Henryk Górecki / Dawn Upshaw, London Sinfonietta, David Zinman – Symphony No. 3

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Label:	Elektra Nonesuch – 7559-79282-2
Format:	CD, Album, Stereo
Country:	Europe
Released:	1992
Genre:	Classical
Style:	Contemporary

Tracklist

	Symphony No. 3 (Symphony Of Sorrowful Songs) Opus 36 (1976) Composed By – Henryk Górecki
1	I. Lento - Sostenuto Tranquillo Ma Cantabile	26:25
2	II. Lento E Largo - Tranquilissimo	9:22
3	III. Lento - Cantabile-Semplice	17:05

Companies, etc.

Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Elektra Entertainment
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Wea International
Copyright © – Elektra Entertainment
Copyright © – Wea International
Record Company – Warner Communications Inc.
Record Company – Time Warner
Record Company – Wea International
Published By – Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Ltd
Recorded At – CTS Studios
Edited At – Modus Music
Made By – Warner Music Manufacturing Europe
Pressed By – WMME Alsdorf

Credits

Conductor – David Zinman
Design – John Heiden
Edited By, Post Production – Marian Freeman
Engineer [Assistant Recording Engineer] – Declan McGovern
Engineer [Recording Engineer] – Tony Faulkner
Executive-Producer – Robert Hurwitz
Liner Notes – David Drew (3)
Liner Notes [English Translation Of The Lyrics] – Krystyna Carter
Liner Notes [French Translation Of The Lyrics] – Frédéric Martin (3)
Liner Notes [French Translation] – Laura Billion
Liner Notes [German Translation Of The Lyrics] – Anne Steeb, Bernd Müller (2)
Liner Notes [German Translation] – Konstanze Streese
Mastered By – Robert C. Ludwig*
Orchestra – London Sinfonietta
Photography By [A Maiden At Prayer (ca. 1899)] – Gertrude Käsebier
Producer – Colin Matthews
Soprano Vocals – Dawn Upshaw

Notes

32-page booklet containing liner notes in English, French & German.

Composed in 1976.
Polish lyrics taken from (and translated to English, French & German in the booklet):
- Lamentation of the Holy Cross Monastery from the "Lysagóra Songs" collection, second half of the 15th century
- Prayer inscribed on wall 3 of cell no. 3 in the basement of "Palace", the Gestapo's headquarters in Zakopane. 'Zdrowas Mario' (Ave Maria) - the opening of the Polish prayer to the Holy Mother.
- Folk song in the dialect of the Opole region.

Recorded May 1991 at CTS Studios, London.

Photograph 'A Maiden At Prayer' from the collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, California.

℗ © 1992 Elektra Entertainment, a division of Warner Communications Inc. for the United States and WEA International for the world outside the United States.
Made in Germany by Warner Music Manufacturing Europe.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode (Text): 0 7559-79282-2 8
Barcode (Scanned): 075597928228
Label Code (Back Cover): LC 0192
Label Code (CD): LC 0286
Rights Society: GEMA/BIEM
Price Code (France): WE 810
Matrix / Runout (Variants 1 - 5, 7 - 8: Runout 1): 755979282-2 WME
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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
	Symphony No. 3 (CD, Album, Club Edition)	Elektra Nonesuch	9 79282-2	US	1992
Recently Edited	Symphony No. 3 (CD, Album)	Elektra Nonesuch	CD 79282	Canada	1992
Recently Edited	Symphony No. 3 (Cassette, )	Elektra Nonesuch	79282-4	US	1992
Recently Edited	Symphony No. 3 (Cassette, Album)	Elektra Nonesuch	97 92824	Canada	1992
Recently Edited	Symphony No. 3 (CD, Album)	Elektra Nonesuch	9 79282-2	US	1992