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| Szymanowski: Symphonies No 3 & 4, Violin Concertos / Rattle | |||||
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Release Date: 04/01/2008 Label: Emi Classics Catalog #: 14576 Spars Code: DDD Composer: Karol Szymanowski Performer: Peter Thomas, Jon Garrison, Leif Ove Andsnes, Thomas Zehetmair, Philip Langridge, Thomas Hampson, Robert Gierlach, Lisa Milne, Jadwiga Rappé, Elzbieta Szmytka, Ryszard Minkiewicz, Andrew Burden, Timothy Robinson, Florence Quivar, John Connell, Katarina Karnéus, Iwona Sobotka Conductor: Simon Rattle Orchestra/Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, City of Birmingham Symphony Youth Chorus
Number of Discs: 4 |
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 This set comprises the best work that Simon Rattle has given us. The performers largely match or exceed the finest of what has come out of Poland in recent decades in this marvelous music, and if the chorus in the Stabat Mater and Litany doesn't have quite the amplitude of the best Eastern European groups, it still sings very well. More to the point: Thomas Zehetmair easily rises to the challenge of such predecessors as Kaja Danczowska in the violin concertos; Leif Ove Andsnes remains unsurpassed in the Sinfonia Concertante (Symphony No. 4); and this is hands down the finest version of King Roger ever recorded. Here and in the two song cycles the first-rate cast of international and Polish singers (including Philip Langridge, Thomas Hampson, and Iwona Sobotka) does the music proud. Harnasie is also terrific, its folk-music inspiration vigorously projected by Rattle and his team. The orchestra sounds completely comfortable with Szymanowski's richly colored and ripely harmonized idiom, and as for Rattle, in this complex and largely unfamiliar music he seems gratifyingly concerned with serving the composer rather than drawing attention to himself through the gratuitous imposition of "ideas" that may or may not suit the music at hand. Excellent engineering and a booklet with full texts and translations instantly establish this as the set to own, whether you know Szymanowski well or are looking to get acquainted. --David Hurwitz, ClassicsToday.com |
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| Works on This Recording | Back to Top | ||||
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Symphony no 3, Op. 27 "Song of the Night" by Karol Szymanowski | ||||
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Performer:
Peter Thomas (Violin),
Jon Garrison (Tenor)
Conductor: Simon Rattle Orchestra/Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus Period: 20th Century Written: 1914-1916; Poland |
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Length: 24 Minutes 1 Secs. |
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Symphony no 4, Op. 60 "Symphonie concertante" by Karol Szymanowski | ||||
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Performer:
Leif Ove Andsnes (Piano)
Conductor: Simon Rattle Orchestra/Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Period: 20th Century Written: 1932; Poland |
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Concerto for Violin no 1, Op. 35 by Karol Szymanowski | ||||
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Performer:
Thomas Zehetmair (Violin)
Conductor: Simon Rattle Orchestra/Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Period: 20th Century Written: 1916; Poland |
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Concerto for Violin no 2, Op. 61 by Karol Szymanowski | ||||
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Performer:
Thomas Zehetmair (Violin)
Conductor: Simon Rattle Orchestra/Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Period: 20th Century Written: 1933; Poland |
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King Roger, Op. 46 by Karol Szymanowski | ||||
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Performer:
Philip Langridge (Tenor),
Thomas Hampson (Baritone),
Robert Gierlach (Baritone),
Lisa Milne (Soprano), Jadwiga Rappé (Alto), Elzbieta Szmytka (Soprano), Ryszard Minkiewicz (Tenor), Andrew Burden (Tenor) Conductor: Simon Rattle Orchestra/Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, City of Birmingham Symphony Youth Chorus Period: 20th Century Written: 1918-1924; Poland |
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Length: 80 Minutes 21 Secs. |
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Harnasie, Op. 55 by Karol Szymanowski | ||||
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Performer:
Timothy Robinson (Tenor)
Conductor: Simon Rattle Orchestra/Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus Period: 20th Century Written: 1923-1931; Poland |
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Stabat mater, Op. 53 by Karol Szymanowski | ||||
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Performer:
Elzbieta Szmytka (Soprano),
Florence Quivar (Mezzo Soprano),
John Connell (Bass)
Conductor: Simon Rattle Orchestra/Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus Period: 20th Century Written: 1925-1926; Poland |
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Length: 22 Minutes 38 Secs. |
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Lovesongs (8) of Hafiz, Op. 26 by Karol Szymanowski | ||||
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Performer:
Katarina Karnéus (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Simon Rattle Orchestra/Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Period: 20th Century Written: 1914; Poland |
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Songs (6) of a fairy-tale princess, Op. 31 by Karol Szymanowski | ||||
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Performer:
Iwona Sobotka (Soprano)
Conductor: Simon Rattle Orchestra/Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Period: 20th Century Written: 1915; Poland |
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Litany to the Virgin Mary, Op. 59 by Karol Szymanowski | ||||
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Performer:
Elzbieta Szmytka (Soprano)
Conductor: Simon Rattle Orchestra/Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus Period: 20th Century Written: 1930-1933; Poland |
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Length: 8 Minutes 2 Secs. |
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