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Szymanowski's Symphony No. 2 shows him beginning to approach his first maturity as a composer… In Symphony No. 3, composed five years later, the mature Szymanowski has arrived. Again, this... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2008, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 3rd Mar 2008
Catalogue No: 8570721
Label: Naxos
Length: 60 minutes

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Szymanowski: Symphony No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 19

Work length34:41

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$15.55

Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra
Antoni Wit

I. Allegro moderato - Grazioso

Track length13:01

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II. Theme. Lento -

Track length1:26

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II. Variation 1: L'istesso tempo -

Track length1:19

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II. Variation 2: L'istesso tempo -

Track length1:54

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II. Variation 3: Scherzando. Molto vivace -

Track length2:39

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II. Variation 4: Tempo di gavotte -

Track length2:46

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II. Variation 5: Tempo di minuetto -

Track length2:45

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II. Variation 6: Vivace e capriccioso -

Track length1:21

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II. Fuga

Track length7:30

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$2.60

Szymanowski: Symphony No. 3 'The Song of the Night', Op. 27

Work length25:59

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$7.80

Ryszard Minkiewicz
Warsaw Philharmonic Choir, Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra
Antoni Wit

I. Moderato assai

Track length8:38

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$2.60

II. Allegretto tranquillo

Track length7:35

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$2.60

III. Largo

Track length9:46

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August 2008

Szymanowski's Symphony No. 2 shows him beginning to approach his first maturity as a composer… In Symphony No. 3, composed five years later, the mature Szymanowski has arrived. Again, this is very fine performance with all the big structural gestures well judged and the wealth of orchestral detail lovingly etched.

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Antoni Wit conducts his Warsaw forces in exceptionally warm and idiomatic performances of these two exotic symphonies, vividly recorded.
They make an important addition to the Naxos catalogue. The more immediately attractive is No 3, subtitled Song of the Night, with its tenor solo and chorus adding to its impact. The poem which the tenor sings has the refrain 'Do not sleep friend' and builds to the most powerful climax with Szymanowski's love of exotic orchestral colours exploited to the full. The thrust and passion of Wit's performance, splendidly supported by the clear-voiced tenor and the chorus, is impossible to resist, and leads to a second movement with hints of birdsong followed by a slow finale, a deep meditation.
The performance of No 2 in two movements, an opening Allegro followed by an extended set of variations, is equally persuasive. Again the first movement is passionate and thrustful and the variations bring some fascinating contrasts, ending with a powerful fugue. Antoni Wit's performance could not be more idiomatic, with singers and players totally inside the music. An outstanding issue.

May 2008

Antoni Wit conducts his Warsaw forces in exceptionally warm and idiomatic performances of these two exotic symphonies, vividly recorded. They make an important addition to the Naxos catalogue….an outstanding issue.

Szymanowski - Symphonies Nos. 2 and 3

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