PENDERECKI • THEATRE AND FILM MUSIC

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• A Tale of Five Brothers (1967) • Tom Thumb and the Wolf (1961) • Undivine Comedy (1965) • Adventures of the Warsaw Bear (1958) • There Is No End to the Great War (1959) • Little Orphan Mary and the Dwarves (1957) • Forefathers’ Eve (1963)

Krzysztof Penderecki's music scores found after many years, written in the 1950s and 1960s for puppet theatres, drama theatres and for films, have been recorded and released on CD as part of the "Musical Trace of Krakow" series. This is the second – after the 2018 release of a CD with Stanislaw Radwan's works – unique phonographic project of the Krakow Forum of Culture (Krakowskie Forum Kultury) aimed at documenting film and theatre music.

Krzysztof Penderecki's music was recorded by: Beethoven Academy Orchestra conducted by Maciej Tworek (Krzysztof Penderecki's long-term assistant), Polish Radio Choir, Cracow Singers and vocalists Annika Mikołajko-Osman and Jacek Wróbel. Among the recordings there is music from plays in the Stary Theatre, the "Arlekin” Puppet Theatre or from film Nie ma końca wielkiej wojny [There is No End to the Great War] by Documentary and Feature Film Studios (WFDiF).

DUX 1864Total time: [79:50]

Krzysztof Penderecki

A Tale of Five Brothers (1967)618053

1. Baśń o pięciu braciach | A Tale of Five Brothers

[10:27]

Krzysztof Penderecki

Tom Thumb and the Wolf (1961)618054

2. Tomcio Paluch i wilk | Tom Thumb and the Wolf

[6:53]

Krzysztof Penderecki

Undivine Comedy (1965)618055

3. Nieboska komedia | Undivine Comedy

[17:58]

Krzysztof Penderecki

Adventures of the Warsaw Bear (1958)618056

4. Przygody warszawskiego misia | Adventures of the Warsaw Bear

[7:41]

Krzysztof Penderecki

There Is No End to the Great War (1959)618057

5. Nie ma końca wielkiej wojny | There Is No End to the Great War

[6:37]

Krzysztof Penderecki

Little Orphan Mary and the Dwarves (1957)618058

6. O krasnoludkach i sierotce Marysi | Little Orphan Mary and the Dwarves

[24:53]

Krzysztof Penderecki

Forefathers’ Eve (1963)618059

7. Dziady | Forefathers’ Eve

[5:19]

Performers:
Beethoven Academy Orchestra
Chór Polskiego Radia w Krakowie [1,7]
CRACOW SINGERS [3]
Annika Mikołajko-Osman /soprano/ [2]
Maciej Tworek /conductor/
Jacek Wróbel /baritone/ [2]

composers	Penderecki, Krzysztof ∎
performers	Beethoven Academy Orchestra ∎ , Chór Polskiego Radia w Krakowie ∎ , CRACOW SINGERS ∎ , Mikołajko-Osman, Annika ∎ , Tworek, Maciej ∎ , Wróbel, Jacek ∎
Releases Year	2021