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Henryk Mikolaj Górecki
Person · male · Poland · Czernica · born 1933 · died 2010 · recording since 1980
Polish composer (1933–2010)
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Also known as Henryk Mikolaj Gorecki · Górecki · Henryk Gorecki · Henryk Górecki · 亨里克·戈雷茨基
Timeline
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1930s
1980s
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Debut release: III Symfonia (Symfonia pieśni żałosnych, op. 36)
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Album: Symphony no. 3 / Three Pieces in the Olden Style / Amen for Choir
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1990s
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Album: String Quartet no. 1, op. 62 "Already It Is Dusk" / String Quartet no. 2, op. 64 "Quasi una fantasia"
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Album: Symfonia no. 1 „1959“ / Choros I / Three Pieces in the Old Style
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Album: Kleines Requiem für eine Polka / Harpsichord Concerto / Good Night
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Album: Symphony no. 3 op. 36, "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs" / Three Pieces in Old Style
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Album: Concerto-Cantata / Little Requiem for a Certain Polka / Three Dances / Harpsichord Concerto
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2020s
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Album: String Quartet No. 3 '…Songs Are Sung' / Sonata for Two Violins
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Biography
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Biography
Henryk Mikołaj Górecki ( gə-RET-skee; Polish: [ˈxɛnrɨk miˈkɔwaj ɡuˈrɛt͡skʲi] ; 6 December 1933 – 12 November 2010) was a Polish composer of contemporary classical music. According to critic Alex Ross, no recent classical composer has had as much commercial success as Górecki. He became a leading figure of the Polish avant-garde during the post-Stalin cultural thaw. His Anton Webern-influenced serialist works of the 1950s and 1960s were characterized by adherence to dissonant modernism and influenced by Luigi Nono, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Krzysztof Penderecki and Kazimierz Serocki. He continued in this direction throughout the 1960s, but by the mid-1970s had changed to a less complex sacred minimalist sound, exemplified by the transitional Symphony No. 2 "Copernician" and the Symphony No. 3 "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs". This later style developed through several other distinct phases, from such works as his 1979 Beatus Vir, to the 1981 choral hymn Miserere, the 1993 Kleines Requiem für eine Polka and his requiem Good Night.
Górecki was largely unknown outside Poland until the late 1980s. In 1992, 15 years after it was composed, a recording of his Symphony of Sorrowful Songs with soprano Dawn Upshaw and conductor David Zinman became a worldwide commercial and critical success, selling more than a million copies and vastly exceeding the typical lifetime sales of a recording of symphonic music by a 20th-century composer. Commenting on its popularity, Górecki said, "Perhaps people find something they need in this piece of music ... somehow I hit the right note, something they were missing. Something somewhere had been lost to them. I feel that I instinctively knew what they needed." This popular acclaim did not generate wide interest in Górecki's other works, and he pointedly resisted the temptation to repeat earlier success, or compose for commercial reward.
Apart from two brief periods studying in Paris and a short time living in Berlin, Górecki spent most of his life in southern Poland.
Early years
Henryk Górecki was born on 6 December 1933, in the village of Czernica, in present-day Silesian Voivodeship, southwest Poland. His family lived modestly, though both parents had a love of music. His father Roman (1904–1991) worked at the goods office of a local railway station, but was an amateur musician, while his mother Otylia (1909–1935), played piano. Otylia died when her son was just two years old, and many of his early works were dedicated to her memory. Henryk developed an interest in music from an early age, though he was discouraged by both his father and new stepmother to the extent that he was not allowed to play his mother's old piano. He persisted, and in 1943 was allowed to take violin lessons with Paweł Hajduga, a local amateur musician, instrument maker, sculptor, painter, poet and chłopski filozof (peasant philosopher).
In 1937, Górecki fell while playing in a neighbor's yard and dislocated his hip. The resulting suppurative inflammation was misdiagnosed by a local doctor, and delay in proper treatment led to tubercular complications in the bone. The illness went largely untreated for two years, by which time permanent damage had been sustained. He spent the following twenty months in a hospital in Germany, where he underwent four operations. Górecki continued to suffer ill health throughout his life and as a result said he had "talked with death often".
In the early 1950s, Górecki studied in the Szafrankowie Brothers State School of Music in Rybnik. Between 1955 and 1960, he studied at the State Higher School of Music in Katowice. In 1965 He joined the faculty of his alma mater in Katowice, where he was made a lecturer in 1968, and then rose to provost before resigning in 1979.
Rydułtowy and Katowice
Between 1951 and 1953, Górecki taught 10- and 11-year-olds at a school suburb of Rydułtowy, in southern Poland. In 1952, he began a teacher training course at the Intermediate School of Music in Rybnik, where he studied clarinet, violin, piano, and music theory. Through intensive studying, Górecki finished the four-year course in just under three years. During this time, he began to compose his own pieces, mostly songs and piano miniatures. Occasionally, he attempted more ambitious projects—in 1952, he adapted the Adam Mickiewicz ballad Świtezianka, though it was left unfinished. Górecki's life during this time was often difficult. Teaching posts were generally badly paid, while the shortage economy made manuscript paper at times difficult and expensive to acquire. With no access to radio, Górecki kept up to date with music by weekly purchases of such periodicals as Ruch muzyczny (Musical Movement) and Muzyka, and by purchasing at least one score a week.
Górecki continued his formal study of music at the Academy of Music in Katowice, where he studied under the composer Bolesław Szabelski, a former student of Karol Szymanowski. Szabelski drew much of his inspiration from Polish highland folklore. He encouraged Górecki's growing confidence and independence by giving him considerable space in which to develop his own ideas and projects; several of Górecki's early pieces were straightforwardly neo-classical, during a period when Górecki was also absorbing the techniques of twelve-tone serialism. He graduated from the Academy with honours in 1960.
Professorship
In 1975, Górecki was promoted to professor of composition at the State Higher School of Music in Katowice, where his students included Eugeniusz Knapik, Andrzej Krzanowski, Rafał Augustyn, and Górecki's son, Mikołaj. Around this time, he came to believe the Polish Communist authorities were interfering too much in the academy's activities, and called them "little dogs always yapping". As a senior administrator but not a member of the Party, he was in almost perpetual conflict with the authorities in his efforts to protect his school, staff and students from undue political influence. In 1979, he resigned from his post in protest at the government's refusal to allow Pope John Paul II to visit Katowice, and formed a local branch of the "Catholic Intellectuals Club", an organisation devoted to the struggle against the Communist Party (Polish United Workers' Party).
In 1981, he composed his Miserere for a large choir in remembrance of police violence against the Solidarity movement. In 1987, he composed Totus Tuus for John Paul II's visit to Poland.
Style and compositions
Górecki's music covers a variety of styles, but tends towards relative harmonic and rhythmical simplicity. He is considered a founder of the New Polish School. According to Terry Teachout, Górecki's "more conventional array of compositional techniques includes both elaborate counterpoint and the ritualistic repetition of melodic fragments and harmonic patterns."
Górecki's first works, dating from the last half of the 1950s, were in the avant-garde style of Webern and other serialists of that time. Some of these twelve-tone and serial pieces include Epitaph (1958), First Symphony (1959), and Scontri (1960). At that time, Górecki's reputation was not lagging behind that of Penderecki and his status was confirmed in 1960s when Monologhi won a first prize. Even until 1962, he was firmly ensconced in the minds of the Warsaw Autumn public as a leader of the Polish Modern School, alongside Penderecki.
Danuta Mirka has shown that Górecki's compositional techniques in the 1960s were often based on geometry, including axes, figures, one- and two-dimensional patterns, and especially symmetry. She proposes the term "geometrical period" for his works between 1962 and 1970. Building on Krzysztof Droba's classifications, she further divides this period into two phases: "the phase of sonoristic means" (1962–63) and "the phase of reductive constructicism" (1964–70).
During the mid-1960s and early 1970s, Górecki progressively moved away from his early career as radical modernist, and began to compose in a more traditional, romantic mode of expression. His change of style was viewed as an affront to the then avant-garde establishment, and though he continued to receive commissions from various Polish agencies, by the mid-1970s Górecki was no longer regarded as a composer of importance. In the words of one critic, his "new material was no longer cerebral and sparse; rather, it was intensely expressive, persistently rhythmic and often richly colored in the darkest of orchestral hues".
