Choral, Anthems & Motets, Szymanowski (composer)
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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
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. —
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Gramophone Awards, 1995, Winner - Choral
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Gramophone Awards, 1995, Winner - Engineering
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Szymanowski: Concertos, Orchestral & Choral Works
RecommendedIwona 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... —
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Gramophone Awards, 1997, Winner - Concerto
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Gramophone Awards, 1995, Winner - Choral
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Gramophone Awards, 1995, Winner - Engineering
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Szymanowski - Stabat Mater
Iwona Hossa (soprano), Ewa Marciniec (mezzo-soprano) & Jaroslaw Brek (baritone), Ewa Marciniec (mezzo-soprano)
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Warsaw Philharmonic Choir, Antoni Wit
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. —
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2009, Choral Finalist
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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... —
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Gramophone Awards, 1995, Winner - Choral
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Gramophone Awards, 1995, Winner - Engineering
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Szymanowski: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 4 & Stabat Mater
RecommendedDenis 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... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 3rd June 2013
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Great Singers & Musicians in Copenhagen 1931-1939
Historical ‘live’ recordings from the archive of Danish broadcasting
Denmarks Radio Symphony Orchestra
The sound quality throughout the set is often rather better than you might expect, given the clandestine nature of the enterprise and the age of the originals...What a wonderful privilege, being... —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2010, Re-issue of the Month
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Szymanowski: Choral Works
Jadwiga Gadulanka (soprano), Andrzej Hiolski (baritone), Jadwiga Rappé (alto)
Polish Radio Chorus Krakow, Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra, Antoni Wit
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Szymanowski: Stabat Mater, Op. 53 & Other Works
Jadwiga Gadulanka (soprano), Andrzej Hiolski (baritone), Krystyna Szostek-Radkowa (contralto), Barbara Zagórzanka (soprano), Anna Malewicz Madej (alto), Roma Owsinska (soprano), Polish State Philharmonic Chorus (Katowice), Polish State Philharmonic Orchestra (Katowice), Karol Stryja
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Around the World in 80 Minutes with Marco Polo
A Musical Journey through 15 Countries
Laurent Korcia (violin), Daniel Blumenthal (piano), István Kassai (piano), Jana Valaskova, Jean Claude Gérard, Polish State Philharmonic Chorus (Katowice), Polish State Philharmonic Orchestra, Katowice and Karol Stryja, Andras Kiss, Tamas Koo, Ilona Prunyi (piano), Mūza Rubackytė (piano), On Yuen...
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The Essential Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra
Ewa Marciniec, Ilya Kaler, Christiane Libor, Timothy Bentch, Wojciech Gierlach, Jaroslaw Malanowicz, Barry Douglas (piano), Max Barros, Arto Noras (cello), Iwona Hossa, Jarosław Bręk, Frédéric Chopin, Eldar Nebolsin, Anna Lubańska, Daniel Kirch, Jaakko Kortekangas, Andrew Gangestad, Magdalena Dobrowolska,...
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