Feliks Nowowiejski: The Discovery of the Holy Cross

[UnsungMasterpieces]

A little while ago I found this live performance on YouTube of Nowowiejski's oratorio "The Discovery of the Holy Cross", and I absolutely love this piece.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-szNgI05ZA

Nowowiejski is definitely one of my favourite unsung composers.
I find it difficult to compare Nowowiejski's music to other composers, but for a Polish composer his music sounds quite German!
There's definitely a lot of Wagnerian influence here, Brucknerian (or perhaps Mahlerian?) orchestration, and some fragments here and there remind me of Richard Strauss too. I especially love the finale of this piece, because that's where you can hear Nowowiejski at his best. He pulls out all the stops with a grand finale!

[Mark Thomas]

Thanks for this, it's quite a find.

[Alan Howe]

Evidently there's a Blu-ray...



https://www.sinfoniavarsovia.org/dyskografia/feliks-nowowiejski-kreuzauffindung/

No idea how to order it, though.