| Label: NAXOS
Catalog: NBD0026
Format: BLU-RAY AUDIO Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Antoni Wit
Janacek:
Glagolitic Mass -
final version
Christiane Libor (soprano), Ewa Marciniec (alto), Timothy Bentch (tenor), Wojciech Gierlach (bass) & Jarosław Malanowicz (organ)
with Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra,
Sinfonietta
24-bit, 88.2 kHz Stereo and Surround Recordings
Leoš Janáček’s dramatic Glagolitic Mass is set to a ninth century Old Church Slavonic text. With its highly individual synthesis of thunderous brass outbursts, rhythmic energy, radiant melodies and interludes of rapt contemplation, the work has established itself as a unique contribution to the choral repertoire. An avowed statement of his belief and patriotic pride in Czechoslovakian national independence, Janáček’s Sinfonietta uses spectacular large-scale orchestral forces. Both of these works belong to the composer’s last and most inspired decade, and represent his mature musical language at its most communicative.  Price: $28.98 |
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