Early modernist works
The first public performances of Górecki's music in Katowice in February 1958 programmed works clearly displaying the influence of Szymanowski and Bartók. The Silesian State Philharmonic in Katowice held a concert devoted entirely to the 24-year-old Górecki's music. The event led to a commission to write for the Warsaw Autumn Festival. The Epitafium (Epitaph) he submitted marked a new phase in his development, and was said to represent "the most colourful and vibrant expression of the new Polish wave". The festival announced Górecki's arrival on the international scene, and he quickly became a favorite of the West's avant-garde musical elite. In 1991, the music critic James Wierzbicki wrote that at this time "Górecki was seen as a Polish heir to the new aesthetic of post-Webernian serialism, with his taut structures, lean orchestrations and painstaking concern for the logical ordering of pitches".
Górecki wrote his First Symphony in 1959, and graduated with honours from the Academy the next year. At the 1960 Warsaw Autumn Festival, his Scontri for orchestra caused a sensation among critics due to its use of sharp contrasts and harsh articulations. By 1961, Górecki was at the forefront of the Polish avant-garde, having absorbed the modernism of Webern, Iannis Xenakis and Pierre Boulez, and his Symphony No. 1 gained international acclaim at the Paris Biennial Festival of Youth. He moved to Paris to continue his studies, and while there was influenced by contemporaries including Olivier Messiaen, Roman Palester, and Karlheinz Stockhausen.
Górecki began to lecture at the Academy of Music in Katowice in 1968, where he taught score-reading, orchestration and composition. In 1972, he was promoted to assistant professor, and developed a fearsome reputation among his students for his often blunt personality. According to the Polish composer Rafał Augustyn, "When I began to study under Górecki it felt as if someone had dumped a pail of ice-cold water over my head. He could be ruthless in his opinions. The weak fell by the wayside but those who graduated under him became, without exception, respected composers". Górecki admits, "For quite a few years, I was a pedagogue, a teacher in the music academy, and my students would ask me many, many things, including how to write and what to write. I always answered this way: If you can live without music for 2 or 3 days, then don't write...It might be better to spend time with a girl or with a beer...If you cannot live without music, then write." Due to his commitments as a teacher and also because of bouts of ill health, he composed only intermittently during this period.
Move from modernism
By the early 1970s, Górecki had begun to move away from his earlier radical modernism, and was working toward a more traditional mode of expression dominated by the human voice. His change of style affronted the avant-garde establishment, and although various Polish agencies continued to commission works from him, Górecki ceased to be viewed as an important composer. One critic later wrote, "Górecki's new material was no longer cerebral and sparse; rather, it was intensely expressive, persistently rhythmic and often richly colored in the darkest of orchestral hues". Górecki progressively rejected the dissonance, serialism and sonorism that had brought him early recognition, and pared and simplified his work. He began to favor large slow gestures and the repetition of small motifs.
The Symphony No. 2, "Copernican" (II Symfonia Kopernikowska), was written in 1972 to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the birth of the astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus. Written in a monumental style for solo soprano, baritone, choir and orchestra, it features text from Psalms no. 145, 6 and 135 as well as an excerpt from Copernicus's De revolutionibus orbium coelestium. It is in two movements, and a typical performance lasts 35 minutes. It was commissioned by the Kosciuszko Foundation in New York, and presented an early opportunity for Górecki to reach an audience outside Poland. As was usual, he undertook extensive research on the subject, and was in particular concerned with the philosophical implications of Copernicus's discovery, not all of which he viewed as positive. As the historian Norman Davies commented, "His discovery of the earth's motion round the sun caused the most fundamental revolutions possible in the prevailing concepts of the human predicament".
By the mid-1980s, Górecki began to attract a more international audience, and in 1989 the London Sinfonietta held a weekend of concerts in which his work was played alongside that of the Russian composer Alfred Schnittke. In 1990, the American Kronos Quartet commissioned and recorded his First String Quartet, Already It Is Dusk, Op. 62, an occasion that marked the beginning of a long relationship between the quartet and Górecki.
Górecki's most popular piece is his Third Symphony, also known as the "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs" (Symfonia pieśni żałosnych). The work is slow and contemplative, and each of its three movements is for orchestra and solo soprano. The libretto for the first movement is taken from a 15th-century lament, while the second movement uses the words of a teenage girl, Helena Błażusiakówna (Helena Błażusiak), which she wrote on the wall of a Gestapo prison cell in Zakopane to invoke the protection of the Virgin Mary.
The third uses the text of a Silesian folk song which describes the pain of a mother searching for a son killed in the Silesian Uprisings. The symphony's dominant themes are motherhood and separation through war. While the first and third movements are written from the perspective of a parent who has lost a child, the second is from that of a child separated from a parent.
The completion of Górecki's Fourth Symphony, subtitled "Tansman Episodes", was delayed for many years, partly by Górecki's unease at his newfound fame. Indeed, it had not even been orchestrated when he died in 2010, and his son Mikołaj completed it after his death from the piano score and notes left behind by his father. It uses similar repetition techniques as the Second and Third Symphonies, but to very different effect; for example, its opening consists of a series of very loud, repeated cells that together spell out the name of the composer Alexandre Tansman via a musical cryptogram, punctuated with heavy strokes on the bass drum and clashing bitonality between the chords of A and E-flat.
Later works
Despite the Third Symphony's success, Górecki resisted the temptation to compose again in that style, and, according to AllMusic, continued to work, not to further his career or reputation, but largely "in response to inner creative dictates".
In February 1994, the Kronos Quartet performed at the Brooklyn Academy of Music four concerts honoring postmodern revival of interest in new music. The first three concerts featured string quartets and the works of three living composers: two Americans (Philip Glass and George Crumb) and one Pole (Górecki).
Górecki's later work includes a 1992 commission for the Kronos Quartet, Songs are Sung; Concerto-Cantata (written in 1992 for flute and orchestra); and Kleines Requiem für eine Polka (1993 for piano and 13 instruments). Concerto-Cantata and Kleines Requiem für eine Polka have been recorded by the London Sinfonietta and the Schönberg Ensemble, respectively. Songs are Sung is his third string quartet, inspired by a poem by Velimir Khlebnikov. When asked why it took almost 13 years to finish, he replied, "I continued to hold back from releasing it to the world. I don't know why."
Last decade
During the last decade of his life, Górecki suffered from frequent illnesses. His Symphony No. 4 (oP. 85, 2006) was due to be premiered in London in 2010 by the London Philharmonic Orchestra, but the event was cancelled due to the composer's ill health. He died on 12 November 2010, in his home city of Katowice, from complications arising from a lung infection. Reacting to his death, the head of the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music, Professor Eugeniusz Knapik, said "Górecki's work is like a huge boulder that lies in our path and forces us to make a spiritual and emotional effort". Adrian Thomas, professor of music at Cardiff University, said, "The strength and startling originality of Górecki's character shone through his music ... Yet he was an intensely private man, sometimes impossible, with a strong belief in family, a great sense of humour, a physical courage in the face of unrelenting illness, and a capacity for firm friendship". He was married to Jadwiga, a piano teacher. His daughter, Anna Górecka-Stanczyk, is a pianist, and his son, Mikołaj Górecki, is a composer. He was survived by five grandchildren.
President of the Republic of Poland Bronisław Komorowski awarded Górecki the Order of the White Eagle, Poland's highest honour, a month before his death. The Order was presented by Komorowski's wife in Górecki's hospital bed. Earlier, Górecki received the Order of Polonia Restituta II class and III class and the Order of St. Gregory the Great.
The world premiere of his Symphony No. 4 took place on 12 April 2014. It was performed, as originally scheduled in 2010, by the London Philharmonic Orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall, London, but with Andrey Boreyko conducting instead of Marin Alsop. Symphony No. 4 is an extensive, 37-minute composition set for an approximately 100-person orchestra with piano and organ obbligato. The composer left a cryptogram that explains the way he built the theme for the symphony using musical letters from the first and last names of Alexandre Tansman.
