The idea for the reinterpretation came from conductor Krzysztof Urbański, who leads the Warsaw Philharmonic, with the solo parts sung by countertenor Michał Sławecki and sopranos Edyta Krzemień and Anna Federowicz.
A companion CD titled Górecki 3, recorded by the same ensemble in June, is scheduled for release on Saturday.
Originally written in the mid-1970s and subtitled Symphony of Sorrowful Songs, the work was scored for soprano and orchestra.
It became an international sensation two decades later after a 1992 recording by the London Sinfonietta and American soprano Dawn Upshaw topped classical charts worldwide.
The symphony, often described as a meditation on motherhood, love and loss, is composed of three movements: a lament of the Virgin Mary, a message scrawled on the wall of a Gestapo prison by an 18-year-old girl, and a folk song about a mother searching for her son killed in the early 1920s Silesian Uprisings.
"Every encounter with Górecki’s music is like opening up a new space," Urbański told reporters. "It’s as if the music draws back the curtains and allows us to partake in something grand and mystical."
Górecki 3 is the first recording by the Warsaw Philharmonic under Urbański since he became the orchestra’s artistic director last year.
Its world premiere is scheduled for November 21, and the album will also be released as a collector’s LP edition.
Górecki was one of Poland’s most prominent 20th-century composers. He died on November 12, 2010 at the age of 76.
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