Orchestre Symphonique De Montreal & Kent Nagano – Penderecki – St. Luke Passion (Live) (2020) [FLAC 24bit/96kHz]

Orchestre Symphonique De Montreal & Kent Nagano – Penderecki – St. Luke Passion (Live) (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:06:39 minutes | 1,05 GB | Genre: Classical
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The St Luke Passion (“Passio et mors Domini nostri Iesu Christi secundum Lucam”), composed in 1966 by a thirty-two-year-old Krzysztof Penderecki, dates back to the composer’s earlier style. Penderecki is one of the most widely played contemporary composers and millions will recognise his music in films such as The Exorcist (William Friedkin, 1980), The Shining (Stanley Kubrick, 1980), Fearless (Peter Weir, 1993), Shutter Island (Martin Scorsese, 2010) and Twin Peaks (2017).

It’s too early to look back over the life of this giant of twentieth-century music who passed away in 2020, but some of his major works such as this Passion or his opera, The Devils of Loudun, have made a lasting impression and are still played by orchestras today. Completely atonal from start to finish and filled with avant-garde techniques of the time, The St Luke Passion still has considerable power of expression and a profound emotional impact when played today. Penderecki’s aesthetic has been the subject of debate throughout his entire career as opinions differ over whether his work should be regarded as avant-garde or traditional, but the composer disregards them, stating that his work is “Simply genuine, and that suffices”.

Recorded for the opening of Salzburg Festival in 2018, this particular version of The St Luke Passion was first performed for the composer in Krakow by the Montreal Symphony Orchestra conducted by Kent Nagano, with two brilliant Polish choirs. Penderecki himself is an excellent conductor and his conducted his work on over sixty occasions, but he was in complete accord with this version, even claiming that it made him feel “The mystery of spirituality and faith for the very first time”. – François Hudry

Tracklist

1. Orchestre Symphonique De Montreal & Kent Nagano – St. Luke Passion, Pt. 1: No. 1, O crux ave, spes unica (Live)
2. Orchestre Symphonique De Montreal & Kent Nagano – St. Luke Passion, Pt. 1: No. 2, Et egressus ibat (Live)
3. Orchestre Symphonique De Montreal & Kent Nagano – St. Luke Passion, Pt. 1: No. 3, Deus meus (Live)
4. Orchestre Symphonique De Montreal & Kent Nagano – St. Luke Passion, Pt. 1: No. 4, Domine, quis habitabit (Live)
5. Orchestre Symphonique De Montreal & Kent Nagano – St. Luke Passion, Pt. 1: No. 5, Adhuc eo loquente (Live)
6. Orchestre Symphonique De Montreal & Kent Nagano – St. Luke Passion, Pt. 1: No. 6, Ierusalem, Ierusalem (Live)
7. Orchestre Symphonique De Montreal & Kent Nagano – St. Luke Passion, Pt. 1: No. 7, Ut quid, Domine (Live)
8. Orchestre Symphonique De Montreal & Kent Nagano – St. Luke Passion, Pt. 1: No. 8, Comprehendentes autem (Live)
9. Orchestre Symphonique De Montreal & Kent Nagano – St. Luke Passion, Pt. 1: No. 9, Iudica me (Live)
10. Orchestre Symphonique De Montreal & Kent Nagano – St. Luke Passion, Pt. 1: No. 10, Et viri, qui tenebant illum (Live)
11. Orchestre Symphonique De Montreal & Kent Nagano – St. Luke Passion, Pt. 1: No. 11, Ierusalem, Ierusalem (Live)
12. Orchestre Symphonique De Montreal & Kent Nagano – St. Luke Passion, Pt. 1: No. 12, Miserere mei, Deus (Live)
13. Orchestre Symphonique De Montreal & Kent Nagano – St. Luke Passion, Pt. 1: No. 13, Et surgens omnis (Live)
14. Orchestre Symphonique De Montreal & Kent Nagano – St. Luke Passion, Pt. 2: No. 14, Et in pulverem mortis (Live)
15. Orchestre Symphonique De Montreal & Kent Nagano – St. Luke Passion, Pt. 2: No. 15, Et baiulans (Live)
16. Orchestre Symphonique De Montreal & Kent Nagano – St. Luke Passion, Pt. 2: No. 16, Popule meus (Live)
17. Orchestre Symphonique De Montreal & Kent Nagano – St. Luke Passion, Pt. 2: No. 17, Ibi cruciﬁxerunt eum (Live)
18. Orchestre Symphonique De Montreal & Kent Nagano – St. Luke Passion, Pt. 2: No. 18, Crux ﬁdelis (Live)
19. Orchestre Symphonique De Montreal & Kent Nagano – St. Luke Passion, Pt. 2: No. 19, Iesus autem dicebat (Live)
20. Orchestre Symphonique De Montreal & Kent Nagano – St. Luke Passion, Pt. 2: No. 20, In pulverem mortis (Live)
21. Orchestre Symphonique De Montreal & Kent Nagano – St. Luke Passion, Pt. 2: No. 21, Et stabat populus (Live)
22. Orchestre Symphonique De Montreal & Kent Nagano – St. Luke Passion, Pt. 2: No. 22, Unus autem de his (Live)
23. Orchestre Symphonique De Montreal & Kent Nagano – St. Luke Passion, Pt. 2: No. 23, Stabant autem iuxta crucem (Live)
24. Orchestre Symphonique De Montreal & Kent Nagano – St. Luke Passion, Pt. 2: No. 24, Stabat mater (Live)
25. Orchestre Symphonique De Montreal & Kent Nagano – St. Luke Passion, Pt. 2: No. 25, Erat autem fere hora sexta (Live)
26. Orchestre Symphonique De Montreal & Kent Nagano – St. Luke Passion, Pt. 2: No. 26, Alla breve (Live)
27. Orchestre Symphonique De Montreal & Kent Nagano – St. Luke Passion, Pt. 2: No. 27, In pulverem mortis… In te, Domine, speravi (Live)