In 2004, Górecki left the piano reduction of Two Tristan Postludes and Chorale for orchestra, which received Op. 82. It was orchestrated by his son Mikolaj Górecki and premiered at the Tansman Festival, on 16 October 2016, at the Polish Radio Witold Lutosławski Studio Hall in Warsaw, by Jerzy Maksymiuk and the Sinfonia Varsovia orchestra.
Use in film and television
Some of Górecki's music has been adapted for film soundtracks, most notably fragments of his Symphony of Sorrowful Songs. They are featured in Peter Weir's 1993 film Fearless, Julian Schnabel's 1996 biographical drama film Basquiat, Shona Auerbach's 1996 film Seven, Jaime Marqués's 2007 film Ladrones, Terrence Malick's 2012 experimental romantic drama To the Wonder, Paolo Sorrentino's 2013 art drama film The Great Beauty, Felix van Groeningen's 2018 biographical film Beautiful Boy, and Malick's 2019 historical drama A Hidden Life. It has also appeared on television in numerous TV shows, including the American crime drama television series The Sopranos, American TV series Legion, crime thriller television series The Blacklist, and the historical drama The Crown. In 2017, Canadian choreographer Crystal Pite set the first movement of the Symphony of Sorrowful Songs as a ballet, Flight Pattern. In 2022, she set the whole symphony as a larger work, Light of Passage. French filmmaker Bertrand Blier used Beatus Vir in his 1996 film My Man.
Critical opinion
When placing Górecki in context, musicologists and critics generally compare his work with such composers as Olivier Messiaen and Charles Ives. He himself said that he also felt kindred with such figures as Bach, Mozart and Haydn, though he felt most affinity with Franz Schubert, particularly in terms of tonal design and treatment of basic materials. In the Dutch documentary film series Toonmeesters, of which episode 4 (1994) is about Górecki, he likened playing Bach, Beethoven, and Mozart every day to eating healthy whole grain bread every day. In the same episode he said that in Mozart and Schubert he found many new things, new musical answers.
Since Górecki moved away from serialism and dissonance in the 1970s, he is frequently compared to composers such as Arvo Pärt, John Tavener and Giya Kancheli. Although none have admitted to common influence, the term holy minimalism is often used to group these composers, due to their shared simplified approach to texture, tonality and melody, in works often reflecting deeply held religious beliefs. Górecki's modernist techniques are also compared to those of Igor Stravinsky, Béla Bartók, Paul Hindemith and Dmitri Shostakovich.
In 1994, Boguslaw M. Maciejewski published the first biography of Górecki, Górecki – His Music And Our Times. It includes a great deal of detail about his life and work, including that he achieved cult status thanks to valuable exposure on Classic FM.
Discussing his audience in a 1994 interview, Górecki said,
I do not choose my listeners. What I mean is, I never write for my listeners. I think about my audience, but I am not writing for them. I have something to tell them, but the audience must also put a certain effort into it. But I never wrote for an audience and never will write for because you have to give the listener something and he has to make an effort in order to understand certain things. If I were thinking of my audience and one likes this, one likes that, one likes another thing, I would never know what to write. Let every listener choose that which interests him. I have nothing against one person liking Mozart or Shostakovich or Leonard Bernstein, but doesn't like Górecki. That's fine with me. I, too, like certain things.
Górecki received an honorary doctorate from Concordia University, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Concordia professor Wolfgang Bottenberg called him one of the "most renowned and respected composers of our time", and said that Górecki's music "represents the most positive aspects of the closing years of our century, as we try to heal the wounds inflicted by the violence and intolerance of our times. It will endure into the next millennium and inspire other composers". In 2007, Górecki claimed 32nd place on the list of Top 100 Living Geniuses compiled by The Daily Telegraph. In 2008, he received an honorary doctorate from the Academy of Music in Kraków. At the awarding ceremony a selection of his choral works was performed by the choir of the city's Franciscan Church.
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Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
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| Wikipedia language versions | 46 | 95.9th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 58 | 95.3th |
| Studio albums | 54 | 99.4th |
| Awards recorded | 8 | 98.4th |
| Timeline events | 60 | 99.2th |
| Recording span (years) | 30 | 66.1th |
| Genres | 6 | 91th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (58 release groups · 54 studio albums)
Albums · 54
III Symfonia (Symfonia pieśni żałosnych, op. 36)
1980 · studio album
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AIII Symfonia (Symfonia pieśni żałosnych, op. 36): Pieśń I (Lento, sostenuto tranquillo ma cantabile)25:35B1III Symfonia (Symfonia pieśni żałosnych, op. 36): Pieśń II (Lento e largo)9:15B2III Symfonia (Symfonia pieśni żałosnych, op. 36): Pieśń III (Lento cantabile - Semplice)17:10Sinfonie der Klagelieder / Drei Stücke im alten Stil
1988 · studio album
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1Drei Stücke im alten Stil9:312Sinfonie Nr. 3 für Sopran und Orchester "Sinfonie der Klagelieder": Lento24:233Sinfonie Nr. 3 für Sopran und Orchester "Sinfonie der Klagelieder": Lento e Largo8:344Sinfonie Nr. 3 für Sopran und Orchester "Sinfonie der Klagelieder": Lento cantabile-semplice12:14Symphony no. 3 / Three Pieces in the Olden Style / Amen for Choir
1988 · studio album
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1Three Pieces in Old Style: First Piece3:032Three Pieces in Old Style: Second Piece2:083Three Pieces in Old Style: Third Piece5:014Symphony no. 3, op. 36: I. Lento: Sostenuto tranquillo ma cantabile25:375Symphony no. 3, op. 36: II. Lento e largo: Tranquillissimo - Cantabilissimo - Dolcissimo - Legatissimo9:156Symphony no. 3, op. 36: III. Lento: Cantabile semplice17:097Amen for Choir, op. 355:58Already It Is Dusk / ''Lerchenmusik''
1991 · studio album
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Tracklist · 4 tracks · 54:49
1String Quartet no. 1, op. 62 "Already It Is Dusk"14:102Recitatives and Ariosos, op. 53 "Lerchenmusik": I. Lento - Largo - Molto più mosso, quasi allegro15:323Recitatives and Ariosos, op. 53 "Lerchenmusik": II. Molto lento - Con moto10:214Recitatives and Ariosos, op. 53 "Lerchenmusik": III. Andante moderato14:461991 · studio album
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1Messe: Kyrie4:462Messe: Gloria5:033Messe: Credo5:554Messe: Sanctus4:465Messe: Agnus Dei4:436Quatre Motets sur des thèmes grégoriens, op. 10: Ubi caritas2:327Quatre Motets sur des thèmes grégoriens, op. 10: Tota pulchra es1:518Quatre Motets sur des thèmes grégoriens, op. 10: Tu es Petrus0:439Quatre Motets sur des thèmes grégoriens, op. 10: Tantum ergo3:0610Three Motets, op. 38: Justorum animae3:1311Three Motets, op. 38: Coelos ascendit hodie1:5512Three Motets, op. 38: Beati quorum via3:0313Totus tuus, op. 608:0614Verba12:57Symphony no. 3 "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs"
1992 · studio album
