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Showing posts with label Szymanowski. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Szymanowski. Show all posts
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Szymanowski's opera "King Roger" - opening music
This has to be the most glorious opening of any opera I have ever heard in my life. The whole opera lasts about an hour and a half and the music is fantastic and senuous! I hope you enjoy this very haunting music!
A movement from Szymanowski's ballet "Harnasie"
This is for those that find Szymanowski's music too dificult to listen to. This movement is called "The Raid of the Harnasie - Dance". Hopefully this shouldn't hurt your ears. Very exciting music, indeed!
Szymanowski Stabat Mater 1/3
This is a glorious work that I recently discovered. In all my musical travels I have rarely been so carried away as I am by this Twentieth Century liturgical masterpiece! There are many fine recordings of this work, namely Sir Simon Rattle's on EMI and Antoni Wit's on Naxos. I have both and heartily recommend them without reservations. Please take time to hear this wonderful work and I hope it blesses you as much as it has blessed me!
Discover and ENJOY!
Szymanowski Three Kasprowicz Songs 1/3
These three songs by Karol Szymanowski are very beautiful and remind me of the songs with orchestra that Richard Strauss wrote. They should pose no problem except that they are sung in Polish and no translations are offered. In the recording I have on the Naxos label, translations are not provided but I am so carried away by the magnificence of the music that one need not follow the words to appreciate them. They will not hurt your ears!
Please enjoy!
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