Henryk Mikołaj Górecki

Henryk Miko aj Górecki (1933-2010) was a Polish composer, who at one point was the most popular living classical composer anywhere in the world. His 1972 work, Euntes Ibant Et Flebant (Op. 32) is one...

Chorpartitur - gemischter Chor (SATB) und Glockenspiel

Henryk Mikolaj Górecki's career spans more than 40 years, dating from the post-Stalinist era of the mid 1950s and embracing a catalogue of more than 70 acknowledged works. It was not, however, until t...

This piece was first performed in April 1977. This is the Chester Music edition but the original publishers were Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne.

This work was written in 1980 and first performed on 2 March 1980 by the Symphony Orchestra of Polish Radio and TV with Elzbieta Chojnacka (harpsichord), conducted by Stanislaw. The polish composer He...

The first part of Gorecki's remarkable cycle Genesis is a gritty and unforgiving exploration of pure sound and sonority. The strings are treated to a huge variety of effects and techniques including t...

HPS 1192

In spring 2005, after 13 years of persistence, patience, and cancelled performances, the Kronos Quartet finally received the score to Henryk Górecki's Piesni Spiewaja (...songs are sung), String Quart...

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Written for solo flute. Also known as Trzy Diagramy.

Written for violin and piano.

For Violin with Piano Accompaniment

HPS 1272

Nocturne for orchestra was created in 2011, a few months after the death of Henryk Mikolaj Górecki and is dedicated to him. It is a kind of musical contemplation of a nocturnal landscape. The composer...