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1Symphony no. 3 "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs": I. Lento: Sostenuto tranquillo ma cantabile22:572Symphony no. 3 "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs": II. Lento e largo: Tranquillissimo cantabillissimo, dolcissimo, legatissimo9:093Symphony no. 3 "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs": III. Lento: Cantabile, semplice17:021992 · studio album
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Tracklist · 3 tracks · 53:43
1Symphony no. 3, op. 36: I. Lento - Sostenuto tranquillo ma cantabile26:472Symphony no. 3, op. 36: II. Lento e largo - Tranquillissimo9:453Symphony no. 3, op. 36: III. Lento - Cantabile semplice17:111993 · studio album
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1Przybądź Duchu Święty, op. 6111:252Euntes ibant et flabant, op. 327:333Zdrowaś bądź Maryja, op. 543:594Święty, Święty, Święty6:245Ave Regina caelorum2:526Ziemia trudnej jedności1:467O, ziemio polska2:538Oremus3:079Gloria Tibi Trinitas6:4810Hosanna7:2911Ave Maria4:1112Angelus Domini2:47Beatus Vir / Old Polish Music / Totus Tuus
1993 · studio album
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1Beatus Vir, op. 3832:172Totus Tuus, op. 6011:383Old Polish Music, op. 24 (Muzyka staropolska)23:501993 · studio album
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1Symphonie Nr. 3: I. Lento — Sostenuto tranquillo ma cantabile30:412Symphonie Nr. 3: II. Lento e largo — Tranquillissimo10:233Symphonie Nr. 3: III. Lento — Cantabile-semplice17:591993 · studio album
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Tracklist · 5 tracks · 46:16
1String Quartet no. 1, op. 62 "Already It Is Dusk"14:112String Quartet no. 2, op. 64 "Quasi una fantasia": I8:083String Quartet no. 2, op. 64 "Quasi una fantasia": II6:474String Quartet no. 2, op. 64 "Quasi una fantasia": III7:275String Quartet no. 2, op. 64 "Quasi una fantasia": IV9:43Symfonia no. 1 „1959“ / Choros I / Three Pieces in the Old Style
1993 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 42:59
1Symphony no. 1, op. 14 „1959“: I. Introduction4:392Symphony no. 1, op. 14 „1959“: II. Antyphone5:303Symphony no. 1, op. 14 „1959“: III. Choral3:124Symphony no. 1, op. 14 „1959“: IV. Lauda4:075Chorus I, op. 2017:016Three Pieces in the Old Style: I.3:207Three Pieces in the Old Style: II.1:568Three Pieces in the Old Style: III.3:14Symphony no. 3, op. 36 "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs"
1994 · studio album
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Tracklist · 3 tracks · 54:26
1Symphony no. 3, op. 36 “Symphony of Sorrowful Songs”: I. Lento: Sostenuto tranquillo ma cantabile26:542Symphony no. 3, op. 36 “Symphony of Sorrowful Songs”: II. Lento e largo: Tranquillissimo - Cantabilissimo - Dolcissimo - Legatissimo9:283Symphony no. 3, op. 36 “Symphony of Sorrowful Songs”: III. Lento: Cantabile semplice18:04Concerto for Piano and Strings / Three Pieces in Old Style
1994 · studio album
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Tracklist · 15 tracks · 1:13:44
1Concerto for Piano and String Orchestra: I.3:552Concerto for Piano and String Orchestra: II.4:003Three Pieces in Old Style: I.3:044Three Pieces in Old Style: II.1:475Three Pieces in Old Style: III.4:156Orawa9:377Etude in B-flat minor5:178Concerto for String Orchestra: I. Allegro4:249Concerto for String Orchestra: II. Andante5:1110Concerto for String Orchestra: III. Vivo4:5811Chamber Symphony: I. Largo5:4812Chamber Symphony: II. Allegro molto3:0913Chamber Symphony: III. Allegretto4:3214Chamber Symphony: IV. Largo9:3015Chamber Symphony: V. Largo4:171994 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 1:07:24
1Miserere, op. 4432:432Amen, op. 356:263Euntes Ibant Et Flebant, op. 328:374Wisło Moja, Wisło Szara (My Vistula, Grey Vistula), op. 464:345Szeroka Woda (Broad Waters), op. 39: I. A Ta Nasza Narew (Oh, Our River Narew). Lento Malinconico4:126Szeroka Woda (Broad Waters), op. 39: II. Oj, Kiedy No Powiślu (Oh, When In Powiśle). Non Troppo1:147Szeroka Woda (Broad Waters), op. 39: III. Oj, Janie, Janie (Oh, Johnny, Johnny). Molto Lento – Dolce Cantabile3:378Szeroka Woda (Broad Waters), op. 39: IV. Polne Róże Rwała (She Picked Wild Roses). Lento Sostenuto2:009Szeroka Woda (Broad Waters), op. 39: V. Szeroka Woda (Broad Waters). Maestoso Espressivo4:011994 · studio album
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Tracklist · 3 tracks · 59:04
1Symphony No. 3, Op. 36 "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs": I. Lento: Sostenuto tranquillo ma cantabile30:082Symphony No. 3, Op. 36 "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs": II. Lento e largo: Tranquillissimo - Cantabilissimo - Dolcissimo - Legatissimo10:063Symphony No. 3, Op. 36 "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs": III. Lento: Cantabile semplice18:50String Quartets nos. 1 & 2 / Sonata for 2 Violins / Genesis 1
1994 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 1:13:50
1Sonata, op. 10, for Two Violins: I. Allegro molto7:332Sonata, op. 10, for Two Violins: II. Adagio sostenuto3:363Sonata, op. 10, for Two Violins: III. Andante con moto4:064Genesis I – Elementi per tre archi10:375String Quartet no. 1 “Already it is Dusk”, op. 6216:456String Quartet no. 2 “Quasi una fantasia”, op. 64: I. Largo7:017String Quartet no. 2 “Quasi una fantasia”, op. 64: II. Deciso. Energico6:518String Quartet no. 2 “Quasi una fantasia”, op. 64: III. Arioso7:469String Quartet no. 2 “Quasi una fantasia”, op. 64: IV. Allegro9:351994 · studio album
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Tracklist · 3 tracks · 52:48
1Symphonie nº 3: I. Lento - Sostenuto tranquillo ma cantabile26:402Symphonie nº 3: II. Lento largo - Tranquillissimo8:453Symphonie nº 3: III. Lento - Cantabile semplice17:23Symphony no. 3 / 3 Olden Style Pieces
1994 · studio album
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Tracklist · 6 tracks · 1:06:03
1Symphony no. 3, op. 36 “Symphony of Sorrowful Songs”: I. Lento: Sostenuto tranquillo ma cantabile27:112Symphony no. 3, op. 36 “Symphony of Sorrowful Songs”: II. Lento e largo: Tranquillissimo - Cantabilissimo - Dolcissimo - Legatissimo10:183Symphony no. 3, op. 36 “Symphony of Sorrowful Songs”: III. Lento: Cantabile semplice18:3743 Olden Style Pieces: I.3:1753 Olden Style Pieces: II.2:1363 Olden Style Pieces: III.4:271995 · studio album
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Tracklist · 3 tracks · 52:37
1Symphony no. 3, op. 36: I. Lento - Sostenuto tranquillo ma cantabile26:172Symphony no. 3, op. 36: II. Lento e largo - Tranquillissimo9:323Symphony no. 3, op. 36: III. Lento - Cantabile - semplice16:48Kleines Requiem für eine Polka / Harpsichord Concerto / Good Night
1995 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 59:18
1Kleines Requiem für eine Polka, op. 66: I. Tranquillo9:412Kleines Requiem für eine Polka, op. 66: II. Allegro impetuoso - Marcatissimo5:083Kleines Requiem für eine Polka, op. 66: III. Allegro - Deciso assai2:364Kleines Requiem für eine Polka, op. 66: IV. Adagio cantabile6:165Concerto for Harpsichord and String Orchestra, op. 40: I. Allegro molto4:366Concerto for Harpsichord and String Orchestra, op. 40: II. Vivace4:257Good Night (In Memoriam Michael Vyner), op. 63: I. Lento. Adagio - Tranquillo6:518Good Night (In Memoriam Michael Vyner), op. 63: II. Lento tranquillissimo10:169Good Night (In Memoriam Michael Vyner), op. 63: III. Lento largo: Docissimo - Catabillissimo9:291995 · studio album
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Tracklist · 3 tracks · 56:49
