Grzegorz Gerwazy Gorczycki II
The second album by Andrzej Kosendiak and the Wrocław Baroque Ensemble with works by an outstanding early Polish composer of the late Baroque period – Grzegorz Gerwazy Gorczycki. His two a cappella mass cycles are featured: Missa Rorate II and Missa Paschalis, alongside four motet-style hymns, the church concerto In virtute Tua and two large vocal-instrumental works: Conductus funebris and Litaniae de Providentia Divina. Together with the pieces recorded two years ago by the same performers (Missa Rorate I, Illuxit sol, Laetatus sum, Completorium), it provides an overview of the composer’s best works, representing various forms and styles. The album was released as part of the Music First series.
Grzegorz Gerwazy Gorczycki II
The second album by Andrzej Kosendiak and the Wrocław Baroque Ensemble with works by an outstanding early Polish composer of the late Baroque period – Grzegorz Gerwazy Gorczycki. His two a cappella mass cycles are featured: Missa Rorate II and Missa Paschalis, alongside four motet-style hymns, the church concerto In virtute Tua and two large vocal-instrumental works: Conductus funebris and Litaniae de Providentia Divina. Together with the pieces recorded two years ago by the same performers (Missa Rorate I, Illuxit sol, Laetatus sum, Completorium), it provides an overview of the composer’s best works, representing various forms and styles. The album was released as part of the Music First series.
Date of release: 2014
Publishers: National Forum of Music, CD Accord
Conductor: Andrzej Kosendiak
Performers: Aldona Bartnik, Agnieszka Ryman, Matthew Venner, Maciej Gocman, Tomáš Král, Jaromir Nosek, Wrocław Baroque Ensemble
Music lovers interested in early music receive a new CD with works by an outstanding early Polish composer from the late Baroque period – Grzegorz Gerwazy Gorczycki (1665–1734). His two a cappella mass cycles are included here: Missa Rorate II and Missa Paschalis, alongside four motet-style hymns, the church concerto In virtute Tua and two large vocal-instrumental works: Conductus funebris and Litaniae de Providentia Divina. Together with the pieces recorded two years ago by the same performers (Missa Rorate I, Illuxit sol, Laetatus sum, Completorium), it provides an overview of the composer’s best works, representing various forms and styles. It is this diversity of genres and the high level of creative craftsmanship that give Gorczycki his outstanding rank in the history of Old Polish music.
Elżbieta Zwolińska
Awards: Nomination for Fryderyk 2015 in the Album of the Year –Early Music category
