This setting of ancient texts and modern poetry was the last piece that Grisey composed before he died suddenly in 1998.

ECONOMIST: Classical music on CD

Adorno meant that the magnitude of modern-day evil made the old-fashioned pursuit of aesthetic consolation, via poetry, music or whatever, the spiritual equivalent of plugging one's ears and humming a happy tune: immature, cowardly, even immoral.

WSJ: Henryk G��recki | Symphony of Sorrowful Songs | A Lament for Lost Children | Masterpiece by Ian Marcus Corbin