1Symphony no. 3, op. 36 "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs": I. Lento: sostenuto tranquillo ma cantabile30:152Symphony no. 3, op. 36 "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs": II. Lento e largo: Tranquillissimo - Cantabilissimo - Dolcissimo - Legatissimo8:563Symphony no. 3, op. 36 "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs": III. Lento: Cantabile semplice17:38Three Pieces In Old Style / Good Night / Kleines Requiem
1996 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 57:14
1Three Pieces in Old Style, for string orchestra: First Piece3:052Three Pieces in Old Style, for string orchestra: Second Piece1:353Three Pieces in Old Style, for string orchestra: Third Piece3:434Kleines Requiem für eine Polka, for piano and 13 instruments, Op. 66: I. Tranquillo10:145Kleines Requiem für eine Polka, for piano and 13 instruments, Op. 66: II. Allegro Impetuoso - Marcatissimo; Lento Cantabile4:456Kleines Requiem für eine Polka, for piano and 13 instruments, Op. 66: III. Allegro - Deciso assai2:237Kleines Requiem für eine Polka, for piano and 13 instruments, Op. 66: IV. Adagio - Cantabile6:368Good Night, requiem for soprano, alto flute, 3 tam-tams and piano, Op. 63: I. Lento (Adagio) - Tranquillo6:299Good Night, requiem for soprano, alto flute, 3 tam-tams and piano, Op. 63: I. Lento tranquillissimo - cantabilissimo10:0710Good Night, requiem for soprano, alto flute, 3 tam-tams and piano, Op. 63: III. Lento - largo; Dolcissimo - Cantabilissimo8:17Symphony no. 3 op. 36, "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs" / Three Pieces in Old Style
1996 · studio album
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Tracklist · 6 tracks · 1:03:20
1Symphony no. 3: I. Lento - sostenuto tranquillo ma cantabile27:582Symphony no. 3: II. Lento e Largo - tranquillissimo - cantabillissimo - docissimo legatissimo9:223Symphony no. 3: III. Lento - cantabile semplice16:094Three Pieces in Old Style: Movement One3:005Three Pieces in Old Style: Movement Two1:576Three Pieces in Old Style: Movement Three4:54Schnittke: Requiem / Górecki: Miserere
1996 · studio album
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Tracklist · 15 tracks · 1:08:49
1Requiem: I. Requiem aeternam3:432Requiem: II. Kyrie2:003Requiem: III. Dies irae1:124Requiem: IV. Tuba mirum3:395Requiem: V. Rex tremendae1:026Requiem: VI. Recordare3:007Requiem: VII. Lacrimosa2:448Requiem: VIII. Domine Jesu Christe1:199Requiem: IX. Hostias1:0810Requiem: X. Sanctus4:2511Requiem: XI. Benedictus1:4112Requiem: XII. Agnus Dei3:0513Requiem: XIII. Credo3:5014Requiem: XIV. Requiem aeternam3:5115Miserere32:10Kleines Requiem / Lerchenmusik
1996 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 1:06:59
1Kleines Requiem: I. Tranquillo8:522Kleines Requiem: II. Allegro impetuoso - Marcatissimo5:163Kleines Requiem: III. Allegro - Deciso assai2:414Kleines Requiem: IV. Adagio cantabile6:495Lerchenmusik: I. Lento - Largo15:406Lerchenmusik: II. Molto lento - Tranquillo. Cantabile - Dolce12:147Lerchenmusik: III. Andante moderato - Tranquillo, cantabile15:272001 · studio album
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Tracklist · 3 tracks · 50:33
1Symphony No. 3: I. Lento (Sostenuto tranquillo ma cantabile)25:462Symphony No. 3: II. Lento e largo8:463Symphony No. 3: III. Lento (Cantabile - semplice)16:01Symphony no. 2 “Copernican” / Beatus Vir
2001 · studio album
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Tracklist · 3 tracks · 1:07:22
1Beatus Vir, op. 3831:202Symphony no. 2 “Copernican”, op. 31: First Movement16:353Symphony no. 2 “Copernican”, op. 31: Second Movement19:272003 · studio album
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Tracklist · 3 tracks · 59:21
1Symphony no. 3 op. 36, "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs": I. Lento, sostenuto tranquillo ma cantabile30:492Symphony no. 3 op. 36, "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs": II. Lento e largo10:223Symphony no. 3 op. 36, "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs": III. Lento cantabile — Semplice18:102005 · studio album
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Tracklist · 4 tracks · 1:04:04
1Symphonie N° 3, op. 36: I. Lento - Sostenuto tranquillo ma cantabile25:392Symphonie N° 3, op. 36: II. Lento e largo - Tranquillissimo9:383Symphonie N° 3, op. 36: III. Lento - Cantabile semplice18:304Canticum Graduum, op. 2710:17String Quartet no. 3 “...songs are sung”
2007 · studio album
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Tracklist · 5 tracks · 50:18
1String Quartet no. 3, op. 67: I. Adagio - Molto andante - Cantabile10:382String Quartet no. 3, op. 67: II. Largo, cantabile11:063String Quartet no. 3, op. 67: III. Allegro, sempre ben marcato4:254String Quartet no. 3, op. 67: IV. Deciso - espressivo ma ben tenuto11:335String Quartet no. 3, op. 67: V. Largo - tranquillo12:362008 · studio album
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Tracklist · 4 tracks · 56:20
1Pieśń Rodzin Katyńskich, op. 814:342O Domina Nostra – Medytacje o Jasnogórskiej Pani Naszej, op. 5528:383Kantata, op. 2613:514Totus Tuus, op. 609:172008 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 1:42:13
Disc 11String Quartet no. 1, op. 62 "Already it is dusk"16:092String Quartet no. 2, op. 64 "Quasi una Fantasia": I. Largo7:433String Quartet no. 2, op. 64 "Quasi una Fantasia": II. Deciso. Energico7:324String Quartet no. 2, op. 64 "Quasi una Fantasia": III. Arioso7:545String Quartet no. 2, op. 64 "Quasi una Fantasia": IV. Allegro9:48Disc 21String Quartet no. 3, op. 67 "...songs are sung": I. Adagio - Molto andante - Cantabile10:382String Quartet no. 3, op. 67 "...songs are sung": II. Largo, cantabile12:073String Quartet no. 3, op. 67 "...songs are sung": III. Allegro, sempre ben marcato4:424String Quartet no. 3, op. 67 "...songs are sung": IV. Deciso - Espressivo ma ben tenuto12:095String Quartet no. 3, op. 67 "...songs are sung": V. Largo - Tranquillo13:312009 · studio album
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Tracklist · 20 tracks · 1:10:03
1Requiem für eine Polka for Piano and 13 Instruments, op. 66: I. Tranquillo8:102Requiem für eine Polka for Piano and 13 Instruments, op. 66: II. Allegro impetuoso - Marcatissimo5:213Requiem für eine Polka for Piano and 13 Instruments, op. 66: III. Allegro - Deciso assai2:264Requiem für eine Polka for Piano and 13 Instruments, op. 66: IV. Adagio cantabile5:585Valentine Piece for Solo Flute and Little Bell, op. 704:526Two Sacred Songs, op. 30: I. Złożę na Pańskim stole3:047Two Sacred Songs, op. 30: II. Głodny chodzę po mieście2:048Toccata for Two Pianos, op. 23:379Variations for Violin and Piano, op. 49:2610Four Preludes for Piano, op. 1: I. Molto agitato3:2711Four Preludes for Piano, op. 1: II. Lento-recitativo2:2412Four Preludes for Piano, op. 1: III. Allegro scherzando0:5513Four Preludes for Piano, op. 1: IV. Molto allegro quasi presto1:3214Three Songs, op. 3: Do matki1:4715Three Songs, op. 3: Jakiż to dzwon grobowy2:0316Three Songs, op. 3: Ptak0:5617Concerto for 5 Instruments and String Quartet, op. 11: I. Sostenuto3:4118Concerto for 5 Instruments and String Quartet, op. 11: II. Dolce3:1219Concerto for 5 Instruments and String Quartet, op. 11: III. Non troppo2:2220Concerto for 5 Instruments and String Quartet, op. 11: IV. Marcato, ritmico2:462011 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 1:44:39
