GORECKI: SYMPHONY NO 3; THREE PIECES IN OLDEN STYLE - SIMONOV, ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA

Górecki – Symphony No.3 ‘Of Sorrowful Songs’ / 3 Pieces in Olden Style

Yuri Simonov
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Symphony No.3 (1976)
[1] Lento-sostenuto tranquillo ma cantabile 27:57
(15th Century Lament)
[2] Lento e Largo-tranquillissimo-
cantabillissimo-dolcissimo legatissimo 9:22
(Words of Helena Wanda Blazusiakówna,
Gestapo Prison Wall, Zakopene)
[3] Lento-cantabile semplice 15:58
(Melody: Polish Folk Song from Opole Region)

Three Pieces in olden style (for Strings, 1963)

[4] Movement one 3:00
[5] Movement two 1:57
[6] Movement three 4:54