PENDERECKI : Te Deum • Hymne an den heiligen Daniel • Polymorphia • Ciaconna (Antoni Wit) (2007) APE (image+.cue), lossless

 Since 1966, with the composition of the St Luke Passion (Naxos 8.557149), Penderecki has enjoyed an international reputation for music that blends direct, emotional appeal with contemporary compositional techniques. The neo-Romantic choral work, Te Deum, was inspired by the anointing of Karol Wojtyla as the first Polish Pope in 1978. Although Penderecki’s recent choral works have tended to be similarly monumental in scale, he has written several of a more compact nature, such as Hymne an den heiligen Daniel, whose opening ranks as one of the composer’s most affecting. This disc closes with two works for strings: the experimental Polymorphia from 1961, and the expressive Chaconne, written in 2005 as a tribute to the late Pope John Paul II. Naxos
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Krzysztof Penderecki (1933-2020)

1-3    Te Deum (1979-80) (36:46)
Bass Vocals – Piotr Nowacki
Chorus – Warsaw National Philharmonic Choir
Chorus Master – Henryk Wojnarowski
Mezzo-soprano Vocals – Agnieszka Rehlis
Soprano Vocals – Izabela Kęosińska
Tenor Vocals – Adam Zdunikowski
4    Hymne An Den Heilingen Daniel (1977) 12:14
Chorus – Warsaw National Philharmonic Choir
Chorus Master – Henryk Wojnarowski
5    Polymorphia (1961)    10:48
6    Polish Requiem: Chaconne (2005)    7:18

Conductor – Antoni Wit
Orchestra – Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra