Edward Pallasz (1936-2019)
Pastor et Magister
Trois chansons tristes
De beata virgine Claromontana
Deux mélodies sur des textes de O. Mandelstam
Extraits du cycle "Blue Christmas Carol"
Christmas Carols Cachoubes
Extraits de "Trois mélodies cachoubes"

Agata Widera, soprano
Malgorzata Siadlak, soprano
Weronika Kepka, mezzo-soprano
Barbara Konarzewska, alto
Grzegorz Rogut, ténor
Michal Gebala, basse
The Collegium Cantorum Choir of the Czestochowa Philharmonic
Janusz Siadlak, direction

“From song to symphony, from the Bim-Bom theatre to radio orchestral recordings, from theatre music to performances at the ‘Warsaw Autumn’ International Festival of Contemporary Music. Indeed, it was a career ‘on its own note,’ as the subtitle of Edward Pallasz’s (1936–2019) memoirs says. Surprisingly, the memoirs are devoid of regret that the creator of the Symphony ‘1976’ was not allowed to complete his studies in composition, despite having studying music at lower levels. The road to a genuine success was complicated, winding and full of adventures and discoveries; moreover, the composer’s style that emerged on that journey was free from temporary trends or ideological obligations.” The present album includes a number of works that perfectly illustrate the ease with which Edward Pallasz employed various types of compositional techniques related to the choral music.