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Krzysztof Penderecki, one of the greatest composers of our time dies.

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R.I.P. Mr Penderecki.

I admired your works.

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Originally Posted by bart (Post 1000616)

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R.I.P. Mr Penderecki.

I admired your works.

Thanks for posting Bart. RIP mr. Penderecki.

Thanks for posting, Bart.

What Penderecki compositions do you like?

Tim, I'll post some of my earlier posts:

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Originally Posted by bart (Post 264101)

Krzysztof Penderecki °1933 - Violin Concerto No. 2 "Metamorphoses"
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
London Symphony Orchestra, Krzysztof Penderecki

Béla Bartók: Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 2 Sz 76
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
Lambert Orkis, piano

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A recommendation from this thread.
The Penderecki piece is stunning!
My first listen to this concerto is already immensely convincing.
He wrote (92-95) and dedicated it to Ms Mutter after hearing her playing the First Violin Concerto from Prokofiev in 1988, Lucerne Festival.
Modern but very accessible and with strong energy and vibrations! :thumbsup:

My comment at the end unfortunately isn't up to date anymore...

Penderecki, conducting Sinfonietta Cracovia in his own works:

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This is a fantastic disc.
Very good pieces, with strong, deeply passionate emotions.
Playing is top notch, as is SQ.

Penderecki is alive and kicking, and even working on an opera.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krzysztof_Penderecki

Anne-Sophie Mutter - Hommage à Penderecki

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What a great album.
I am a fan of Penderecki since the moment I discovered him.
And this shows his qualities in various pieces, for violin solo, violin and double bass, violin and piano, and violin and orchestra (directed by the composer!).
One of the greatest living composers!

All these Penderecki works have been commissioned by Anne-Sophie Mutter and are duly dedicated to her (as well as to double bass player Roman Patkoló in the case of the 2010 Duo concertante for violin and double bass), this is thus doing them justice to gather them under the same helm. We go crescendo, from La Follia for solo violin from 2013, a series of variations, up to the Violin Sonata No. 2, « Metamorphosen » from 1995—conducted here by the composer himself—to the already mentioned Duo concertante and the Sonata for violin and piano from 1999. As so many composers from his era—let’s remember he was born in 1933—Penderecki has taken the “backward path”, starting as a composer in the path underlined by serialism, before straying away from it to come back to a much more melodic language, almost tonal and even sometimes Post-Romantic. For such a talented violinist as Anne-Sophie Mutter, fed with beauty and virtuosity, these works represent both an endless renewal and a constant challenge, while allowing her to develop her sonority and her passionate lyricism. Let’s note that these Metamorphosen have been recorded in 1997, and the partition’s ink had barely had time to dry. Incidentally, the other recordings have all been close to the writing date, underlining the emotional and artistic closeness of the two characters. © SM/Qobuz

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Originally Posted by bart (Post 1000616)

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R.I.P. Mr Penderecki.

I admired your works.

i have been listening to his works all week. :thumbsup:

Colleagues;

I had the enormous pleasure of meeting Dr. Penderecki in the early '70's when we performed his The Entombment of Christ. He was a very likable man, very approachable and he autographed the Ormandy/Philadelphia recording I had of this piece.

Petronius