Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic Choir - Nowowiejski: Quo Vadis (2017)

Tracklist
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CD1
01. Quo vadis, Op. 30 (Sung in Polish), Scene 1: Introduction. Maestoso dramatico
02. Quo vadis, Op. 30 (Sung in Polish): Jowiszów grom
03. Quo vadis, Op. 30 (Sung in Polish): Sześć dni nie wschodzi slońce nam
04. Quo vadis, Op. 30 (Sung in Polish): Na szczycie gmachu
05. Quo vadis, Op. 30 (Sung in Polish): Kto? ...Kto to rozpętal
06. Quo vadis, Op. 30 (Sung in Polish): Marsz pretorianów
07. Quo vadis, Op. 30 (Sung in Polish): Pozdrowienie sle boski Neron
08. Quo vadis, Op. 30 (Sung in Polish): Christianos ad leones!
09. Quo vadis, Op. 30 (Sung in Polish): O bracia, niechaj będzie pochwalony Pan
10. Quo vadis, Op. 30 (Sung in Polish): Tyrani groza
11. Quo vadis, Op. 30 (Sung in Polish): Myśmy gotowi w imieniu Pana
12. Quo vadis, Op. 30 (Sung in Polish): Az po dzien ostatni życia
13. Quo vadis, Op. 30 (Sung in Polish): O Panie, nasz święty przewodniku
14. Quo vadis, Op. 30 (Sung in Polish): Czyż Pan przez wasze mowi usta
15. Quo vadis, Op. 30 (Sung in Polish): Niech Pan strzeże Cię

CD2
01. Quo vadis, Op. 30 (Sung in Polish): Andante sostenuto
02. Quo vadis, Op. 30 (Sung in Polish): Jak ciemna noc
03. Quo vadis, Op. 30 (Sung in Polish): Quo vadis, Domine?
04. Quo vadis, Op. 30 (Sung in Polish): O Panie, oto w prochu leżę ja
05. Quo vadis, Op. 30 (Sung in Polish): A więc do Rzymu
06. Quo vadis, Op. 30 (Sung in Polish): Czesi Ci, Cześć Ci, potężny część
07. Quo vadis, Op. 30 (Sung in Polish): Doppelfuge. Gloria Tibi Sancte Petrus
08. Quo vadis, Op. 30 (Sung in Polish): Gloria Patri et Filio et Spiritui Sancto
09. Quo vadis, Op. 30 (Sung in Polish): Amen


A hundred years ago it was absolutely the greatest hit everywhere in Europe – the oratorio Quo Vadis by Feliks Nowowiejski, based on Henryk Sienkiewicz’s novel of the same name and magnificently scored for soloists, mixed chorus, organ, and orchestra. cpo are now releasing this gigantic work in an interpretation by the Poznan Philharmonic under the conductor Lukasz Borowicz and with outstanding soloists and the Chorus of the Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic of Bialystok. Nowowiejski composed his oratorio in 1903, and during the following thirty years it was performed more than two hundred times throughout Europe and in North and South America – not least because its literary source, Henryk Sienkiewicz’s novel with this title, was very well known. The Polish writer Sienkiewicz was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1905, and the popularity of his novel Quo Vadis must have substantially contributed to this decision. Many of Nowowiejski’s works are the expression of a quest for identity, and here the oratorio Quo Vadis leads the search. After all, it embodies generally humanistic values – like Sienkiewicz’s literary oeuvre – and was and is situated beyond the realm of partisan politics.

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