Cover: Jesus Dies on the Cross-Station 12 by Penny Warden
Hyperion CDA67639 · September 2008
Lukaszewski - Choral Music
The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge, Stephen Layton (conductor)
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Press
Gramophone Magazine2008Read the review 
International Record Review2008Read the review 
The Daily Telegraph2008Whether with Polyphony or his Cambridge choir, Stephen Layton is constantly seeking out young or neglected composers to support. Here he introduces a 40-year-old Pole, Pawel Lukaszewski, who has taken full advantage of the…Read the review 
Audiophile Audition2008Hyperion offers us more of the unknown-but-worthy in this collection of sacred music by Polish composer Lukaszweski (b. 1968), one of the up-and-coming talented musicians following a long line of Polish comrades led perhaps by…Read the review 
Musical Criticism.com2008Lukaszewski: Choral Music - Musical Criticism.com Stephen Layton adds yet another accomplished choral recording to his discography with this release, which concentrates exclusively on the devotional music of the emerging Polish…Read the review 
Music Web International2008The name of the Polish composer, Pavel Lukaszewski, may be new to some readers, as it was to me. He was born in Cz?stochowa, the city in southern Poland, which has been for centuries a centre of pilgrimage. The famous icon of the…Read the review 
Opera News, New York2008The young Polish composer Pawel Lukaszewski (b. 1968) has produced an impressive body of sacred choral music, his primary focus, over the past sixteen years. Lukaszewski could be spoken of as emerging from the neo-medieval…Read the review 
Fanfare USA2008Stephen Layton is arguably the finest choral director working today in the U.K., a country seemingly bursting with musical talent. The choruses with which he has worked -the Netherlands Chamber Chorus, Danish Radio Chorus…Read the review 
Classica Répertoire France2008La découverte du mois L’univers de Pawel Lukaszewski déploie avec vigueur une richesse mélodique digne des plus grands. The Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge, Stephen Layton Hyperion CDA67639 (Abeille).2007. 66'…Read the review 
Quobuz France2008À première vue, le langage musical de Pawel Lukaszewski (né en 1958) présente d’évidentes affinités avec les idiomes de ses aînés polonais Henryk Górecki et Wojciech Kilar, de l’Estonien Arvo Pärt, et de l’Anglais John Tavener…Read the review 
The Northern Echo2008The Choir of Trinity gives an immaculate performance of the seductively beautiful spiritual music of the young Polish composer Pawel Lukaszewski. The composer has an enormous range, conveying a unique soundworld for each piece…Read the review 
Classical Music.com2008Vocal effects including susurration are used by the 40-year-old Polish composer, but it is the emotionality permeating every syllable of his religious settings that is the most impressive. The singers' performance is immaculate.Read the review 
The Choir BBC Radio 32008It’s a while since I’ve been able to catch up on some of the new CD releases to hit the shelves. There have been plenty. I’ve got a couple of discs here which I couldn’t wait any longer to play you. Stephen Layton’s the…Read the review
Recorded: July 2007
Produced by Adrian Peacock
Engineered by Simon Eadon
Release date: September 2008
Total duration: 65 minutes 55 seconds
Track list
- Beatus vir, Sanctus Paulus Alleluia. Magnus sanctus Paulus, vas electionisPaweł Łukaszewski (b1968)2'31
- Beatus vir, Sanctus Antonius O Doctor optimePaweł Łukaszewski (b1968)2'45
- Beatus vir, Sanctus Martinus Alleluia. Beatus vir, Sanctus MartinusPaweł Łukaszewski (b1968)3'01
- Two Lenten Motets: Memento mei, DominePaweł Łukaszewski (b1968)4'02
- Two Lenten Motets: Crucem tuam adoramus, DominePaweł Łukaszewski (b1968)3'55
- Ave MariaPaweł Łukaszewski (b1968)3'56
- O Antiphons: O SapientiaPaweł Łukaszewski (b1968)3'42
- O Antiphons: O AdonaiPaweł Łukaszewski (b1968)9'19
- O Antiphons: O Radix JessePaweł Łukaszewski (b1968)4'39
- O Antiphons: O Clavis DavidPaweł Łukaszewski (b1968)3'27
- O Antiphons: O OriensPaweł Łukaszewski (b1968)4'16
- O Antiphons: O Rex gentiumPaweł Łukaszewski (b1968)5'28
- O Antiphons: O EmmanuelPaweł Łukaszewski (b1968)3'32
- Psalmus 102 Benedic, anima mea, DominoPaweł Łukaszewski (b1968)7'02
- Nunc dimittisPaweł Łukaszewski (b1968)4'20
Recording details from Hyperion Records.