Sorrowful Songs

[Gob]

Polish composer Henryk Gorecki dies at the age of 76

Henryk Gorecki Gorecki's Symphony No. 3 became the best-selling record by a contemporary composer

Polish composer Henryk Gorecki has died at the age of 76, the country's national orchestra has announced.

He was best known for his Symphony of Sorrowful Songs, which was composed in 1976 and sold more than a million copies following a 1992 re-release.

The symphony - part of which drew on an inscription scrawled on a Nazi prison wall during World War II - featured vocals from US soprano Dawn Upshaw.

It was often played on radio station Classic FM when it launched in 1992.

Gorecki had been suffering from a prolonged illness, a spokeswoman for Polish Radio's National Symphony Orchestra said.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11741555

I love his Symphony No 3 "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs."

I've got three recordings of it.

Sad, haunting and melancholy.

[loCAtek]

Thanks Gob, but it is a prayer, that doesn't make you laff?

[Gob]

What?

[loCAtek]

The inscription and the lyrics of Symphony No 3 are based on prayer. I thought religion only amused you.

[Gob]

Well it just goes to show how shallow your view of me is.

I've been collecting religious music, mainly early polyphony, but some plainsong / chant and Baroque, for over twenty years.

I have several hundred, if not by now thousand, CD's worth of religious music.

Andrew D and myself often exchange CD's.

[loCAtek]

Tis true, you chose not to correspond with me in such a deep manner, all I see in public is your evangelical atheism.

...not that I haven't tried, I thought you wanted to keep it shallow.