Poznan Philharmonic Orchestra - Giovanni Simone Mayr: Verter - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

A powerful symphony by Zygmunt Stojowski that propelled the composer onto the international stage. Dazzling orchestration, soaring melodies, and an adventurous harmonic language place the work at the crossroads of late Romantic intensity and emerging Modernist boldness-music that was unjustly neglected in concert programs for generations. Under the dynamic leadership of Lukasz Borowicz, the Poznan Philharmonic Orchestra makes a compelling case for this forgotten masterpiece, delivering a performance of sweeping momentum, dramatic impact, and striking expressive range that restores the symphony to it's rightful place in the repertoire.

Lukasz Borowicz, conductor, writes InchThere are neither performers nor audiences, both at home and abroad, who are familiar with the works of Stefan Boleslaw Poradowski. Excellent composer, educator, conductor, cultural life promoter... his ser-vices to the province of Wielkopolska can hardly be overestimated. For this reason, it was with great pleasure that Poznan Philharmonic Orchestra, it's illustrious soloists, and I began work on an album intended to bring his music back from oblivion, as it undoubtedly deserves to be present on the concert circuit and the phonographic market.Inch The works on this album are world premiere recordings.

Krzysztof Meyer, one of the most recognizable Polish composers in the world, extends his oeuvre with a recording of the Symphony No. 9 Fidei speique Sinfonia (Symphony of Faith and Hope) for choir and orchestra to Psalms of David, Op. 126. The latest, monumental vocal and instrumental symphony is a piece with a clear message. At the beginning of the work on the score in 2015, the composer reached for the ancient Psalms of David to express his concern about the current situation in Poland and in the world, where 'lying language' is spreading, people 'are rushing to war' and more and more clearly 'hate peace.' From the today's perspective, it does not seem that his concerns have lost their relevance. Meyer reached for a large symphony orchestra and a mixed choir, representing the voice of the community. The four-part ensemble frequently sings in a six-part texture. The instruments used differ in individual movements, radically changing the ensemble's tone color. The full cast is employed only just in the finale. The diverse and at times moving expression of the Symphony results from a harmony shaped in a way specific to it's composer's music. The Symphony No. 9 presented on this album was recorded during it's world premiere in the Concert Hall of the Poznan Philharmonic in 2016 by the Cracow Karol Szymanowski Philharmonic Choir and by the Poznan Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Jakub Chrenowicz.