Disc 11Already it is dusk: String Quartet no. 1, op. 6215:442Quasi una fantasia: String Quartet no. 2, op. 64: I. Largo sostenuto - mesto7:483Quasi una fantasia: String Quartet no. 2, op. 64: II. Deciso—energico; marcatissimo sempre6:574Quasi una fantasia: String Quartet no. 2, op. 64: III. Arioso: Adagio cantabile; ma molto espressivo e molto appassionato8:005Quasi una fantasia: String Quartet no. 2, op. 64: IV. Allegro - Sempre con grande passione e molto marcato10:16Disc 21...songs are sung: String Quartet no. 3, op. 67: Adagio - molto andante - cantabile11:122...songs are sung: String Quartet no. 3, op. 67: Largo - cantabile12:553...songs are sung: String Quartet no. 3, op. 67 Allegro - sempre ben marcato4:514...songs are sung: String Quartet no. 3, op. 67: Deciso - espressivo - ma ben tenuto12:255...songs are sung: String Quartet no. 3, op. 67: Largo - tranquillo14:31Górecki Mikołaj / Henryk Mikołaj
2012 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 57:44
1Nokturn na orkiestrę20:292Szeroka woda, op. 39: A ta nasza Narew3:533Szeroka woda, op. 39: Oj, kiedy na Powiślu1:004Szeroka woda, op. 39: Oj, Janie, Janie3:535Szeroka woda, op. 39: Polne róże rwała1:506Szeroka woda, op. 39: Szeroka woda3:307Concerto Notturno na skrzypce i orkiestrę smyczkową: I. Lento5:108Concerto Notturno na skrzypce i orkiestrę smyczkową: II. Allegro4:539Concerto Notturno na skrzypce i orkiestrę smyczkową: III. Molto tanto5:1410Koncert na klawesyn (fortepian) i orkiestrę smyczkową, op. 40: I. Allegro molto3:5111Koncert na klawesyn (fortepian) i orkiestrę smyczkową, op. 40: II. Vivace4:012012 · studio album
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Tracklist · 17 tracks · 1:08:09
1Lobgesang, op. 767:512Miserere, op. 44: I. Lento2:593Miserere, op. 44: II. Lento2:174Miserere, op. 44: III. Lento2:325Miserere, op. 44: IV Lento2:386Miserere, op. 44: V. Meno mosso. Lento molto tranquillo3:477Miserere, op. 44: VI. Molto lento - Poco più mosso ma lento assai4:358Miserere, op. 44: VII. Molto lento - Lento maestoso - Più lento3:079Miserere, op. 44: VIII. Lento1:2010Miserere, op. 44: IX. Poco più mosso. Lento moderato molto espressivo, molto appassionato4:2911Miserere, op. 44: X. Lento2:5912Miserere, op. 44: XI. Lento2:5113Pieśni Maryjne, op. 54: I. Matko niebieskiego Pana3:3414Pieśni Maryjne, op. 54: II. Matko Najświętsza!10:2815Pieśni Maryjne, op. 54: III. Zdrowaś bądź, Maryka3:2116Pieśni Maryjne, op. 54: IV. Ach, jak smutne rozstanie4:4617Pieśni Maryjne, op. 54: V. Ciebie na wieki wychwalać będziemy4:35Concerto-Cantata / Little Requiem for a Certain Polka / Three Dances / Harpsichord Concerto
2012 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 1:09:33
1Małe requiem dla pewnej polki, op. 66: I. Tranquillo10:272Małe requiem dla pewnej polki, op. 66: II. Allegro impetuoso - Marcatissimo6:173Małe requiem dla pewnej polki, op. 66: III. Allegro - Deciso assai2:434Małe requiem dla pewnej polki, op. 66: IV. Adagio cantabile6:405Concerto-Cantata, op. 65: I. Recitativo. Lento (quasi molto lento)5:266Concerto-Cantata, op. 65: II. Arioso. Lento assai tranquillissimo - Cantabile - Dolce4:367Concerto-Cantata, op. 65: III. Concertino. Allegro5:058Concerto-Cantata, op. 65: IV. Arioso e corale. Lento - Tranquillo cantabile - Dolce6:199Harpsichord Concerto, op. 40: I. Allegro molto3:3510Harpsichord Concerto, op. 40: II. Vivace marcatissimo4:1111Three Dances, op. 34: No. 1. Presto, marcatissimo3:0212Three Dances, op. 34: No. 2. Andante cantabile - Tranquillo5:1513Three Dances, op. 34: No. 3. Presto5:57Symphony No. 3 'Symphony of Sorrowful Songs'
2012 · studio album
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Tracklist · 3 tracks · 55:04
1Symphony No. 3, Op. 36 (1976) 'Symphony of Sorrowful Songs': I Lento - Sostenuto tranquillo ma cantabile30:262Symphony No. 3, Op. 36 (1976) 'Symphony of Sorrowful Songs': II. Lento e largo - Tranquilissimo7:553Symphony No. 3, Op. 36 (1976) 'Symphony of Sorrowful Songs': III. Lento - Cantabile semplice16:43Symphony no. 4 (Tansman Episodes)
2016 · studio album
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Tracklist · 4 tracks · 35:45
1Symphony no. 4 "Tansman Episodes", op. 85: I. Deciso - Marcatissimo ma ben tenuto4:462Symphony no. 4 "Tansman Episodes", op. 85: II. Largo-ben tenuto - Marcatissimo8:573Symphony no. 4 "Tansman Episodes", op. 85: III. Deciso-Marcatissimo - Tranquillo e Cantabile11:434Symphony no. 4 "Tansman Episodes", op. 85: IV. Allegro marcato - Giocoso - Deciso - Marcatissimo ma ben tenuto10:192016 · studio album
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Tracklist · 38 tracks · 5:53:26
Disc 11Lerchenmusik "Recitatives and Ariosos", op. 53: I. Lento - Moto piu mosso, quasi Allegro15:322Lerchenmusik "Recitatives and Ariosos", op. 53: II. Molto lento - con moto10:213Lerchenmusik "Recitatives and Ariosos", op. 53: III. Andante moderato14:49Disc 21Symphony no. 3, op. 36: I. Lento - Sostenuto tranquillo ma cantabile26:472Symphony no. 3, op. 36: II. Lento e largo - Tranquillissimo9:453Symphony no. 3, op. 36: III. Lento - Cantabile semplice17:11Disc 31String Quartet no. 1, op. 62 "Already It Is Dusk"14:112String Quartet no. 2, op. 64 "Quasi una fantasia": I8:083String Quartet no. 2, op. 64 "Quasi una fantasia": II6:474String Quartet no. 2, op. 64 "Quasi una fantasia": III7:275String Quartet no. 2, op. 64 "Quasi una fantasia": IV9:43Disc 41Miserere, op. 4432:432Amen, op. 356:263Euntes Ibant Et Flebant, op. 328:374Wisło Moja, Wisło Szara (My Vistula, Grey Vistula), op. 464:345Szeroka Woda (Broad Waters), op. 39: I. A Ta Nasza Narew (Oh, Our River Narew). Lento Malinconico4:126Szeroka Woda (Broad Waters), op. 39: II. Oj, Kiedy No Powiślu (Oh, When In Powiśle). Non Troppo1:147Szeroka Woda (Broad Waters), op. 39: III. Oj, Janie, Janie (Oh, Johnny, Johnny). Molto Lento – Dolce Cantabile3:378Szeroka Woda (Broad Waters), op. 39: IV. Polne Róże Rwała (She Picked Wild Roses). Lento Sostenuto2:009Szeroka Woda (Broad Waters), op. 39: V. Szeroka Woda (Broad Waters). Maestoso Espressivo4:02Disc 51Kleines Requiem für eine Polka, op. 66: I. Tranquillo9:412Kleines Requiem für eine Polka, op. 66: II. Allegro impetuoso - Marcatissimo5:083Kleines Requiem für eine Polka, op. 66: III. Allegro - Deciso assai2:364Kleines Requiem für eine Polka, op. 66: IV. Adagio cantabile6:165Concerto for Harpsichord and String Orchestra, op. 40: I. Allegro molto4:366Concerto for Harpsichord and String Orchestra, op. 40: II. Vivace4:247Good Night (In Memoriam Michael Vyner), op. 63: I. Lento. Adagio - Tranquillo6:518Good Night (In Memoriam Michael Vyner), op. 63: II. Lento tranquillissimo10:169Good Night (In Memoriam Michael Vyner), op. 63: III. Lento largo: Docissimo - Catabillissimo9:29Disc 61String Quartet no. 3, op. 67: I. Adagio - Molto andante - Cantabile10:382String Quartet no. 3, op. 67: II. Largo, cantabile11:063String Quartet no. 3, op. 67: III. Allegro, sempre ben marcato4:254String Quartet no. 3, op. 67: IV. Deciso - espressivo ma ben tenuto11:335String Quartet no. 3, op. 67: V. Largo - tranquillo12:36Disc 71Symphony no. 4, "Tansman Episodes", op. 85: I. Deciso; Marcatissimo ma ben tenuto4:462Symphony no. 4, "Tansman Episodes", op. 85: II. Largo-ben tenuto; Marcatissimo8:573Symphony no. 4, "Tansman Episodes", op. 85: III. Deciso - Marcatissimo; Tranquillo e Cantabile11:434Symphony no. 4, "Tansman Episodes", op. 85: IV. Allegro marcato; Giocoso; Deciso; Marcatissimo ma ben tenuto10:192016 · studio album
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Tracklist · 4 tracks · 47:53
