Grzegorz Gerwazy Gorczycki (ca 1665-1734)
Opera omnia
performed by
Olga Pasiecznik, soprano
Marta Boberska, soprano
Jan Monowid, alto
Zdzislaw Kordyjalik, tenor
Jaroslaw Brek, bass
Chamber Choir of the Warsaw Chamber Opera
Musicae Antiquae Collegium Varsoviense
(on period instruments)
Kai Baumann, dir.
Edition: Pro Musica Camerata 2004
Recording: Witold Lutoslawski Concert Studio, Warsaw, 1/2004
TT: 97'32''
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Grzegorz Gerwazy Gorczycki was a Polish Baroque composer. Considered one of the greatest composers of Polish Baroque music, during his lifetime he was called the "Polish Handel".
Gorczycki wrote mainly church music: unaccompanied compositions for choir, sometimes with b.c. accompaniment in the stile antico (motets, masses, songs), as well as vocal-instrumental works with b.c. accompaniment in the stile moderno featuring rich, concertato technique, multi-sectional and verse sacred concertos as well as ensemble cantatas.
