A classical phenomenon

By Frank Byrne,

Brooke Knoll

Published May 22, 2024 at 11:19 AM CDT

Just over 30 years ago, an obscure symphony by an obscure Polish composer took the classical world by storm and sold over a million copies of the new recording. We’ll hear that recording and experience it for ourselves.

Compositions and Recordings

Symphony No. 3
by Henryk Gorecki
David Zinman and the London Sinfonietta; Dawn Upshaw