Henryk Mikołaj Górecki

Arrangement of folk texts and melodies from Wladyslaw Skierkowski's collection, 'Kurpian Forest in Song' (1928-1934). Polish text. Suitable for intermediate standard choirs.

A selection of five songs from Jan Siedlecki's Church Hymn-book (1878: 1928 edition), in four of which Górecki faithfully sets the original melodies. Polish text. Suitable for intermediate standard ch...

Sammlung von fünf Liedern aus Jan Siedleckis Kirchengesangbuch (1878; Ausgabe 1928). In vier von ihnen vertont Górecki die Melodien originalgetreu. Geeignet für fortgeschrittene Anfängerchöre.

The Angelus Bells are Tolling was composed in 1986 to mark the removal of the ashes of the Polish writer Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer from Warsaw to the old Peksowy Brzyzek cemetery in Zakopane, althoug...

Górecki's Church Songs, based on melodies from Rev Jan Siedlecki's Spiewniki Koscielne ('church songbooks'), were composed in 1986. This edition is based on the PWM edition of 2013, which was produced...

Górecki's Church Songs, based on melodies from Rev Jan Siedlecki's Spiewniki Koscielne ('church songbooks'), were composed in 1986. This edition is based on the PWM edition of 2013, which was produced...

A prominent composer of the 20th Century, this work was written for large mixed choir a cappella. The composer notes that the chorus should consist of at least 120 singers. Miserere was first performe...

Kyrie is the only movement completed from a planned Mass and was left unperformed at the time of the composer's death. The edition was prepared for publication from the original manuscript by his son...

Górecki dedicated this piece to Pope John Paul II for his third pilgrimage to his homeland Poland.

First publication of all the extant manuscript solo piano works (miniatures and collections of short pieces). Edited and with a preface (E/G/F) by Anna Górecka, Professor at the Katowice Music Academy...

Il ciclo si apre con l'energico e audace Deciso. Seguono il Molto sostenuto, espressivo e splendidamente impaginato; il conciso Presto, in cui la leggerezza dello scherzo è spezzata da una vitalità ne...

There's no humorous tone to be found in Six Bagatelles.The cycle opens with the spirited and bold Deciso. Following this come the expressive, splendidly laid-out Molto sostenuto; the concise Presto, i...

In spring 2005, after thirteen years of persistence, patience, and cancelled performances, the Kronos Quartet finally received the score to Henryk Górecki's Piesni Spiewaja (...songs are sung), String...

The title is an affectionate dedication to the composer's small grandson, the name being rendered with a double diminutive in the original Polish.

Nocturne for orchestra was created in 2011, a few months after the death of Henryk Mikolaj Górecki and is dedicated to him. It is a kind of musical contemplation of a nocturnal landscape. The composer...

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