1Genesis I: Elementi per tre archi op. 19 no. 113:222In Honour of Alfred Schnittke (AGSCH), string trio for violin, viola and violoncello: Part I: Chorale10:423In Honour of Alfred Schnittke (AGSCH), string trio for violin, viola and violoncello: Part II: Toccata9:384In Honour of Alfred Schnittke (AGSCH), string trio for violin, viola and violoncello: Part III: Aria14:11Symphony no. 3, op. 36 "Symphony of Sorrows"
2017 · studio album
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Tracklist · 3 tracks · 48:54
1Symphony no. 3, op. 36: Song no. 121:012Symphony no. 3, op. 36: Song no. 29:453Symphony no. 3, op. 36: Song no. 318:08String Quartets Nos. 1 and 2 / Genesis I: Elementi
2018 · studio album
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Tracklist · 6 tracks · 1:00:33
1String Quartet no. 1, op. 62 "Już się zmierzcha"15:132Genesis I: Elementi, op. 19 no. 112:323String Quartet no. 2, op. 64 "Quasi una fantasia": I. Largo sostenuto8:264String Quartet no. 2, op. 64 "Quasi una fantasia": II. Deciso - Energico6:515String Quartet no. 2, op. 64 "Quasi una fantasia": III. Arioso: Adagio cantabile8:026String Quartet no. 2, op. 64 "Quasi una fantasia": IV. Allegro9:292019 · studio album
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Tracklist · 19 tracks · 1:24:16
Disc 113 Songs, Op. 3: No. 1, To Mother1:5123 Songs, Op. 3: No. 2, What Bell of Mourning2:3633 Songs, Op. 3: No. 3, The Bird0:2942 Sacred Songs, Op. 30: No. 1, Lento sostenuto3:2952 Sacred Songs, Op. 30: No. 2, Maestoso1:3662 Songs, Op. 42: No. 1, Nocturne5:0572 Songs, Op. 42: No. 2, Malagueña3:468Blessed Raspberry Songs, Op. 43: No. 1, Blessed Raspberry Songs4:269Blessed Raspberry Songs, Op. 43: No. 2, Each Morning, When the Shadows Recede2:1910Blessed Raspberry Songs, Op. 43: No. 3, Compassion4:1111Blessed Raspberry Songs, Op. 43: No. 4, Oh! God.5:36Disc 212 Songs of Juliusz Słowacki, Op. 48: No. 1, in Tears, Lord, We Raise Our Hands to You13:0422 Songs of Juliusz Słowacki, Op. 48: No. 2, Lord! Of Whom in the Heavens I Hear6:0233 Songs of Maria Konopnicka, Op. 68: No. 1, Through These Meadows, Across These Fields2:0843 Songs of Maria Konopnicka, Op. 68: No. 2, When Poland0:5753 Songs of Maria Konopnicka, Op. 68: No. 3, By the Window, by My Window2:5163 Fragments of Stanisław Wyspiański, Op. 69: No. 1, How Can I Find Peace9:0273 Fragments of Stanisław Wyspiański, Op. 69: No. 2, Can Man be Freed from the Mayhem4:4683 Fragments of Stanisław Wyspiański, Op. 69: No. 3, Poetry! You Are a Tranquil Siesta10:02Symphony no. 3 "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs"
2020 · studio album
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Tracklist · 4 tracks · 1:03:23
1Symphony no. 3, op. 36: I. Lento – Sostenuto tranquillo ma cantabile26:162Symphony no. 3, op. 36: II. Lento e largo – Tranquillissimo8:593Symphony no. 3, op. 36: III. Lento – Cantabile‐semplice16:014Vehadi12:07String Quartet No. 3 '…Songs Are Sung' / Sonata for Two Violins
2020 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 1:14:39
1Sonata for Two Violins, op. 10: I. Allegro molto9:242Sonata for Two Violins, op. 10: II. Adagio sostenuto3:233Sonata for Two Violins, op. 10: III. Andante con moto4:564String Quartet no. 3, op. 67: I. Adagio - Molto andante - Cantabile10:255String Quartet no. 3, op. 67: II. Largo cantabile12:516String Quartet no. 3, op. 67: III. Allegro, sempre ben marcato4:577String Quartet no. 3, op. 67: IV. Deciso - Espressivo ma ben tenuto13:378String Quartet no. 3, op. 67: V. Largo - Tranquillo15:062020 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 1:03:56
1Sonata for Two Violins, op. 56: I. Andante cantabile2:492Sonata for Two Violins, op. 56: II. Allegro2:593Sonata for Two Violins, op. 56: III. Commodo quasi allegretto3:594Sonata for Two Violins, op. 56: IV. Allegro con brio5:285Sonata for Two Violins, op. 10: I. Allegro molto8:146Sonata for Two Violins, op. 10: II. Adagio sostenuto3:537Sonata for Two Violins, op. 10: III. Andante con moto4:078Sonata for Two Violins: I. Poco lento, maestoso - Allegro fermo11:469Sonata for Two Violins: II. Allegretto poco lento8:1310Sonata for Two Violins: III. Allegro vivo e con fuoco12:282023 · studio album
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Tracklist · 20 tracks · 1:39:00
Disc 11Church Songs, Op. 84: O Virgo Maria6:382Church Songs, Op. 84: Sicut Parvi Amplectamur4:393Church Songs, Op. 84: Veni, O Mater Terrae10:104Church Songs, Op. 84: O Mater Semper Alma7:505Church Songs, Op. 84: Nunc Avemus et Laudemus2:206Church Songs, Op. 84: Ave, Carmina Milia4:387Church Songs, Op. 84: O Stella Caeli0:598Church Songs, Op. 84: Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus2:249Church Songs, Op. 84: Domine Deus12:48Disc 21Church Songs, Op. 84: Popule Meus8:542Church Songs, Op. 84: Pie Jesu, pastor alme4:183Church Songs, Op. 84: Jesu Christe, frater noster4:594Church Songs, Op. 84: Pater noster, omnipotens Deus4:455Church Songs, Op. 84: Ave, Lauderis1:046Church Songs, Op. 84: Christi Crux2:467Church Songs, Op. 84: Jesus Christus resurrexit3:118Church Songs, Op. 84: Beati qui eligunt Joseph6:009Church Songs, Op. 84: Salve mater matris Jesu3:4210Church Songs, Op. 84: Jam Conclamamus4:0111Church Songs, Op. 84: Audi Clamantes, Audi Plorantes2:54Symphony no. 3 / Three Pieces in Olden Style / Totus Tuus
2023 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 1:04:53
1Symphony no. 3, op. 36 "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs": I. Lento24:242Symphony no. 3, op. 36 "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs": II. Lento e largo8:343Symphony no. 3, op. 36 "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs": III. Lento cantabile, semplice12:234Three Pieces in Olden Style: I.3:205Three Pieces in Olden Style: II.1:566Three Pieces in Olden Style: III.3:257Totus Tuus, op. 6010:512023 · studio album
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Tracklist · 6 tracks · 1:09:43
1Three pieces in old style. I3:282Three pieces in old style. II2:263Three pieces in old style. III4:244I Lento - sostenuto tranquillo ma cantabile29:075II Lento e largo11:166III Lento cantabile - semplice19:02Complete Works for String Quartet
2025 · studio album
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Tracklist · 15 tracks · 2:04:37
Disc 11String Quartet no. 1, op. 62 "Already It Is Dusk"16:082String Quartet no. 2, op. 64 "Quasi una fantasia": I. Largo7:413String Quartet no. 2, op. 64 "Quasi una fantasia": II. Deciso7:314String Quartet no. 2, op. 64 "Quasi una fantasia": III. Arioso7:535String Quartet no. 2, op. 64 "Quasi una fantasia": IV. Allegro, sempre con grande passione e molto marcato9:48Disc 21String Quartet no. 3, op. 67 "Songs Are Sung": I. Adagio10:372String Quartet no. 3, op. 67 "Songs Are Sung": II. Largo12:063String Quartet no. 3, op. 67 "Songs Are Sung": III. Allegro4:404String Quartet no. 3, op. 67 "Songs Are Sung": IV. Deciso12:075String Quartet no. 3, op. 67 "Songs Are Sung": V. Largo13:3165 Kurpian Songs, op. 75: No. 1. Hej, z góry, z góry!4:1775 Kurpian Songs, op. 75: No. 2. Ciamna nocka, ciamna3:1385 Kurpian Songs, op. 75: No. 3. Wcoraj, dziwcyno, nie dzisiaj4:5195 Kurpian Songs, op. 75: No. 4. Z Torunia ja parobecek2:12105 Kurpian Songs, op. 75: No. 5. Wysła burzycka, bandzie desc8:022025 · studio album
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Tracklist · 36 tracks · 1:19:19
