The Works for String Orchestra album with Mikołaj Górecki's music, released by DUX Recording Producers with the Publishing House EUTERPE patronage, was enthusiastically reviewed by Dominy Clements:
(...)
Mikołaj Górecki’s work is superbly crafted at the very least, and
at its best can sound inspired and inspiring.
This CD is full of
good things and there’s not a weak piece to be heard anywhere. The Overture has a
bracing cinematic quality amongst those driving rhythms and
syncopations (...). The Three
Fragments
opens with some moments which suggest the influence of Messiaen
(...). A change in instrumental colour is welcomed in the Three
Intermezzi,
which has the unusual concertino setting of two clarinets and string
orchestra. Here the opening is a fairly complex but brief and witty
statement, the clarinets joining and then flying away from their
accompanists with moments of faux-mourning and ironic laughter. The
central
is lovely; once again with a distinct flavour of Messiaen (...). The
final Molto
animato
is another feather in the soloists’ caps, with virtuoso highs taken
with great élan.
(...) We can indeed make an educated guess at the thoughts behind the moving Farewell, but whatever the impetus its tapestry of impassioned string sound is a very fitting conclusion to a superbly performed and very well recorded programme of a highly talented composer’s music. If you like the Polish ‘sound’ then this will soon become a favourite amongst others in your collection, and I will certainly be looking out for more from Mikołaj Górecki."