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Górecki
The Polish composer Henry Górecki (born 1933) achieved world-wide renown in 1992 when his Third Symphony, written in 1976, was recorded on CD and became an international bestseller. It is now one of the best known musical compositions of recent years, yet Górecki's other music is still relatively little known. This study, the first detailed account of his works in any language, provides biographical information as background to the music, and is by a leading enthusiast of Górecki's music. Adrian Thomas discusses Górecki's position as leader of the Polish avant-garde in the late 1950s, and his subsequent discovery of the folk and church music of Old Poland, notably that of the Podhale region in southern Poland. He describes Górecki's unmistakable musical world, from the large orchestral scores (Scontri, Refrain, the Symphonies) and the choral works (Beatus Vir, commissioned by and dedicated to Pope John Paul II), to the more modest church songs and folk-song arrangements. There is a complete list of works since 1955 with details of instrumentation and recordings, and a select bibliography.
Henryk Gorecki's Symphony No. 3
In early February of 1993, a recording of Henryk Gorecki's Symphony No. 3, the 'Symphony of Sorrowful Songs', became so successful it charted in the British pop Top 10. No composer of art music in this century had ever attained such a level of popular acclaim. Gorecki's symphony became, indisputably, a pop-culture icon of the 1990s. But while the Third Symphony's popularity is a remarkable phenomenon in itself, this study looks beyond the work's belated success and assesses its importance in the broad landscape of contemporary European music."
A Reluctant Requiem
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Henryk Górecki
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Górecki Autumn
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Górecki in Context
This volume gathers interviews with and studies of the music of Henryk Miko¿aj Górecki (1933-2010). Interviews span his career (1962-2008) and studies are by Górecki scholars from Poland, the U.K., the U.S., and Australia. Chapters highlight three symphonies: the Second Copernican (Kiwa¿a), the Third Symphony of Sorrowful Songs (Trochimczyk) and the Fourth Tansman Episodes (Wendland). Two studies by eminent scholar and Górecki's personal friend, Prof. Teresa Malecka present his links to tradition and his piano music. The volume also includes an overview of Górecki's career, list of works, music examples, portraits, photographs, and a bibliography.
