Szymanowski
Malion Quartett: Departure (Solaire)
The Malion Quartett can stand comparison with anyone in this repertoire [DC]
Polish Chamber Music (Dux)
Challenging music, brilliantly played, in a celebration of three decades of performing excellence [NB]
Szymanowski: Concert Overture, Songs of a Fairy Princess, Symphony No 3 (CD Accord)
Szymanowski’s fans should hear this [SB]
Nicola Benedetti (violin) Szymanowski, Saint-Saëns & Chausson (Deutsche Grammophon)
Quite a debut – a truly excellent Szymanowski [CC]
Piotr Anderszewski (piano): Janáček, Szymanowski & Bartók (Warner Classics)
Anderszewski impressively realizes the character of these folk-inspired pieces [LW]
Forget This Night (7 Mountain Records)
A must-have disc for all collectors of good song recitals [DC]
Rarities of Piano Music at Schloss vor Husum 2002 (Danacord)
A number of works catch the ear [JW]
Moment of Eternity (Genuin)
A beautifully executed programme of solo piano music that has identity as its theme and its concealment behind masks [MSt]
Szymanowski: Music for Violin and Piano (BIS)
Sensational Szymanowski played with utter technical control and expressive abandon [NB]
Szymanowski: Hagith (Polish Ministry of Culture)
A reissue of a unique and valuable recording undermined by catastrophic failures of presentation [PCG]
Szymanowski: Piano Works (DG)
Wonderful playing and the disc is worth buying for the Masques alone [SB]
Szymanowski: Stabat Mater (Orfeo)
Penderecki’s Dies Irae is frighteningly powerful, but Szymanowski’s Stabat Mater is given an underwhelming performance [SW]
Henryk Szeryng (violin) Rediscovered (Rhine)
One of the twentieth century’s greatest violinists, a musical aristocrat with superb polished technique and a phenomenal intellect [SG]
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