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Orchestral, Symphonies, Szymanowski (composer)

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  • Szymanowski - Choral Works

    Szymanowski - Choral Works

    Elzbieta Szmytka, Florence Quivar, John Connell & Jon Garrison

    CBSO Chorus & City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle

    Three of Szymanowski's most important works show Rattle's ability to energise music in which he believes. Sensuality and cogency blend in refined sound. — BBC Music Magazine, October 2006, 5 out of 5 starsMore…
    • Release Date: 7th Aug 2006
    • Catalogue No: 3615922
    • Label: Warner Classics
    • Series: Great Recordings of the Century
    • Length: 56 minutes

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  • Szymanowski: Concertos, Orchestral & Choral Works

    Szymanowski: Concertos, Orchestral & Choral Works

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    Iwona Sobotka, Timothy Robinson, Katarina Karnéus, Thomas Zehetmair (violin), Leif Ove Andsnes (piano), Elzbieta Szmytka, Jadwiga Rappé, Philip Langridge & Thomas Hampson, Florence Quivar, Jon Garrison & John Connell

    City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus & Orchestra, with City of Birmingham...

    Both these differing works [Song of the Night and Stabat Mater] are sensitively performed, giving the listener an excellent insight into the contrasting aspects of this composer's work. Rattle's... — MusicWeb International, October 2008More…
    • Release Date: 17th Mar 2008
    • Catalogue No: 5145762
    • Label: Warner Classics
    • Series: Simon Rattle Edition
    • Length: 4 hours 39 minutes

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  • Szymanowski and Zemlinsky

    Szymanowski and Zemlinsky

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    Elina Vähälä (violin), Johanna Winkel (soprano) & Michael Nagy (baritone)

    Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Liebreich

    This is a very attractive pairing of two early 20th-century works distinguished by the opulence of their orchestral textures…a very recommendable offering. — Gramophone Magazine, July 2019More…
    • Release Date: 1st Mar 2019
    • Catalogue No: ACC30470
    • Label: Accentus Music
    • Length: 66 minutes

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  • Szymanowski: Stabat Mater, Op. 53, etc.

    Szymanowski: Stabat Mater, Op. 53, etc.

    Elzbieta Szmytka, Florence Quivar, Jon Garrison, John Connell

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle

    The first impression here is that Rattle is relatively new to Szymanowski. There's a huge enthusiasm here, a missionary quality that bespeaks the recent convert. On the other hand the care over... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010More…
    • Catalogue No: 5551212
    • Label: Warner Classics
    • Length: 56 minutes

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  • Szymanowski: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 4 & Concert Overture

    Szymanowski: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 4 & Concert Overture

    Louis Lortie (piano)

    BBC Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner

    These performances prove ideal, finding luminosity at the opening, and delivering a taut, energetic fugal finale...In the oberek dance rhythms of the orgiastic finale, Gardner shows how he has... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2013, 5 out of 5 starsMore…
    • Release Date: 2nd Jan 2013
    • Catalogue No: CHSA5115
    • Label: Chandos
    • Series: Edward Gardner Polish Music Series
    • Length: 70 minutes

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  • Szymanowski - Symphonies Nos. 2 and 3

    Szymanowski - Symphonies Nos. 2 and 3

    Ewa Marczyk (violin solo), Ryszard Minkiewicz (tenor)

    Warsaw Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra, Antoni Wit

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

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  • Bacewicz, Lutosławski & Szymanowski

    Special offer. Bacewicz, Lutosławski & Szymanowski

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Thomas Søndergård

    Producer and sound engineer Philip Hobbs is well known for his superb work for Linn Records, but his wizardry is especially welcome in this album of 20th-century Polish music. When the composers... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2025, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording)More…
    • Release Date: 28th Mar 2025
    • Catalogue No: CKD758
    • Label: Linn
    • Length: 59 minutes

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  • Szymanowski: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 4 & Stabat Mater

    Szymanowski: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 4 & Stabat Mater

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    Denis Matsuev (piano), Kostas Smoriginas (bass-baritone), Ekaterina Gubanova (mezzo-soprano) & Sally Matthews (soprano)

    London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, Valery Gergiev

    The hot-house Scriabinesque chromaticism of Szymanowski’s Second Symphony seems tailor-made for Valery Gergiev’s impulsive interpretation. Unfortunately, the Barbican’s dry acoustic undermines... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2019, 3 out of 5 starsMore…
    • Release Date: 13th Apr 2018
    • Catalogue No: ALC1367
    • Label: Alto
    • Length: 75 minutes

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  • Szymanowski - Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4

    Szymanowski - Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4

    Ewa Marczyk (violin solo) & Marek Marczyk (viola solo), Marek Marczyk (viola solo), Jan Krzysztof Broja (piano) & Ewa Marczyk (violin solo)

    Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Antoni Wit

    …the Symphony No. 4… receives the slowest recorded performance I know… At the opening, with timpani tolling away underneath, the piano traces a languorously decorative line. In the middle... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2009, 5 out of 5 starsMore…
    • Release Date: 30th Mar 2009
    • Catalogue No: 8570722
    • Label: Naxos
    • Length: 67 minutes

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

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

    Howard Shelley (piano)

    BBC Philharmonic, Vassily Sinaisky

    • Release Date: 1st May 1996
    • Catalogue No: CHAN9478
    • Label: Chandos
    • Length: 56 minutes

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