Penderecki: St Luke Passion

Wit, Antoni;
Tesarowicz, Romuald;
Warsaw Philharmonic Choir;
Kłosińska, Izabella;
Kolberger, Krzysztof;
Kruszewski, Adam;
Warsaw Boys Choir

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"Antoni Wit, who studied with both Czyz and Penderecki, has earned high marks for his Naxos series of this composer's orchestral works, and now gives us a quite distinguished account of the St. Luke Passion.
This is the sort of thing that has changed Naxos's image from that of an economical source of stopgap recordings of variable quality for the benefit of the fiscally handicapped to that of simply one of the most resourceful, reliable and economical fully competitive and even, as in the present case, authoritative versions, irrespective of price.
In the process Naxos has also established Antoni Wit's name as an assurance of solid musical satisfaction embodying insight, conviction, technical command and, particularly in Penderecki, authority to match the most respected of his predecessors, not excluding the composer himself... No need to single out this or that soloist or episode, for every participating element without exception is functioning at full efficiency and on the highest level - and the production team was definitely a full partner in this achievement.
If you haven't yet made the acquaintance of this remarkable work, Naxos has left you with little excuse for failing to remedy that omission, and be assured you can make the modest investment in this splendidly produced CD with full assurance that there is not likely to be a need to upgrade later on." • Richard Freed, Soundstage.com, April 2004

CD

Muzyka klasyczna

Naxos

06-10-2003

0747313214921

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