Płyty

Podwójny portret śląskiego mistrza na 4 płytach CD.

‘Art, and within its space also music to a significant extent, is a key ingredient of social bonding and human communication. Without art, humans become stunted. This is the knowledge, unsystematised though it still may be, that I have derived from my work with choirs,’ commented Witold Szalonek. ‘It was from those people that I learned to love music.’ Szalonek conducted amateur choirs: ‘Hejnał’ at Łagiewniki Coalmine and ‘Echo’ at the Śląsk Coalmine in Chropaczów. His academic colleagues thought it was a loss of time, but this was his way of exploring the first and most original of all instruments – the human voice and singing, viewed both as a language and nearly a primal need. The album SONGS OF SILESIA comprises a collection of the Silesian master’s vocal pieces, which perfectly reflect his broad horizons. Szalonek was a visionary and an innovator, but also an artist inspired by local folklore ( On Johnnie’s Cathy , Katowice Ballad , From Opole Region , Silesian Folk Ballad for solo soprano and mixed choir) and by religious subjects ( Litany of Loreto – to the Blessed Virgin Mary , Miserere ). His music could be charmingly simple or extraordinarily complex. On this album, it is performed by Camerata Silesia Katowice City Singers’ Ensemble under Anna Szostak.

Lista utworów: Disk 1 - Track 1-Prelude in C Major, BWV846 Disk 1 - Track 2-Fugue in C Major, BWV846 Disk 1 - Track 3-Prelude in C Minor, BWV847 Disk 1 - Track 4-Fugue in C Minor, BWV847 Disk 1 - Track 5-Prelude in C-sharp Major, BWV848 Disk 1 - Track 6-Fugue in C-sharp Major, BWV848 Disk 1 - Track 7-Prelude in C-sharp Minor, BWV849 Disk 1 - Track 8-Fugue in C-sharp Minor, BWV849 Disk 1 - Track 9-Prelude in D Major, BWV850 Disk 1 - Track 10-Fugue in D Major, BWV850 Disk 1 - Track 11-Prelude in D Minor, BWV851 Disk 1 - Track 12-Fugue in D Minor, BWV851 Disk 1 - Track 13-Prelude in E-flat Major, BWV852 Disk 1 - Track 14-Fugue in E-flat Major, BWV852 Disk 1 - Track 15-Prelude in E-flat Minor, BWV853 Disk 1 - Track 16-Fugue in E-flat Minor, BWV853 Disk 1 - Track 17-Prelude in E Major, BWV854 Disk 1 - Track 18-Fugue in E Major, BWV854 Disk 1 - Track 19-Prelude in E Minor, BWV855 Disk 1 - Track 20-Fugue in E Minor, BWV855 Disk 1 - Track 21-Prelude in F Major, BWV856 Disk 1 - Track 22-Fugue in F Major, BWV856 Disk 1 - Track 23-Prelude in F Minor, BWV857 Disk 1 - Track 24-Fugue in F Minor, BWV857 Disk 2 - Track 1-Prelude in F-sharp Major, BWV858 Disk 2 - Track 2-Fugue in F-sharp Major, BWV858 Disk 2 - Track 3-Prelude in F-sharp Minor, BWV859 Disk 2 - Track 4-Fugue in F-sharp Minor, BWV859 Disk 2 - Track 5-Prelude in G Major, BWV860 Disk 2 - Track 6-Fugue in G Major, BWV860 Disk 2 - Track 7-Prelude in G Minor, BWV861 Disk 2 - Track 8-Fugue in G Minor, BWV861 Disk 2 - Track 9-Prelude in A-flat Major, BWV862 Disk 2 - Track 10-Fugue in A-flat Major, BWV862 Disk 2 - Track 11-Prelude in G-sharp Minor, BWV863 Disk 2 - Track 12-Fugue in G-sharp Minor, BWV863 Disk 2 - Track 13-Prelude in a Major, BWV864 Disk 2 - Track 14-Fugue in a Major, BWV864 Disk 2 - Track 15-Prelude in a Minor, BWV865 Disk 2 - Track 16-Fugue in a Minor, BWV865 Disk 2 - Track 17-Prelude in B-flat Major, BWV866 Disk 2 - Track 18-Fugue in B-flat Major, BWV866 Disk 2 - Track 19-Prelude in B-flat Minor, BWV867 Disk 2 - Track 20-Fugue in B-flat Minor, BWV867 Disk 2 - Track 21-Prelude in B Major, BWV868 Disk 2 - Track 22-Fugue in B Major, BWV868 Disk 2 - Track 23-Prelude in B Minor, BWV869 Disk 2 - Track 24-Fugue in B Minor, BWV869