Krzysztof Penderecki

The magnificent Largo was written for the legendary cellist Mstislav Rostropovich who gave the world premiere alongside Seiji Ozawa and the Vienna Philharmonic. This intimate work has been highly accl...

Up until now the trumpet has not played a hugely significant role in Krzysztof Penderecki’s oeuvre. Alongside cadences for Joseph Haydn’s concerto in E flat major, he has assigned substantial solos to...

Für Sopran solo, gemischten Chor und Orchester. Dirigier- und Studienpartitur (lateinisch).

Für Sopran solo, gemischten Chor und Orchester. Dirigier- und Studienpartitur (lateinisch).

The original work providing the basis of this arrangement is the Ciaccona for string orchestra dating from 2005 written on the occasion of the death of Pope Johannes Paul II. The composer incorporated...

The composition of Krzysztof Penderecki’s four string quartets is marked by an idiosyncratic interruption: the first two experimental, improvisatory quartets were composed in swift succession in the 1...

The famous elaborate film opus The Saragossa Manuscript by Polish director Wojciech Jerzy Has revels in montages of time and space to which Penderecki's electronic sound landscapes contribute to the m...

The famous elaborate film opus The Saragossa Manuscript by Polish director Wojciech Jerzy Has revels in montages of time and space to which Penderecki's electronic sound landscapes contribute to the m...

The famous elaborate film opus The Saragossa Manuscript by Polish director Wojciech Jerzy Has revels in montages of time and space to which Penderecki's electronic sound landscapes contribute to the m...

Dirigierpartitur

In the late classical period composers began to want to determine every note in the cadenzas of solo concertos, rather than leaving this as a matter for the soloist’s virtuoso inspiration. Pende...

For many years, the trumpet had played a rather subordinate role in Penderecki's work. In his symphony Seven Gates of Jerusalem, however, the instrument, in the form of the bass trumpet, was given, ap...

after the Quartet for Clarinet and String Trio

Apart from large-scale symphonic works, which even take vocal soloists and choirs into account, Krzysztof Penderecki has written chamber music again and again. The present 'Serenata' for three cellos...

Apart from large-scale symphonic works, which even take vocal soloists and choirs into account, Krzysztof Penderecki has written chamber music again and again. The present 'Serenata' for three cellos...

The original work providing the basis of this arrangement is the Ciaccona for string orchestra dating from 2005 written on the occasion of the death of Pope Johannes Paul II. The composer incorporated...