Krzysztof Penderecki
Penderecki: Complete Quartets review | Andrew Clements's classical album of the week
Heard together, the differences between Penderecki’s First and Fourth quartets map an epic journey in 20th-century music
Andrew Clements
02, Sep, 2021 @4:19 PM
Enigmatic, devotional, restless … a guide to Krzysztof Penderecki's music
From Kubrick to Aphex Twin, Lynch to Radiohead, the Polish composer’s otherworldly sounds have inspired musicians and soundtracked some of cinema’s most haunting moments
Philip Clark
29, Mar, 2020 @4:45 PM
Krzysztof Penderecki obituary
Polish composer and conductor who was a leading figure in contemporary music
Keith Potter
29, Mar, 2020 @1:10 PM
Influential composer Krzysztof Penderecki dies aged 86
Polish musician won numerous awards, scored The Exorcist, and was admired by rock stars
Imogen Tilden and agencies
29, Mar, 2020 @11:42 AM
'Mozart would have made video game music': composer Eímear Noone on a winning art form
The Irish composer and conductor – who’s worked with film director Gus Van Sant and on World of Warcraft – talks passionately about making game music
Keith Stuart
22, Oct, 2019 @6:01 AM
Penderecki Conducts Penderecki Vol 2 CD review – uplifting choral works
Warsaw Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra/ Penderecki
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Fiona Maddocks
22, Oct, 2017 @6:25 AM
Belcea Quartet review – perfunctory Penderecki and poised Schubert
The Belceas gave the premiere of Penderecki’s brief neo-Romantic Fourth String Quartet, and in two Schubert quartets, blended technical refinement with emotional extremes
Tim Ashley
13, Dec, 2016 @3:31 PM
LPO/Penderecki review – time hasn't blunted the impact of Penderecki's Threnody
This fine concert featured Krzysztof Penderecki’s own compositions – with Radovan Vlatkovic the impressive soloist in the Horn Concerto – alongside Shostakovich’s Sixth
Tim Ashley
15, Oct, 2015 @11:49 AM
RNCM Symphony Orchestra/Penderecki review – a biblical maelstrom
With the charisma of an Old Testament prophet, the composer brought a spiritual intensity to the first UK performance of his Seventh Symphony
Alfred Hickling
28, Jun, 2015 @2:42 PM
Penderecki: Magnificat CD review - a peculiar and gripping mix played at full throttle
The choir feels a little unfocused in this recording of Penderecki’s sacred works
Kate Molleson
07, May, 2015 @5:45 PM
AUKSO Chamber Orchestra/Penderecki/Mos – review
The Threnody is still so shockingly powerful that placing it first rendered what some of what followed anticlimactic, writes Tim Ashley
Tim Ashley
23, Mar, 2012 @5:48 PM
Krzysztof Penderecki/Jonny Greenwood: Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima; Popcorn Superhet Receiver; Polymorphia; 48 Responses to Polymorphia – review
The avant-garde master and Radiohead art-rocker combine to powerful effect, says Stephen Pritchard
Stephen Pritchard
18, Mar, 2012 @12:01 AM
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