it is about, comes close to being a requiem: nazi occupation of Poland, death, etc. I don't speak Polish and could be completely off track. But the movements are just so hauntingly beautiful. Ok...plainly. . .it rocks. Turn down the lights, hang and jam with some of the MOST AMAZING MUSIC YOU WILL EVER HEAR. I am in tears everytime. Enjoy it.Free Music Review: ...Profound
Hit: 5 Stars
This recording is so monumental to Gorecki's career, that it would take a movie to make it as popular than what it was. The central theme for "Fearless" minus the text sung by Dawn Upshaw, in which Jeff Bridges flashes back to the tragic plane crash...an unforgettable scene.Symphony No. 3 is divided up into three movements that are set to laments on the theme of motherhood with the first movement lasting 26 minutes. It begins in a slow canon with double basses that would gradually rise in pitch and volume and eventually receding back down to a slow pitch. The text would be taken from a 15th century Polish prayer, known as the Holy Cross Lament.
The second movement takes it's text from an inscription a 18 year old woman left on the prison wall in a Gestapo headquarter. This movement will again be slow, there isn't a lot of developement in the movement...it's reduced to minimalism. The third movement drawing it's verse from a Polish folksong, a mother's plea for her lost son to sleep happily.
Although the pace is slow through out the whole symphony and it isn't joyful music to be sure, the momentum draws you into a sense of calm and peace. The affectiveness would not be the same without Dawn Upshaw, she radiates what little part she has in the symphony...she holds a ray of sunlight for each verse she sings. David Zinman and the London Sinfonietta do a admirable job in totally capturing Henryk Gorecki true essence in this important work, a recording that should be included into everybody's classical collection. There are other recordings of Symphony No. 3, they don't compare and it would be hard for them to measure up to the Elektra Nonesuch, David Zinman, Dawn Upshaw and London Sinfonietta recording because after all it was this that catapulted Gorecki to his fame.