The Guardian

Penderecki: Sinfoniettas; Oboe Capriccio; Three Pieces in the Old Style; Serenade; Intermezzo – review

This collection of works for string orchestra swings effortlessly from courtly baroque pastiche to radical avant garde, such is Krzysztof Penderecki's prodigious musical imagination. Three Pieces in ...
Gramophone

Penderecki Sinfoniettas. Oboe Capriccio

(3) Pieces in the antique style Antoni Wit, Conductor Krzysztof Penderecki, Composer Warsaw Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra Sinfonietta Krzysztof Penderecki, Composer Warsaw Philharmonic Chamber ...
The Irish Times

Penderecki: Sinfoniettas; Capricio for Oboe; and other works

Jean-Louis Capezzali (oboe), Artur Pachlewski (clarinet), Warsaw Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra/Antoni WitNaxos 8.572212 *** The Three Pieces in Old Style which open this collection of works for ...
The Guardian

Krzysztof Penderecki: horror film directors' favourite composer

Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki’s wild, terrifying, and imaginative music has soundtracked horror classics from The Shining to The Exorcist If you've seen Stanley Kubrick's The Shining more than ...
The Atlantic

Xenakis: Akrata, Pithoprakta; Penderecki: Capriccio for Violin and Orchestra, De Natura Sonoris

(Foss, Buffalo Philharmonic, Paul Zukofsky, violin; Nonesuch H-71201). A solid example of what they are up to these days, with Xenakis’ Akrata an especially arresting piece — staccato fanfares and ...
Gramophone

PENDERECKI Chamber Works

Chaconne, 'In memoria Giovanni Paolo II' Maria Machowska, Violin Krzysztof Penderecki, Composer Artur Rozmyslowicz, Viola Per Slava Jan Kalinowski, Cello Krzysztof Penderecki, Composer Capriccio ...
The New York Times

An Avant-Gardist Turned Less So

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Music Review By Vivien Schweitzer Krzysztof Penderecki’s arresting “Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima” (1960), the best-known piece from his ...