1Prelude in A-Flat Major, KK IVb/7. Presto con leggierezza0:532The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude No. 1 in C Major, BWV 846/11:51310 Preludes, Op. 23: No. 3 in D Minor. Tempo di minuetto3:464Préludes: I. La colombe2:335Préludes: II. Chant d'extase dans un paysage triste7:296Préludes: III. Le nombre léger1:427Prelude in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 45. Sostenuto5:458Prelude in C-Sharp Minor Op. 3 No. 24:4194 Preludes, Op. 1: No. 1, Molto agitato3:24104 Preludes, Op. 1: No. 4, Molto allegro quasi presto0:5311The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 847/11:301210 Preludes, Op. 23: No. 5 in G Minor. Alla marcia4:141324 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 1 in C Major. Agitato0:411424 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 2 in A Minor. Lento2:321524 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 3 in G Major. Vivace0:481624 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 4 in E Minor. Largo2:271724 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 5 in D Major. Molto allegro0:331824 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 6 in B Minor. Lento assai2:181924 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 7 in A Major. Andantino0:432024 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 8 in F-Sharp Minor. Molto agitato1:512124 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 9 in E Major. Largo1:422224 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 10 in C-Sharp Minor. Molto allegro0:322324 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 11 in B Major. Vivace0:452424 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 12 in G-Sharp Minor. Presto1:142524 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 13 in F-Sharp Major. Lento3:072624 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 14 in E-Flat Minor. Allegro0:262724 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 15 in D-Flat Major "Raindrop Prelude"5:332824 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 16 in B-Flat Minor. Presto con fuoco1:102924 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 17 in A-Flat Major. Allegretto3:133024 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 18 in F Minor. Molto allegro0:593124 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 19 in E-Flat Major. Vivace1:493224 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 20 in C Minor. Largo1:413324 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 21 in B-Flat Major. Cantabile2:133424 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 22 in G Minor. Molto agitato0:463524 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 23 in F Major. Moderato1:043624 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 24 in D Minor. Allegro appassionato2:312025 · studio album
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Tracklist · 34 tracks · 1:13:03
1Toccata for Two Pianos, op. 23:142Five Pieces for Two Pianos, op. 13: I.1:083Five Pieces for Two Pianos, op. 13: II.1:024Five Pieces for Two Pianos, op. 13: III.0:515Five Pieces for Two Pianos, op. 13: IV.2:046Five Pieces for Two Pianos, op. 13: V.2:287Four Preludes, op. 1: No. 1. Molto agitato3:258Four Preludes, op. 1: No. 2. Lento – recitativo2:499Four Preludes, op. 1: No. 3. Allegro scherzando0:5010Four Preludes, op. 1: No. 4. Molto allegro quasi presto1:0311Lullaby, op. 93:4212From a Bird’s Nest, op. 9a: No. 1. March0:3213From a Bird’s Nest, op. 9a: No. 2. Folk Song0:4014From a Bird’s Nest, op. 9a: No. 3. Old Melody0:4215From a Bird’s Nest, op. 9a: No. 4. Scherzo0:2016From a Bird’s Nest, op. 9a: No. 5. Second Folk Song1:1017From a Bird’s Nest, op. 9a: No. 6. Interlude1:1218From a Bird’s Nest, op. 9a: No. 7. Bagatelle0:2619From a Bird’s Nest, op. 9a: No. 8. Second March1:2820From a Bird’s Nest, op. 9a: No. 9. Finale à la danse0:2721Intermezzo2:3222Sundry Pieces, op. 52: Recitative and Mazurka2:4223Sundry Pieces, op. 52: Two Pieces: I. Lento assai – recitativo. Vivo1:5724Sundry Pieces, op. 52: Two Pieces: II. Molto andante3:3125Sundry Pieces, op. 52: Three Dodecaphonic Pieces: No. 10:5626Sundry Pieces, op. 52: Three Dodecaphonic Pieces: No. 20:3627Sundry Pieces, op. 52: Three Dodecaphonic Pieces: No. 31:1328Sundry Pieces, op. 52: Quasi valse1:1229Moment musical2:1830For Anna5:5031Mazurkas, op. 416:5132Piano Sonata no. 1, op. 6: I. Allegro molto, con fuoco7:0833Piano Sonata no. 1, op. 6: II. Grave pesante e corale2:3634Piano Sonata no. 1, op. 6: III. Allegro vivace (ma non troppo)4:08
Album · 3
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | The Essential GóreckiSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 5 tracks · 1:13:371Epitafium, op. 124:38 2Zderzenia-Scontri, op. 1716:29 3Genesis II, op. 19 no. 28:03 4Refren, op. 2117:02 5Muzyka staropolska, op. 2427:25 | Compilation | 1993 | |
| 1996 | Symphony No.3 ''Of Sorrowful Songs'' / Three Pieces In Olden StyleSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 6 tracks · 1:03:201Symphony no. 3: I. Lento - sostenuto tranquillo ma cantabile27:58 2Symphony no. 3: II. Lento e Largo - tranquillissimo - cantabillissimo - docissimo legatissimo9:22 3Symphony no. 3: III. Lento - cantabile semplice16:09 4Three Pieces in Old Style: Movement One3:00 5Three Pieces in Old Style: Movement Two1:57 6Three Pieces in Old Style: Movement Three4:54 | Compilation | 1996 | |
| 2001 | The World of GóreckiSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 6 tracks · 1:14:221Old Polish Music, op. 2423:50 2Totus Tuus, op. 6011:37 3Lerchenmusik, op. 53: II. Molto lento - Tranquillo - Cantabile - Dolce12:02 4Kleines Requiem für eine Polka, op. 66: II. Allegro impetuoso - Marcatissimo5:17 5Kleines Requiem für eine Polka, op. 66: III. Allegro - Deciso assai2:43 6Symphony no. 3, op. 36 "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs": III. Lento - Cantabile semplice18:53 | Compilation | 2001 |
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| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
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| 1995 | Symphony No. 3Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 3 tracks · 56:491Symphony no. 3, op. 36 "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs": I. Lento: sostenuto tranquillo ma cantabile30:15 2Symphony no. 3, op. 36 "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs": II. Lento e largo: Tranquillissimo - Cantabilissimo - Dolcissimo - Legatissimo8:56 3Symphony no. 3, op. 36 "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs": III. Lento: Cantabile semplice17:38 | 1995 |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Henryk Mikolaj Górecki head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 46 | 95.9th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 58 | 95.3th |
| Studio albums | 54 | 99.4th |
| Awards recorded | 8 | 98.4th |
| Timeline events | 60 | 99.2th |
| Recording span (years) | 30 | 66.1th |
| Genres | 6 | 91th |
Awards & honours
| Year | Award | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Herder Prize | won | |
| 2005 | Golden Medal for Merit to Culture | won | |
| 2010 | Order of the White Eagle | won | |
| — | Commander with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta | won | |
| — | Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Gregory the Great | won | |
| — | Order Ecce Homo | won | |
| — | honorary doctor of the Jagiellonian University of Krakow | won | |
| — | honorary doctorate from the Catholic University of Lublin | won |
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Tier rule: historic figure (46 language versions, career ended)
Image: Lech Kowalski & Włodzimierz Pniewski · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q294568 · MusicBrainz: 7a837d63-a434-47e8-8b48-1d50e54ebb74
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