Donnie Darko end credits sequence's opera piece excerpt from Gorecki?

Question

The movie Donnie Darko had an opera piece with a soprano at the very end when the end credits started rolling, Wikipedia says that it's an excerpt from Henryk Gorecki's Symphony No. 3 (Symphony of Sorrowful Songs), however I didn't find it when I listened to the piece. It's a popular operatic piece that has an Enya quality to it, used in some other movies as well. Is it entirely something else, or it is indeed Gorecki's work, and if so could you tell me which movement and perhaps around what time might I find the exact excerpt used at the end of the movie? Thanks much!

Answer 1

I believe it is the 2nd movement, which is very slow. I listened to the title credits, and it does sound similar. It is not an opera, but a symphony.

Answer 2

The Gorecki piece starts the credits only in the director's cut version, which I sadly don't have. Nor did this piece make any of the soundtrack albums. I do, however, have the entire Gorecki Symphony Number 3. Each movement has a soprano singing in Polish - haunting, sorrowful stuff. In the first movement, she comes in after about 8 minutes. In the second and third movements, she starts singing immediately.

It's a beautiful piece and worth owning.