Dies irae
Subtitle: oratorio dedicated to the memory of those murdered at Auschwitz
By: Polymorphia, for 48 string instruments. De natura sonoris, for orchestra
Contributors: Woytowicz, Stefania; Ochman, Wiesław; Ladysz, Bernard; Czyż, Henryk, 1923-2003; Filharmonia Krakowska
Publisher: Philips
Published: 1971
Language: lat
Subjects: Songs and music; Oratorios; String orchestra music; Orchestral music; Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
Other titles: Polymorphia.; De natura sonoris.
Notes: Title from container.

Sung in Latin and Greek; words from the Bible and works of Aeschylus, Aragon, Valéry, Broniewski and Rózewicz.

Durations: 24 min., 23 sec.; 9 min., 6 sec.; 8 min., 21 sec.

Program notes on container; text with English translation (2 p.) inserted.

Stefania Woytowicz, soprano; Wieslaw Ochman, tenor; Bernard Ladysz, bass; chorus and orchestra of the Cracow Philharmonia; Henryk Czyz, conductor.
Table of contents: title: Penderecki: Dies Irae; title: Lamentatio; title: Apocalypsis; title: Apotheosis (24:23); title: Penderecki polymorphia for 48 String Instruments (9:06); title: De Natura Sonoris for Orchestra (8:21).