Stephen Layton’s first disc of Lukaszewski’s choral works (with The Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge) was widely praised by listeners entranced by the composer’s unique yet accessible musical language. For this new release Layton and Polyphony, together with the Britten Sinfonia and a team of world-class soloists, have taken on a major work which is destined to become a modern classic in the vein of Tavener’s The Veil of the Temple or Pärt’s St John Passion. Via Crucis is a dramatization of the Stations of the Cross, a musical reading of this most solemn journey that evolves through its 55-minutes in an arc of culminatory ritual power.Lukaszewski's reputation is growing rapidly, and rightly so … Here, Christ's victory over death enables Lukaszewski to end on a triumphant coda that carries a primal power recalling Orff's Carmina Burana and Penderecki's St Luke Passion … All the performers evince an emotional commitment to the content as well as to accurate technical realisation of the music. The purity of sound achieved by Polyphony's sopranos and countertenor Iestyn Davies is notable, so too is Roger Allam's sonorous narration' (BBC Music Magazine)."A composer with a profound understanding of the technical and emotional range of the human voice … The shining writing for the countertenor Evangelist (performed by the outstanding Iestyn Davies) … and the Resurrectional blaze of the final 'Christus vincit'. This string of moments, by turns bright and oppressively dark, dramatic and reflective, receives a performance of the very deepest conviction by Polyphony and the Britten Sinfonia under Stephen Layton, and the recorded sound is wonderful" - (Gramophone).

• Wykonawca Polyphony Layton Stepehn
• Data premiery 2009-02-10
• Nośnik CD

Zespół Polyphony prowadzony przez Stephena Laytona to śpiew na najwyższym poziomie. Tuta kilka premierowych dzieł Arvo Parta pełnych melodyki, transcendentalizmu – piękna.

• Wykonawca Bowers-Broadbent C.
• Data premiery 2006-03-07
• Nośnik CD

Tracklista:1. Glissando for Bodies and Machines in Space2. Percussion in Nonspace3. At Dawn4. Doorway5. Some Limited and Waning Memory6. No. 4 String Quartet7. Staircases8. Sound House9. Lava10. Garden of Forking Paths11. Remote Polyphony (Feat. Steve Hauschildt)

• Wykonawca Christina Vantzou
• Data premiery 2018-04-13
• Nośnik Płyta Analogowa

Classical vocal quartet New York Polyphony struck a chord with their 2007 Avie debut, I Sing The Birth (AV 2141). An intimate meditation on the Christmas season, it garnered unanimous praise on both sides of the pond. For Gramophone Magazine it was “one of the season's best”, and it was an Editor's Christmas Choice in BBC Music Magazine. For theirsecond release, the all-male foursome delivers their signature fusion of historically informed performances in a range of styles. Interspersed between sacred masterpieces of Tudor England are four new works by British-Norwegian composer Andrew Smith, adding a modern harmonic richness and complexity to the album. The result is a compelling synthesis of ancient and contemporary vocal music.New York Polyphony extends the mix of old world and new in the album’s title, named for the distinctive 19th-century neighbourhood on Manhattan’s East Side which is pictured in the striking cover design.

• Wykonawca New York Polyphony
• Data premiery 2010-08-01
• Nośnik CD