Michel Swierczewski - Orchestral Works - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Album Tracks 1. Pno Trio No.1, Op.8 Andante 2. Trio I. Moderato 3. Trio II. Adagio 4. Pno Trio No.2, Op.67 I. Andante 5. Pno Trio No.2, Op.67 II. Allegro Non Troppo (Marcatissimo, Pesante) 6. Pno Trio No.2, Op.67 III. Largo 7. Pno Trio No.2, Op.67 IV. Allegretto-Adagio

Roxanna Panufnik describes Love Abide as a way of 'celebrating music, texts and chants of a diversity of faiths. My ongoing mission to build musical bridges between different faiths was inspired by the birth of my first child, in 2002, when I started to ponder deeply on what kind of world I was bringing her into. Religious conflict and wars that involve it are constantly in the news - but we rarely hear enough about the affirmative aspects of our many faiths, such as the phenomenal beauty of the varied cultures surrounding them. Exploring these cultures has unearthed a bounty of stunning chant and verse and has brought me closer to my own personal spiritual beliefs. Each work on this focuses on a particular mood or sentiment around the theme of love, expressed in a musical language that echoes the origin of the words. I've drawn on texts from different faiths, from the 15th century Zen Master Ikkyu Soyun to the well-loved 13th chapter of 1 Corinthians; from the Christian mass setting to the 14th Century Sufi poet and mystic Rumi, to the ancient Hebrew Psalm 136 (135). And I've married a traditional Anglican text with a Catholic one - creating a truly Ecumenical Magnificat. Within the music you will hear fragments of Spanish Sephardic chant, Christian plainsong, Sufi rhythms and a Japanese lullaby, to soothe the soul. Love Abide encapsulates the very contemporary ethos of multicultural spiritual devotion in a world populated by a rich diversity of faiths - all feeling, as deeply and as aesthetically, the compelling potency of music with love.' Album Tracks 1. Love Endureth 2. Love Abide 3. Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis 4. Zen Love Song 5. Schola Missa de Angelis 6. Mass of the Angels

Album Tracks 1. Symphony No. 5, for Baritone, String Orchestra & Harp 'Shakespeare's Sonnets' I. Tir'd with All These, for Restful Death I Cry (Sonn 2. Symphony No. 5, for Baritone, String Orchestra & Harp 'Shakespeare's Sonnets' II. That Time of Year Thou Mayst in Me Behold (Sonnet 3. Symphony No. 9, for Voice & String Orchestra I. Introduzione 4. Symphony No. 9, for Voice & String Orchestra II. Burlesca 5. Symphony No. 9, for Voice & String Orchestra III. Marcia 6. Symphony No. 9, for Voice & String Orchestra IV. Toccata 7. Symphony No. 9, for Voice & String Orchestra V. Finale 8. Symphony No. 11, for Voice & Orchestra Introduzione 9. Symphony No. 11, for Voice & Orchestra Tema 10. Symphony No. 11, for Voice & Orchestra Variation 1 11. Symphony No. 11, for Voice & Orchestra Variation 2 12. Symphony No. 11, for Voice & Orchestra Variation 3 13. Symphony No. 11, for Voice & Orchestra Variation 4 14. Symphony No. 11, for Voice & Orchestra Variation 5 15. Symphony No. 11, for Voice & Orchestra Variation 6 16. Symphony No. 11, for Voice & Orchestra Variation 7 17. Symphony No. 11, for Voice & Orchestra Variation 8 18. Symphony No. 11, for Voice & Orchestra Coda