Composer(s): Szymanowski, Karol
Conductor(s): Wit, Antoni
Label: Naxos
Genre: Ballet; Orchestral
Period: 20th Century
Catalogue No: 8.570723
Barcode: 0747313072378
Release Date: 02/2009

SZYMANOWSKI, K.: Harnasie / Mandragora / Prince Potemkin: Incidental Music to Act V (Warsaw Philharmonic, Wit)

Multiple prize-winner and Grammy award nominee for several of his Naxos recordings, Antoni Wit is one of today’s most highly regarded Polish conductors, an ideal interpreter of the exotic, colourfully scored music of Karol Szymanowski, described by Sir Simon Rattle as “one of the greatest composers of this century”. The ballet-pantomime Harnasie and the incidental music for Prince Potemkin both draw on the folk-music of the people of the Tatra Mountains, while the ballet Mandragora was composed for a production of Molière’s comedy Le bourgeois gentilhomme.

Tracklist

Szymanowski, Karol
Szymanowski, Karol - Lyricist
Rytard, Jerzy Mieczysław - Lyricist
Ochman, Wiesław (tenor)
Warsaw Philharmonic Choir (Choir)
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Wit, Antoni (Conductor)
1Tableau 1: Redyk (Driving the sheep)05:09
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Wit, Antoni (Conductor)
2Tableau 1: Scena mimiczna, "zaloty" (Mimic Scene, "Courtship")02:15
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Wit, Antoni (Conductor)
3Tableau 1: Marsz zbojnicki (The Tatra Robbers' March)01:43
Ochman, Wiesław (tenor)
Warsaw Philharmonic Choir (Choir)
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Wit, Antoni (Conductor)
4Tableau 1: Scena mimiczna, "Harnas i Dziewczyna" (Mimic Scene, "The Harnas and the Girl")03:43
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Wit, Antoni (Conductor)
5Tableau 1: Taniec zbojnicki - Final (The Tatra Robbers' Dance - Finale)04:42
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Wit, Antoni (Conductor)
6Tableau 2: Wesele (The Wedding)02:36
Warsaw Philharmonic Choir (Choir)
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Wit, Antoni (Conductor)
7Tableau 2: Cepiny (Entry of the Bride)01:56
Warsaw Philharmonic Choir (Choir)
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Wit, Antoni (Conductor)
8Tableau 2: Piesn siuhajow (Drinking Song)01:19
Warsaw Philharmonic Choir (Choir)
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Wit, Antoni (Conductor)
9Tableau 2: Taniec goralski (The Tatra Highlanders' Dance)04:20
Ochman, Wiesław (tenor)
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Wit, Antoni (Conductor)
10Tableau 2: Napad harnasiow - Taniec (Raid of the Harnasie - Dance)05:25
Warsaw Philharmonic Choir (Choir)
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Wit, Antoni (Conductor)
11Tableau 2: Epilog (Epilogue)02:39
Ochman, Wiesław (tenor)
Warsaw Philharmonic Choir (Choir)
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Wit, Antoni (Conductor)
Szymanowski, Karol
Schiller, Leon - Lyricist
Bolesławski, Ryszard - Lyricist
Pinderak, Alexander (tenor)
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Wit, Antoni (Conductor)
Koslacz, Kazimierz (cello)
12Scene 110:38
Pinderak, Alexander (tenor)
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Wit, Antoni (Conductor)
Koslacz, Kazimierz (cello)
13Scene 206:16
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Wit, Antoni (Conductor)
Pinderak, Alexander (tenor)
Koslacz, Kazimierz (cello)
14Scene 310:10
Pinderak, Alexander (tenor)
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Wit, Antoni (Conductor)
Koslacz, Kazimierz (cello)
Szymanowski, Karol
Miciński, Tadeusz - Lyricist
Marciniec, Ewa (mezzo-soprano)
Warsaw Philharmonic Choir (Choir)
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Wit, Antoni (Conductor)
15Kniaz Patiomkin (Prince Potemkin): Incidental Music to Act V, Op. 5110:26
Marciniec, Ewa (mezzo-soprano)
Warsaw Philharmonic Choir (Choir)
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Wit, Antoni (Conductor)

Total Playing Time: 01:13:17