Album: Symphony No. 2 "Copernican" / Beatus Vir (Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra feat. conductor: Antoni Wit) by Henryk Mikołaj Górecki (2001)
Genre: Classical
Format: Album

Artist Background: Henryk Mikołaj Górecki (December 6, 1933 - November 12, 2010) was a Polish composer of contemporary classical music. He studied at the State Higher School of Music in Katowice between 1955 and 1960. He joined the faculty of his alma mater in Katowice in 1965, where he was made a lecturer in 1968, and then rose to provost before resigning in 1979. Górecki became a leading figure of the Polish avant-garde during the post-Stalin cultural thaw. His Webernian-influenced serialist works of the 1... Part of the Polish music scene. Associated with Composer movement. Known for Classical style.

Related Artists: Arvo Pärt, Альфред Гарриевич Шнитке, John Tavener, Krzysztof Penderecki

Music Scene: Part of the Polish music scene. Associated with Composer movement. Known for Classical style.

Tags: Classical, 2000s, Album

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Symphony No. 2 "Copernican" / Beatus Vir (Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra feat. conductor: Antoni Wit)

Henryk Mikołaj Górecki

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