Composer: Karol Szymanowski
Performer: Katarina Karnéus, Timothy Robinson, Iwona Sobotka, Simon Halsey, City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, Thomas Zehetmair, Leif Ove Andsnes, Philip Langridge), Robert Gierlach, Lisa Milne, Ryszard Minkiewicz, Thomas Hampson, Jadwige Rappe, Andrew Burden, Elzbieta Szmytka, Jadwiga Rappé, Florence Quivar, John Connell, Jon Garrison, Peter Thomas
Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle
Number of Discs: 4
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Warner
Catalogue: 5145762
Release: 2008
Size: 1.16 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
CD 01
Songs of a Fairytale Princess, Op. 31
01. I. Samotny ksiezyc – The lonely moon
02. II. The nightingale
03. III. Taniec – Dance
Harnasie, Op. 55
Tableau I
04. I. Redyk: Driving the sheep
05. II. Scena mimiczna (zaloty) – Mimed scene (courtship)
06. III. Marsz zbójnicki – The tatra robbers’ march
07. IV. Scena mimiczna (Harnas i Dziewczyna) – Mimed scene (The Harnas and the girl)
08. V. Taniec zbójnicki. Final – The tatra robbers’ dance. Finale
Harnasie, Op. 55
Tableau II
09. VIa. Wesele – The wedding
10. VIb. Cepiny – Entry of the bride
11. VIc. Piesn siuhajów – Drinking song
12. VII. Taniec góralski – The tatra highlanders’ dance
13. VIII. Napad harnasiów. Taniec – Raid of the Harnasie. Dance
14. In the inn: IX. Epilog – Epilogue
Hafiz’ Love-Songs, Op. 26
15. Zyczenia – Desires
16. Zakochany wiatr – The infatuated East wind
17. Taniec – Dance
18. Serca mego perly – Pearls of my soul
19. Wieczna mlodosc – Eternal youth
20. Glos twój – Your voice
21. Piesn pijacka – Drinking song
22. Grób Hafiza – Hafiz’ Grave
CD 02
Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 35
01. Vivace assai – Tempo comodo: andantino – Subito vivace assai –
02. Vivace scherzando (Fig. 52) – Tempo comodo: allegretto – Vivace –
03. Cadenza (Vivace) – Allegro moderato – Lento assai
Violin Concerto No. 2, Op. 61
04. Moderato – Andante sostenuto – Tempo I – Cadenza –
05. Allegramente, molto energico (Fig. 26) –
06. Andantino molto tranquillo (Fig. 40) -Tempo I (Allegramente, animato)
Symphony No. 4, Op. 60 (Sinfonia Concertante)
07. Moderato, Tempo comodo
08. Andante molto sostenuto
09. Allegro non troppo, ma agitato ad ansioso
CD 03
Król Roger
01. Hagios! Hagios! (Chorus / Youth Chorus / Archbishop)
02. Boze poblogoslaw (Chorus / Youth Chorus / Solo Tenor / Archbishop / Deaconess)
03. Czys slyszal? (King Roger / Edrisi / Archbishop / Chorus / Deaconess / Roxana / Youth Chorus)
04. Oto bluznierca! (Chorus / King Roger / Shepherd / Deaconess / Archbishop / Roxana)
05. Mój Bóg jest piekny (Shepherd / Chorus)
06. Wjego usmiechu! (Roxana / King Roger / Shepherd / Deaconess / Archbishop / Edrisi)
07. Niech odejdzie Pasterz (King Roger / Chorus / Roxana / Shepherd / Solo Tenor)
08. Start
09. Niepokój bladych gwiazd
10. A / Roxana! jej spiew!
11. Ktos mglisty przeszedl
12. Vivace. Allegramente. – O przychodze sam
13. A A uspij swoj lek
14. Tajemmych glebin
15. Shepherd’s Dance
16. Roxana’s entrance – W Radosnym
17. Kto smie mój czar
18. Sluchajcie
19. Appendix: Roxana’s Aria [with concert ending] – A / Roxana! jej spiew!
CD 04
Król Roger
01. Start
02. Wokól martwota
03. Rogerze! Rogerze!
04. Nasad, nasad
05. Syc ofiarny wartky plomien!
06. Edrisi, juz swit!
07. Slonce! Slonce!
Stabat Mater, Op. 53
08. I. Stala Matka bolejaca (Stabat Mater dolorosa)
09. II. I któz widzac tak cierpiaca (Quis est homo qui non fleret)
10. III. O Matko, zródlo wszechmilosci (Eia Mater, fons amoris)
11. IV. Spraw, niech placze z Toba razem (Fac me tecum pie flere)
12. V. Panno slodka racz mozolem (Virgo virginum praeclare)
13. VI. Chrystus niech mi bedzie grodem (Christe, cum sit hinc exire)
Litania do Marii Panny (Litany to the Virgin Mary), Op. 59
14. I. Dwunastodzwieczna cytaro
15. II. Jak krzak skarlaly
Symphony No. 3 ‘The Song of the Night’, Op. 27
16. I. Moderato assai (O, nie spij, druhu, nocy tej!) –
17. II. Vivace, scherzando
18. III. Largo (Jak cicho. Inni spia…)
The music of the great Polish composer Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937) has, until recently, been relatively neglected. Sir Simon Rattle’s recordings, gathered together here for the first time, brought it before a new and receptive audience.
This 4-CD set contains all the Szymanowski recordings that Sir Simon has made for EMI Classics. The collection contains some of the composer’s best-known works: the two Violin Concertos, The Song of the Night, the beautiful Stabat Mater and the exquisite Love Songs of Hafiz. The set also contains Rattle’s complete recording of the opera King Roger.