Nonesuch Records released the highly-anticipated collaboration between one of Poland's greatest contemporary composers and one of the world's biggest stars of pop-rock on the 13th of March 2012
The pieces on the album were first performed at the European Culture Congress in Wrocław in September 2011, with future shows scheduled through the rest of 2012, including a date at London's Barbican Centre on the 22nd of March.
Krzysztof Penderecki And Jonny Greenwood
Release date: 13th of March, 2012
AUKSO Orchestra
Krzysztof Penderecki, conductor (tracks 1, 6)
Marek Moś, conductor (tracks 2-5, 7-15)
Produced by Filip Berkowicz, Michał Merczyński
Associate Producer: Barbara Orzechowska
Recorded, Edited, Mixed and Mastered September/December 2011 at Alvernia Studios, Krakow, Poland
Engineers: Ewa Guziołek-Tubelewicz, Piotr Witkowski
Studio Coordinator: Leszek Iwaniuk
Consultant Engineer: Graeme Stewart
Recorded in association with the National Audiovisual Institute of Poland as part of the European Culture Congress in Wrocław, Poland in September 2011
Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima and Polymorphia written by Krzysztof Penderecki; Popcorn Superhet Receiver and 48 Responses to Polymorphia written by Jonny Greenwood
Artwork by Shin Katan
Design by Dustin Stanton
Listen to the full album on NPR at www.npr.org
Purchase the album at www.nonesuch.com