the quality of the singing, the intonation, the bravery of holding those clashes – unyieldingly, unflinchingly – it’s stunning singing… it’s really extraordinarily moving… This is the best choral singing I’ve ever heard on disc.
– Record Review, BBC Radio 3
Paweł Łukaszewski: Daylight Declines
To mark the composer’s 50th birthday and the 100th anniversary of Poland’s independence, Nigel Short and Tenebrae release an album of choral works by Polish composer Paweł Łukaszewski. Łukaszewski is regarded as the best-known Polish composer of his generation. There is a sacred theme to much of his work which is heard throughout the disc, starting with a psalm Cantate Domino, moving through to the lamentations of Jeremiah and ending with a musical setting of the Beatitudes, Beati. Two Shakespeare Sonnets, settings of the Tenebrae Responsories and Daylight Declines, the title track, are also included on this album which celebrates Łukaszewski’s award-winning compositional output.
This recording was made thanks to the generous support of the Adam Mickiewicz Institute and Polish Cultural Institute.
the quality of the singing, the intonation, the bravery of holding those clashes – unyieldingly, unflinchingly – it’s stunning singing… it’s really extraordinarily moving… This is the best choral singing I’ve ever heard on disc.
– Record Review, BBC Radio 3
- Release Date: 01 June 2018
- Record Label: Signum
- Catalogue Number: SIGCD521
- Location of Recording: St Augustine's Church, Kilburn, London
- Total Running Time: 01:09:49
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| Buy | # | Title | Composer | Duration | Price | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cantate Domino | Paweł Łukaszewski | 04:26 | £ | Listen | |
| 2 | Shakespeare Sonnets: Like as the waves | Paweł Łukaszewski | 04:04 | £ | Listen | |
| 3 | Shakespeare Sonnets: Weary with toil | Paweł Łukaszewski | 04:14 | £ | Listen | |
| 4 | Daylight Declines | Paweł Łukaszewski | 04:54 | £ | Listen | |
| 5 | Responsoria Tenebrae: Tenebrae factae sunt | Paweł Łukaszewski | 04:25 | £ | Listen | |
| 6 | Responsoria Tenebrae: Caligaverunt oculi mei | Paweł Łukaszewski | 05:19 | £ | Listen | |
| 7 | Responsoria Tenebrae: Recessit pastor noster | Paweł Łukaszewski | 03:46 | £ | Listen | |
| 8 | Responsoria Tenebrae: O vos omnes | Paweł Łukaszewski | 04:54 | £ | Listen | |
| 9 | Responsoria Tenebrae: Ecce quomodo moritur | Paweł Łukaszewski | 04:53 | £ | Listen | |
| 10 | Lamentationes: Lamentatio I | Paweł Łukaszewski | 06:23 | £ | Listen | |
| 11 | Lamentationes: Lamentatio II | Paweł Łukaszewski | 03:53 | £ | Listen | |
| 12 | Lamentationes: Lamentatio III | Paweł Łukaszewski | 08:35 | £ | Listen | |
| 13 | Beati | Paweł Łukaszewski | 09:59 | £ | Listen |
A contemplative series of works that all deserve to be heard
– Cross Rhythms
Paweł Łukaszewski has a distinct style of composing whereby the text is always very clear. The intense spirituality of the words is perfect for Tenebrae as we are really able to be expressive with the text.
– Nigel Short
