With this new release Edward Gardner and the BBC Symphony Orchestra continue their critically acclaimed series exploring Polish music for Chandos. It features two large scale works by Karol Szymanowski, the expressive Stabat Mater and the vigorous and colorful ballet Harnasie. The Stabat Mater, recorded here in it's 1965 revised version, features a cast of internationally acclaimed soloists: Lucy Crowe, Pamela Helen Stephen, Robert Murray and Gabor Bretz.

Tracklist:

Stabat Mater, Op. 53: Stala Matka Bolejaca (Mother, Wowed With Grief Appalling)
Stabat Mater, Op. 53: I Ktoz Widzac Tak Cierpiaca (Is There Any, Tears Withholding)
Stabat Mater, Op. 53: O Matka, Zrodlo Wszechmilosci (Love's Sweet Fountain, Mother Tender)
Stabat Mater, Op. 53: Spraw, Niech Placze Z Toba Razem (In Thy Keeping, Watching, Weeping)
Stabat Mater, Op. 53: Panno Slodka, Racz Mozolem (Maid Immaculate, Excelling)
Stabat Mater, Op. 53: Chrystus Niech Mi Bedzie Grodem (May His Sacred Cross Defend Me)
Harnasie, Op. 55: Tableau 1: Redyk (Driving The Sheep)
Harnasie, Op. 55: Tableau 1: Scena Mimiczna, "Zaloty" (Mimic Scene, "Courtship")
Harnasie, Op. 55: Tableau 1: Marsz Zbojnicki (The Tatra Robbers' March)
Harnasie, Op. 55: Tableau 1: Scena Mimiczna, "Harnas I Dziewczyna" (Mimic Scene, "The Harnas And The Girl")
Harnasie, Op. 55: Tableau 1: Taniec Zbojnicki - Final (The Tatra Robbers' Dance - Finale)
Harnasie, Op. 55: Tableau 2: Wesele (The Wedding)
Harnasie, Op. 55: Tableau 2: Cepiny (Entry Of The Bride)
Harnasie, Op. 55: Tableau 2: Piesn Siuhajow (Drinking Song)
Harnasie, Op. 55: Tableau 2: Taniec Goralski (The Tatra Highlanders' Dance)
Harnasie, Op. 55: Tableau 2: Napad Harnasiow - Taniec (Raid Of The Harnasie - Dance)
Harnasie, Op. 55: Tableau 2: Epilog (Epilogue)

UPC: 095115512326
Label: Chandos
Release Date: 9.24.13
Format: CD

Edward Gardner - Stabat Mater / Harnasie (CD)