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As previous issues in this series have shown, when Antoni Wit and his forces are in top form in the music of Szymanowski, they’re pretty
Warmly natural sonics only emphasize the inadequacy of these performances. Having lost Julia Fischer to Decca, it seems that Pentatone doesn’t feel comfortable without a
In terms of subject matter Szymanowski’s magnificent choral ballet Harnasie is sort of the Polish equivalent of Stravinsky’s Les Noces (The Wedding), although the idiom
Szymanowski’s piano works have proliferated on disc to the point where the diversity among highly capable interpretations makes it more difficult to make clear-cut recommendations.
Antoni Wit almost always can be relied on to deliver very thoughtful, beautifully musical, even inspired results, and there’s no question that he conducts these
There seems to be no shortage of fine violinists and (Polish) orchestras ready to display their talents in the music of Szymanowski, the greatest Polish
Volume 2 in Dux’s Szymanowski Violin & Piano Works cycle focuses on transcriptions. Three selections (Roxana’s Song, Kurpie Songs, and the Dance from Harnasie) resulted
In a continent rife with cultural subsidies and nationalistic PR in the performing arts, Eastern Europe seems to be getting drubbed by the West, and
Karol Szymanowski’s Mazurkas take their cue from Chopin’s fusion of folkloric elements and the utmost in harmonic sophistication, albeit from an early 20th century vantagepoint.
Where have Karol Szymanowski’s songs been hiding all these years? True, his Songs of the Fairy Princess Op. 31 are relatively familiar in their orchestral
