SZYMANOWSKI, K.: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 4 / Concert Overture / Study in B-Flat Minor (Warsaw Philharmonic, Wit)
Although Szymanowski later dubbed his First Symphony a “contrapuntal-harmonic-orchestral monster” and disavowed the influence of Wagner, Reger and Richard Strauss (also evident in the opulent Concert Overture), it is an astonishingly powerful work by a composer only in his mid-20s and still enthralls a century after its première. He described his Fourth Symphony as “nearly a concerto” owing to the piano’s prominent rôle, its highly-charged Neo-baroque character inviting comparison with Stravinsky. Szymanowski’s Symphonies Nos. 2 and 3 gained Gramophone Editor’s Choice and 5 STARS for these “deliriously sensual scores” from ClassicFM (8.570721).
Tracklist
Wit, Antoni (Conductor)
Wit, Antoni (Conductor)
Wit, Antoni (Conductor)
Wit, Antoni (Conductor)
Wit, Antoni (Conductor)
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Wit, Antoni (Conductor)
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Wit, Antoni (Conductor)
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Broja, Jan Krzysztof (piano)
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Broja, Jan Krzysztof (piano)
Fitelberg, Grzegorz - Arranger
Wit, Antoni (Conductor)
Wit, Antoni (Conductor)





























