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Media Type: CD
Artist: GORECKI,H.
Title: SYM 3
Street Release Date: 04/28/1992
Genre: CLASSICAL COMPOSERS
This album, which catapulted Polish composer Henryk Gorecki to into the international spotlight, takes texts born in pain and turns them into statements of affirmation through the use of music that ebbs and flows in mystic minimalism. The clear voice of soprano Dawn Upshaw, singing the Polish texts, is a large part of the success of this particular recording, but the music, contemporary without either dissonance or movie-music mawkishness, clarifies and uplifts the words. This is a moving and essential element of the modern repertoire. --Sarah Bryan Miller
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By Terrence Aybar (New York City)
I don't have the chops to write you a review for this symphonic masterpiece. I am in no way a professional music critic and if there is a preferred format for this to be written and reviewed in, I don't have the know how. I can only tell you that this is one of the most devastating pieces of music I have ever heard. I became familiar with a little snippet of it that was played near the end of the film "Basquiat". I always wondered what the music was being played over this particular scene but never really bothered to research it until recently, where a comment on a YouTube uploaded clip of the scene led me to this recording. Upon listening to it, I could immediately feel the tears coming, not even five minutes into the first movement. This composition was undeniably drawn forth from a dark, wounded place in Gorecki's heart and mind. As sad as this music is, it makes you feel something and reminds you that you are alive and that's more than a lot of pretentious artists can ever claim in their entire discography.
By revelrhythm
This set strikes you to the core in an indescribable way. No words can encapsulate this symphony.
By Neev (Woodinville, Washington)
Simply one of the best things I've heard. Ever.
Composed for the 50th anniversary of the Nazi invasion into Poland and to commemorate those who died during the occupation, it takes grief and turns it into contemplation, turns mourning into a celebration of life and turns what could be rage into a deeper understanding of faith. Gorecki will be hard to surpass as the composer of this century, and Dawn Upshaw's voice is incomparable.
Don't miss this. It is a classic in every meaning of the word.
By Deven Gadula (san francisco, ca, united states)
I find Henryk Gorecki's Symphony of Sorrowful Songs to be one of the most amazing pieces of classical music. Perhaps it has something to do with me growing up in Poland and the fact that I understand that very powerful lyric (sounding very peculiar sang with British accent of Dawn Upshaw but this could be the most interesting release of this music). It probably has to do with the fact that I love ambient music and this symphony is very ambient. For me it is the atmosphere Gorecki is able to bestow upon us which means more here than the actual music. It is the silence within his music which I find so powerful. I have 6 versions of this symphony and sometimes I like to listen to them one after another to get a real powerful Gorecki experience. If you are reading this because you love this album and are looking for similar atmosphere than I would highly recommend listening to most of Gavin Bryars' music (Farewell To Philosophy, After The Requiem), Arvo Part (Tabula Rasa), Steve Reich (Music For 18 Musicians, Different Trains), or step aside from classical field and listen to Within The Realm Of A Dying Sun by Dead Can Dance.
By Jerry L. Underwood (Skia. Ok.)
Gorecki's symphony number 3 draws you into the sorrows of having lost ones love, very moving touches basic emotions.
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