Szymanowski: Symphony No. 2 / Symphony No. 3
) | Label: NAXOS Catalog: 8570721 Format: CD Ewa Marczyk - Violin, Ryszard Minikiewicz - Tenor, Warsaw Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra, Antoni Wit - Conductor1-9 Symphony no.2 10-12 Symphony no.3 Composed in 1910, at a time when Szymanowski was influenced by Richard Strauss, Reger and Scriabin, the unusually structured Symphony No. 2 is a work of great power and invention, with many passionate and varied contrasts in its use of solo instruments, in particular the violin. Szymanowski’s Symphony No. 3 ‘Song of the Night’, in which orchestra, tenor and choir are subtly blended in a continuous web of intoxicating sound, is a ravishing setting of a Polish translation of a poem by the great medieval Persian mystic known as Mevlânâ, our Master, Jalāl ad-Dīn, which evokes the mysteries and beauty of a starlit Persian night. Grammaphone Editor's Choice - May 2008  Price: $19.98 |