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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... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2008, Editor's Choice
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Szymanowski: Symphonies Nos 3 & 4 & Stabat Mater
Toby Spence (tenor), Denis Matsuev (piano), Sally Matthews (soprano), Ekaterina Gubanova (mezzo) & Kostas Smoriginas (baritone)
London Symphony Orchestra, with London Symphony Chorus, Valery Gergiev
Matsuev has his feet...firmly planted on terra firma, the edgier writing displaying more of a kinship with Bartok until the gorgeous return to lushness in the second movement suggests an almost... — More…
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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. — More…
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2009, Choral Finalist
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Michael Gielen Conducts Szymanowski & Penderecki
Orf Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Elena Moșuc (soprano), Annette Markert, Anton Scharinger, Chorus Sine Nomine, Ewa Izykowska, Zachos Terzakis, Stephen Roberts, Wiener Konzertchor, Michael Gielen
The Dies Irae is so powerful – one of the most frighteningly powerful recordings I've heard, and impossible to be ambivalent about. — More…
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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... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 3rd June 2013
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Szymanowski: Stabat Mater & Harnasie
Lucy Crowe (soprano), Pamela Helen Stephen (mezzo-soprano) & Gabor Bretz (baritone), Robert Murray (tenor)
BBC Symphony Chorus & BBC Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner
Once again, Edward Gardner shows that he excels in Szymanowski's rich orchestral tapestries. This performance mixes wild mystery with coruscating brilliance, somehow managing - despite being... — More…
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Szymanowski: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2 Ryszard Karcykowski (tenor)
Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Kenneth Jewell Chorale, Antal Doráti
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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... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2010, Re-issue of the Month
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Szymanowski - Stabat Mater
Jadwiga Gadulanka (soprano), Andrzej Hiolski (baritone), Krystyna Szostek-Radkowa (contralto), Barbara Zogorzanka (soprano), Anna Malewicz Madej (alto), Roma Owsinska (soprano)
Polish State Philharmonic Orchestra, Katowice, Polish State Philharmonic Chorus (Katowice), Karol Stryja
their Stabat Mater blazes ecstatically — More…
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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 — More…
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