Nowowiejski - Die Heimkehr des verlorenen Sohnes
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Label: Dux
Cat No: DUX1693
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Vocal/Choral
Release Date: 29th July 2022
Contents
Artists
Agnieszka Rehlis (mezzo-soprano)Arnold Rutkowski (tenor)
Lukasz Konieczny (bass)
Karol Szymanowski Philharmonic Choir
Feliks Nowowiejski Warmia and Masuria Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor
Piotr SulkowskiWorks
The Return of the Prodigal Son, op.3Artists
Agnieszka Rehlis (mezzo-soprano)Arnold Rutkowski (tenor)
Lukasz Konieczny (bass)
Karol Szymanowski Philharmonic Choir
Feliks Nowowiejski Warmia and Masuria Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor
Piotr SulkowskiAbout
Although the biblical theme of the prodigal son had been taken up relatively soon before Nowowiejski by, for example, Amilcare Ponchielli in his opera Il figliuol prodigo (1880), it does not seem that the above score constituted a point of reference for the Polish composer. It is more likely – but only at the libretto level – that Nowowiejski's work could have been influenced by the 'lyrical scene' L'Enfant prodigue (1884) by Claude Debussy, recognised with the famous Prix de Rome.
It is also worth remembering that over a quarter of a century after Nowowiejski, a competitive oratorio by Henryk Opieński was created in Poland, entitled Powrót syna marnotrawnego (1929–1930), and in France – the cantata Le Retour de l'enfant prodigue (1929) by Darius Milhaud.
Nowowiejski's compositional language is characterised not only by genre diversity and excellent mastery of technique, but above all by lush melodic invention and panache in shaping the form. He was not an innovator, remaining in the style of Late Romanticism, although in the cycles of songs for voice and piano written in the 1930s (e.g. Róże dla Safo [Roses for Sappho] to poetry by Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska) he obtained musical expression through a bold and very interesting selection of harmonic means. Despite the fact that critics of the time accused Nowowiejski's music of academicism, lack of authenticity and routine nature, his compositions gained great popularity and recognition among listeners.
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