Each of these six orchestral works bears the imprint of Penderecki’s
greatness as a composer. Fonogrammi alternates piquant sonorities,
pulsating vehemence and moments of great intimacy. Intensity
accompanied by neo-Romantic elements can be heard in The Awakening
of Jacob whilst Anaklasis is a stunning example of juxtaposed, multiple
sound patterns. De natura sonoris I explores more improvisational,
jazz-influenced areas, as does the richly orchestrated Partita. The Horn
Concerto, composed in 2008, offers an evocative landscape, glacial,
powerful, yet wistful.