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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Szymanowski - Violin Concertos
Konstanty Kulka, Piotr Paleczny, Wieslaw Ochman, Jadwiga Gadulanka, Jadwiga Rappé & Andrzej Hiolski Polish Radio Chorus of Krakow & Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra, Jerzy Maksymiuk | 
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| |  | Szymanowski - Stabat Mater
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Antoni Wit Karol Szymanowski’s Stabat Mater, set to a Polish translation of the medieval poem, makes extensive use of traditional Polish musical ideas. His setting of the Veni Creator was composed for the opening of the Warsaw Academy of Music, of which he was the first rector. The Litany for the Virgin Mary is a more meditative work, yet rises at times to a level of rhapsodic intensity. All the choral works on this recording are as firmly embedded in Christian musical tradition as they are recognisably of their period. “Antoni Wit and his players undoubtedly have the measure of this music, but it is the singing of the soprano Iwona Hossa that lends this disc its special distinction… superb value.” BBC Music Magazine, October 2008 ***** |
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| |  | Szymanowski - Choral Works
Elzbieta Szmytka, Florence Quivar, John Connell & Jon Garrison CBSO Chorus & City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle “Ravishingly sensuous recordings of a composer whom Rattle has done more than anyone, outside Poland, to put on the map.” Gramophone Magazine, March 2008 | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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Jadwiga Gadulanka (soprano), Andrzej Hiolski (baritone), Krystyna Szostek-Radkowa (contralto), Barbara Zogorzanka (soprano), Anna Malewicz Madej (alto), Roma Owsinska (soprano ) Polish State Philharmonic Orchestra, Katowice, Polish State Philharmonic Chorus (Katowice), Karol Stryja "their Stabat Mater blazes ecstatically"
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| |  | Szymanowski - Concertos, Orchestral & Choral Works
Szymanowski: | Songs of a Fairytale Princess, Op. 31 Iwona Sobotka Harnasie, Op. 55 Timothy Robinson Hafiz' Love-Songs, Op. 26 Katarina Karnéus Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 35 Thomas Zehetmair (violin) Violin Concerto No. 2, Op. 61 Thomas Zehetmair (violin) Symphony No. 4, Op. 60 (Sinfonia Concertante) Leif Ove Andsnes (piano) King Roger Elzbieta Szmytka, Jadwiga Rappé, Philip Langridge & Thomas Hampson with City of Birmingham Youth Chorus Stabat Mater, Op. 53 Elzbieta Szmytka, Florence Quivar, Jon Garrison & John Connell Litania do Marii Panny (Litany to the Virgin Mary), Op. 59 Elzbieta Szmytka, Florence Quivar, Jon Garrison & John Connell Symphony No. 3 'The Song of the Night', Op. 27 Elzbieta Szmytka, Florence Quivar, Jon Garrison & John Connell |
City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus & Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle The music of the great Polish composer Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937) has, until recently, been relatively neglected. Sir Simon Rattle's recordings, gathered together here for the first time, brought it before a new and receptive audience.
This 4-CD set contains all the Szymanowski recordings that Sir Simon has made for EMI Classics. The collection contains some of the composer's best-known works: the two Violin Concertos, The Song of the Night, the beautiful Stabat Mater and the exquisite Love Songs of Hafiz. The set also contains Rattle's complete recording of the opera King Roger. | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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