Krzysztof Penderecki – Kosmogonia
Label: Cold Spring ‎– CSR238CD
Format: CD, Album, Reissue
Country: UK
Released: 28 Jul 2017
Style: Modern

Unnerving, intense, bloodcurdling, sinister, dramatic – the music of “Kosmogonia” features Penderecki’s famous, unorthodox instrumental techniques, and some of the darkest music ever composed.

Hailed by The Guardian as “Poland’s greatest living composer”, Krzysztof Penderecki is the maestro behind the unforgettable, disturbing music on The Shining (including ‘De Natura Sonoris No. 2’, featured here). A complex tapestry of sound with striking use of pizzicato and flexatone, with aggressive barrages from brass and percussion, dissonant woodwind chords, spoken and hissing sounds, fervent strings, swirling organ, climactic choral and solo vocals.

Krzysztof Penderecki’s unique music has featured in films such as: The Shining, The Exorcist, Children Of Men, The People Under The Stairs, Shutter Island, and many more.

Thanks to the estate of Krzysztof Penderecki, Cold Spring are honoured to present this masterpiece in digital format for the first time since the 1974 vinyl release. Sympathetically remastered for CD by Denis Blackham and Martin Bowes.

Bass Vocals – Bernard Ladysz
Choir – The National Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra Choir
Chorus Master – Jozef Bok
Composed By – Krzysztof Penderecki
Conductor – Andrzej Markowski
Design – Abby Helasdottir
Mastered By – Denis Blackham
Orchestra – The National Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra
Soprano Vocals – Stefania Woytowicz
Technician [Final Mastering Prep] – Martin Bowes
Tenor Vocals – Kazimierz Pustelak