Cover: Station 12 'Dying' from The Golgotha of Jasna Góra at the Beginning of the Third Millennium (Czestochowa) by Jerzy Duda-Gracz (1941-2004)
Hyperion CDA67724 · March 2009
Lukaszewski - Via Crucis
Polyphony, Britten Sinfonia, Stephen Layton (conductor)
Press
BBC Music Magazine2008Read the review 
allmusic.com2009Polish composer Pawel Lukaszewski has created a virtual anomaly: a contemporary, large-scale liturgical work that could function equally as well as part of a traditional religious service and as a concert piece with the musical…Read the review 
BBC Music Magazine2009Performance Recording Thanks principally to Stephen Layton's advocacy, Pawel Lukaszewski's reputation is growing rapidly, and rightly so. Last year Hyperion issued a very fine collection of his choral works by the Choir of…Read the review 
ClassicalSource.com2009From the arresting opening eruption, reminiscent of the famous ‘O fortuna’ from Carl Orff’s “Carmina burana”, it is instantly clear that this is a passionate performance of a powerful work. Through its ensuing myriad contrasts…Read the review 
Gramophone Magazine2009Memorable and impressive moments - but no big sweep to these stations Hyperion's earlier disc of Lukaszewski's music (A/08) left me feeling that the Polish composer's idiom was short-breathed, although highly effective at…Read the review 
International Record Review2009This is a near-hour-long oratorio for three soloists, chorus and orchestra, and a narrator speaking in Latin, by the contemporary Polish composer Pawel Lukaszewski, who is now 40. Stephen Layton has previously recorded a…Read the review 
Music Web International2009Hyperion have just released what I take to be the label’s second Łukaszewski disc. The Via Crucis (The Way of the Cross) was composed by Łukaszewski in 1999-2000 at Warsaw. The scoring of the Via Crucis is for countertenor…Read the review 
The Guardian2009This devotional piece, which makes a noble addition to the music of Passiontide, could be seen as a reflection on Pawel Lukaszewski's native Poland and Catholicism's triumph over communism. Whatever its genesis, there is no…Read the review 
The Observer2009This devotional piece, which makes a noble addition to the music of Passiontide, could be seen as a reflection on Pawel Lukaszewski's native Poland and Catholicism's triumph over communism. Whatever its genesis, there is no…Read the review 
The Sacred Arts, USA2009Pawel Lukaszewski's Via Crucis presents us with a rare occurrence in the world of modern music: a prayerful, deliberately religious new work of Catholic music, infused with meaning and many layers of symbolism. Having witnessed a…Read the review 
Kristeligt Dagblad2009Korsvejen på nye toner De 15 stationer på Jesu korsvej er børnelærdom for de fleste, men det er især via den katolske kirke, at man møder dem sat i musik. Det er da også en ung polsk katolik, der har skrevet det seneste storværk…Read the review
Recorded: March 2008
Produced by Adrian Peacock
Engineered by David Hinitt
Release date: March 2009
Total duration: 55 minutes 4 seconds
Track list
- Via Crucis: Introduction Via CrucisPaweł Łukaszewski (b1968)0'58
- Via Crucis: Station 1: Jesus is condemned to death Iudicium a Pontio Pilato pronuntiatum estPaweł Łukaszewski (b1968)0'36
- Via Crucis: Station 1: Jesus is condemned to death Universa turba succlamabat dicensPaweł Łukaszewski (b1968)2'37
- Via Crucis: Station 2: Jesus takes up the Cross Jesus Crucem sustinuitPaweł Łukaszewski (b1968)0'30
- Via Crucis: Station 2: Jesus takes up the Cross Dicebat autem Jesus ad omnesPaweł Łukaszewski (b1968)1'56
- Via Crucis: Station 3: Jesus falls the first time Jesus sub Cruce primum prolapsus estPaweł Łukaszewski (b1968)0'40
- Via Crucis: Station 3: Jesus falls the first time Quis credidit auditui nostro?Paweł Łukaszewski (b1968)3'35
- Via Crucis: Station 4: Jesus meets his Blessed Mother Mater obviam amantissimo Filio occurritPaweł Łukaszewski (b1968)0'35
- Via Crucis: Station 4: Jesus meets his Blessed Mother Senex Simeon prophetizansPaweł Łukaszewski (b1968)2'17
- Via Crucis: Station 5: Simon of Cyrene helps Jesus carry the Cross Jesus a Simone CyrenaeoPaweł Łukaszewski (b1968)0'35
- Via Crucis: Station 5: Simon of Cyrene helps Jesus carry the Cross Exeuntes autem inveneruntPaweł Łukaszewski (b1968)1'21
- Via Crucis: Station 6: Veronica wipes the face of Jesus Veronica vultum Christi sudario detersitPaweł Łukaszewski (b1968)0'33
- Via Crucis: Station 6: Veronica wipes the face of Jesus Auferet Dominus Deus lacrymamPaweł Łukaszewski (b1968)2'12
- Via Crucis: Station 7: Jesus falls the second time Jesus iterum sub Cruce prolapsus estPaweł Łukaszewski (b1968)0'43
- Via Crucis: Station 7: Jesus falls the second time Vere languores nostros ipse tulitPaweł Łukaszewski (b1968)3'04
- Via Crucis: Station 8: The women of Jerusalem weep for Jesus Mulieres Jesum ChristumPaweł Łukaszewski (b1968)0'36
- Via Crucis: Station 8: The women of Jerusalem weep for Jesus Sequebatur autem illum multa turbaPaweł Łukaszewski (b1968)3'37
- Via Crucis: Station 9: Jesus falls the third time Jesus Christus sub Cruce tertium ceciditPaweł Łukaszewski (b1968)0'46
- Via Crucis: Station 9: Jesus falls the third time Omnes nos quasi oves erravimusPaweł Łukaszewski (b1968)3'25
- Via Crucis: Station 10: Jesus is stripped of his clothes Jesus vestibus nudatus et felle potatum estPaweł Łukaszewski (b1968)0'35
- Via Crucis: Station 10: Jesus is stripped of his clothes Milites ergo cum crucifixissent eumPaweł Łukaszewski (b1968)1'54
- Via Crucis: Station 11: Jesus is nailed to the Cross Cruciatores Jesum Christum crucifigaveruntPaweł Łukaszewski (b1968)0'32
- Via Crucis: Station 11: Jesus is nailed to the Cross Et perducunt illum Golgotha locumPaweł Łukaszewski (b1968)2'01
- Via Crucis: Station 12: Jesus dies on the Cross Jesus Christus in Cruce mortuus estPaweł Łukaszewski (b1968)0'36
- Via Crucis: Station 12: Jesus dies on the Cross Stabat autem iuxta crucem Jesu mater eiusPaweł Łukaszewski (b1968)6'23
- Via Crucis: Station 13: Jesus is taken down from the Cross Corpus Jesu Christi de Cruce depositum estPaweł Łukaszewski (b1968)0'52
- Via Crucis: Station 13: Jesus is taken down from the Cross Judaei ergoPaweł Łukaszewski (b1968)4'02
- Via Crucis: Station 14: Jesus is laid in the tomb Corpus Christi sepulchro conditum estPaweł Łukaszewski (b1968)1'05
- Via Crucis: Station 14: Jesus is laid in the tomb Post haec autem rogavit Pilatum JosephPaweł Łukaszewski (b1968)2'27
- Via Crucis: Station 15: The Resurrection Una autem sabbati, Maria Magdalene venit manePaweł Łukaszewski (b1968)3'05
- Via Crucis: Christus vincitPaweł Łukaszewski (b1968)0'56
Recording details from Hyperion Records.