Vocal, Songs, Szymanowski (composer)
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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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Mythes is all heightened sensuality and warmth, its heady atmosphere evoked through playing of extraordinary colour, detail and dexterity. —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2023, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Chamber Music
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Szymanowski: Songs of a Fairytale Princess, Hafiz' Love-Songs & Harnasie
Iwona Sobotka, Katarina Karnéus & Timothy Robinson
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra & City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, Sir Simon Rattle
…Harnasie is rooted in the folk mythology of Poland's Tatra mountains. As Szymanowski's most persuasive non-Polish champion, Rattle draws an intoxicating and punchy performance that could hardly... —
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2006, Choral & Song Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2006, Editor's Choice
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Jascha Heifetz in ‘live’ Performances
Jascha Heifetz (violin), The Telephone Hour Orchestra and Chorus, Emanuel Bay, Jack Benny, Donald Voorhees
Aside from much else to tug at the heart‑strings there’s the humour, Heifetz a real sport rehearsing Mairzy Doats or taking part in a skit with Jack Benny...The audience’s laughing response... —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2025, Reissue/Archive Issue of the Month
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Taken from a variety of sources, some of the older tracks sound less well, but can’t disguise David Oistrakh’s mastery of the long melodic line, impeccable intonation and rhythmic subtlety. —
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Koczalski, Szymanowski & Paderewski: Art Songs
Stanisław Kierner (bass-baritone), Michał Rot (piano)
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Special offer. Szymanowski: Complete Songs voice & piano
Piotr Beczala (tenor), Urszula Kryger (mezzo), Iwona Sobotka (soprano) & Reinild Mees (piano)
This set proposes a kind of luxury musical package- tour for the jet-set age – today expressionist Austria, tomorrow Slavic fantasy, the day after high-romanticism in Germany, and then away... —
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Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau: Lied-Edition, Vol. 2
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Karl Engel, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Kolja Blacher, Aribert Reimann, Dieter Klöcker, Hartmut Holl, Klaus Wallendorf
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The Menuhin Century - The Virtuoso & His Landmark Recordings
Yehudi Menuhin (violin, viola), Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), Ross Pople (cello), George Malcolm (piano), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Heinrich Schiff (cello), Hartmut Höll (piano), Marcel Gazelle (piano), Ferguson Webster (piano), Jacques Fevrier (piano), Michel Debost (flute), Lily...
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