Posts Tagged Gorecki
Archive
February 9, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Lisa Gerrard, Genesis Orchestra & Yordan Kamdzhalov: Górecki – Symphony No. 3: Symphony of Sorrowful Songs
Lisa Gerrard, Genesis Orchestra & Yordan Kamdzhalov Górecki – Symphony No. 3: Symphony of Sorrowful Songs Besant Hall Records (part of Air-Edel Records) Henryk Górecki’s Symphony No. 3, Op 36, known as Symphony of Sorrowful Songs, was composed in late 1976. It was premiered the following year in performance and since then there have been […]Archive
December 4, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast # 197: Marnie Karmelita Previews the 2020 NZ Festival
Welcome to episode 197 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and La Petite Chocolat. Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved […]Archive
April 2, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
We Need To Talk About Classical Music…Because We Never Have: Our Introduction To Classical Music
I’m going to tell you a bit about my background with classical music; some of my early touchstones, how I educated myself and explored options, and some of the favourite pieces I’ve collected and my go-to composers. That sort of thing. And then you can do the same. Seem reasonable? Otherwise we’ll be here all […]Archive
March 23, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Max Richter: Sleep
Max Richter Sleep Deutsche Grammaophon Easily my most played album of 2015 – easily, and yet it’s not, strictly an album. Here, Max Richter has created a soundtrack for sleep, but it’s more than just a settling score, it’s a musical evocation, a melodic translation of sleep. It’s a stretch – too (pardon the pun) […]Archive
March 17, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 733
London Sinfonietta with Dawn Upshaw, Gorecki: Symphony No. 3 (1992) I fell in love with this when I first heard it – this particular recording, Gorecki composed the piece in the mid-70s but this early-90s recording was the one that found me, it was being used to soundtrack images from the Bosnian war, well from […]Archive
November 27, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
John Luther Adams: Become Ocean
John Luther Adams Become Ocean Cantaloupe In a single-track, album-length work, the composer John Luther Adams has made a stunning soundtrack for contemporary life – it shimmers with a restraint, it play with – and in and around – silences. Under the baton of Ludovic Morlot the Seattle Symphony gives life to the Alaskan composer’s […]Archive
August 29, 2013 by Simon Sweetman