Penderecki : Symphony No. 5 "Korean"

Symphony No. 5 "Korean", Krzysztof Penderecki, 1992.

National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra (Katowice), conducted by Antoni Wit.
Recorded at Grzegorz Fitelberg Concert Hall, 1999.

"Despite the rough surface, 'Symphony No. 5' is a monumental romantic drama rich in deep emotions, great emotional contrasts, exuberant pathos as well as scherzo-like playfulness, various tangled motifs, rich and varied colours. Somewhere there lurk the spirits of Bruckner, Mahler, Strauss and Shostakovich behind the dramatic pulse of this (and of the earlier) symphonies. One may therefore say that this music is turned towards both history and modernity, what with its bold sound language that is radically remote from the tradition" (Tadeusz A. Zieliński, "Dramat instrumentalny Pendereckiego", PWM, Kraków 2003, p. 94).

Picture : Lee Gil Woo, Irrelevant Answer-Ronald on Tour, 2007.

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