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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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Russian State Symphonic Cappella, Russian State Symphony Orchestra, Valeri Polyansky | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Szymanowski - Symphonies Nos. 2 - 4
Wieslaw Ochman, Andrzej Bachleda, Piotr Paleczny, Felicja Blumenthal Polish Radio Chorus of Kraków, Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra, Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra of Kraków, Jacek Kaspszyk, Jerzy Semkow, Antoni Wit | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Szymanowski - Symphonies Nos. 2 and 3
Szymanowski: | Symphony No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 19 Composed in 1910, at a time when Szymanowski was influenced by Richard Strauss, Reger and Scriabin, the unusually structured Symphony No. 2 is a work of great power and invention, with many passionate and varied contrasts in its use of solo instruments, in particular the violin. Ewa Marczyk (violin solo) Symphony No. 3 'The Song of the Night', Op. 27 Szymanowski’s Symphony No. 3 ‘Song of the Night’, in which orchestra, tenor and choir are subtly blended in a continuous web of intoxicating sound, is a ravishing setting of a Polish translation of a poem by the great medieval Persian mystic known as Mevlânâ, our Master, Jalal ad-Din, which evokes the mysteries and beauty of a starlit Persian night. Ryszard Minkiewicz (tenor) |
Warsaw Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra, Antoni Wit “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.” Gramophone Magazine, May 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.” BBC Music Magazine, August 2008 **** | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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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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| |  | Szymanowski - Symphony Nos. 3 & 4
Wieslaw Ochman (tenor), Tadeusz Zmudzinski (piano) Polish State Philharmonic Orchestra, Katowice, Polish State Philharmonic Chorus (Katowice), Karol Stryja "Karol Stryja succeeds in getting plenty of atmosphere into No. 3 ... this is the best stereo Symphonie Concertante"
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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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