first movement is still one of the saddest pieces of music i've ever heard

Album Rating: 5.0

Fantastic musical experience. Everyone should listen to this at least one time in their lives.

Album Rating: 5.0

Yeah. This is pretty powerful. One of the few pieces of music that has moved me to tears.

Album Rating: 4.5

new rendition of this with Polish National Orchestra and Beth Gibbons (of Portishead fame!) is phenomenal

Album Rating: 5.0

Yeah, that rendition is so amazing in Penderecki's hands and on Beth Gibbons's lips.

How does it compare to the Zinman rendition?

Album Rating: 4.5

@Jac: hard to say, so much of my love of that rendition is tied to my first exposure to it. certainly punches in the same echelon and I like that e: new version is more restrained

Was actually getting ready to compile a late (as usual) Q1 list but I might have to postpön !!

Album Rating: 5.0

perfect

Album Rating: 5.0

One of the best things ever

Masterpiece

this is one of my favorite post-rock albums

Album Rating: 4.5

youre such a wacky guy ghandi

Album Rating: 5.0

"Yeah, that rendition is so amazing in Penderecki's hands and on Beth Gibbons's lips."



It's very good and an interesting take on a contemporary classical symphony, yet it makes the whole piece sound very different. Listening to an opera trained singer like Zofia Kilanowicz on this has a way more cathartic effect on my ears. The approach is so different the result ends up being different too. Gibbons's performance makes this sound very modern and cinematic, which has its pros and its cons. Coming from a classical background myself I appreciate having this new version, but I still prefer the operatic, classical approach tbh