Naxos has been busy launching an allout campaign on behalf of szymanowskis violin works. A home in which art was accepted and encouraged, private teachers, and the friendship and advice of such artists as his cousin, the distinguished pianist and teacher heinrich neuhaus. Some of szymanoswkis most appealing and characteristic music is in his songs, his setting of persian poetry of hafiz, in particular, and one of our best scottish singers, dorothy pugh. The composer, at that time cut off from europe in his native tymoszowka in the ukraine, situated far beyond the front line and forming an oasis of peace until the outbreak of the revolution, worked with great intensity and concentration and composed a number of. Karol szymanowski sonata for violin and piano in d minor. Karol maciej szymanowski 3 october 1882 28 march 1937 was a polish composer and pianist. Frank peter zimmerman violin, swedish radio symphony orchestra, cond manfred honeck.
The szymanowski violin sonata which comes between the two concertos is an early work and not really characteristic. Despite a number of brilliant moments, the ostensible drama of the first movement is curiously. Paul kochanski advised szymanowski on the fine point of violin technique during the composition of the concerto, and he later wrote the cadenza. Karol szymanowski third sonata 7,00 eur suggested retail price. The concerto doesnt follow or duplicate the poem, yet. The form of the first movement is sonata allegro, the second combines rondo with variations. Although they are less central to his output than orchestral, vocal or piano music, karol szymanowski wrote a number of works for violin and piano, spanning his entire career. See full details due to high demand, current delivery times are running considerably longer than usual. Franziska pietsch and detlev eisinger bring out the thrilling contrasts with great expressiveness. Out there on the extreme fringe of the repertoire is karol szymanowski the polish modernist composer whose opera king roger is occasionally revived by nonpolish opera companies. An early work, it requires performers to throw themselves into its late romantic style, and these players are slightly reticent. The work was composed six years previously, in the lateromantic style which he favoured at that time, and dedicated to bronislaw gromadzki, an amateur violinist szymanowski befriended in elisavetgrad.
The early violin sonata is especially fine, as are the littleknown paganini caprices the evening standard the beautiful 24yearold russian violinist alina ibragimova teams with french pianist cedric tiberghien to prove that szymanowskis violin music is the most impressive of his chamber music, especially the scriabinesque violin. The soloist is required to maintain concentration and tone in a line which is almost always high on the instrument. Yesterday pawel kochanski and melcer played my sonata lousily, by the way, but it was enormously popular, just imagine. Violin sonata in d minor, op 9 szymanowski from cda67703. It was composed in 1904, and is dedicated to bronislaw gromadzki, an amateur violinist and close friend of the composer. Universal edition receives german music edition award best edition for gustav mahlers titan adieu a special event with composer david ianni in honour of the grand duke jean of luxembourg the bbva foundation announces arvo part as the recipient of the frontiers of knowledge award in the field of music and opera. Szymanowski string quartet no 2 op 56 university of sussex. Title i koncert skrzypcowy composer szymanowski, karol. The works are categorized by genre, michalowski catalogue number, opus number, date of composition, titles and scoring. Complete music for violin and piano, an album by karol szymanowski, bruno monteiro, joao paulo santos on spotify we and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and. This is the only cd i now of that has all these pieces together on one cd. Szymanowski sonata 3 free downloadable sheet music.
Sonata for violin and piano composer szymanowski, karol. Its not that theres any stylistic similarity between the two composersmerely that both wrote successful modern violin concertos that sound well together and make for a varied and attractive program. Andantino tranquillo e dolce scherzando tempo primo. Masterworks for violin and piano and piano solo, an album by karol szymanowski, blanka bednarz, matthew bengtson on spotify we and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. Indeed, the writing is elaborate, pianistic, and orchestral in effect, though the handling of sonata form is ruleofthumb and szymanowski seems unable to think beyond the phrase, which means that his ideas fail to generate development and structure. To view the first page of bartok sonata for solo violin click the music sheet image. The first movement is conventionally effective in a rather derivative way and yampolsky does an admirably modest job in keeping down the. In his second violin concerto szymanowski approaches his material in a more traditional way. Szymanowski, karol nocturne and tarantella, op 28 violin.
Szymanowskis violin sonata falls into three movements. His two violin concertos are both masterpiecesmajor contributions to the 20th century literature for the instrument. He would repeat one musical phrase a number of times, looking, perhaps, for the appropriate shape or harmonic background. Szymanowskis idiosyncratic, often experimental sounds meet the direct musical language of francks romantic violin sonata. Complete music for violin and piano, an album by karol szymanowski, bruno monteiro, joao paulo santos on spotify we and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. Szymanowski, koskinen, lagerpetz violin sonata romance in. Katalog tematyczny dziel i bibliografia karol szymanowski, 18821937. His two violin concertos are both masterpiecesmajor contributions to the. The overall shape of the work adheres to what might be termed a relatively standard ground plan, although the insertion of the 3468 scherzando in the slow.
In the third movement, szymanowski put into practice an idea he had many years earlier, crowning the quartet with a fugue, and a double one at that. Szymanowskis first concerto has been well served by recordings over the years, if sparsely perhaps because of the problems for all concerned. Karol szymanowski 18821937 violin sonata in d minor op. Its poetic charm lies in the sublimation of the instruments technical possibilities a feel for the timbre of registers, for articulatory refinement and for the ideal blending of the possibilities of the violin with the character of the music, which flows from the. One of the alltime great chamber music discs now available in the originals series. Order from your preferred classical music cd store arkivmusic. It is thus one of the belgian composers later works in which his style achieved artistic maturity and perfection. Considered one of the first modern violin concertos, it rejects traditional tonality and romantic aesthetics. List of compositions by karol szymanowski wikipedia. A companion disc, played by ilya kaler, is devoted to the concertos and has the fitelberg orchestration of the notturno and tarantella. Karol szymanowski, kaja danczowska, krystian zimerman. Rozycki went on to compose mainly for the theatre which works szymanowski was to criticise without mercy and thus terminate the friendship. Szymanowski enjoyed an enviable range of advantages.
This work is the first modern violin concerto the first to abandon the tradition of the the nineteenth century and the majorminor system in order to embrace a new sound and. The difference is especially noticeable because madroszkiewicz and gulda open with the violin sonata, op. The work is dedicated to the violinist pavel kochanski. The first movement is conventionally effective in a rather derivative way and yampolsky does an admirably modest job in keeping down the massive piano writing to let the violin through. The stormy years of the first world war paradoxically brought an unusually prolific creative output from karol szymanowski. Karol szymanowski 1882 1937 the polish composer karol szymanowski was born in the ukraine, once part of the kingdom of poland, but studied in warsaw. There seems to be no shortage of fine violinists and polish orchestras ready to display their talents in the music of szymanowski, the greatest polish composer after chopin. Among szymanowskis better known orchestral works are four symphonies no. Kaja danczowska was a pupil of the polish violinist, eugenia uminska, whose pioneering 78rpm records of the szymanowski first violin concerto are still cherished by older readers, and i would not part with them parlophone r205635, 1248. The concerto is a fine example of szymanowskis specific violin style which was developed in collaboration with kochanski. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet.
This is the only recording krystian zimerman has ever made of his compatriot karol szymanowskis music second only to chopin among polish composers and it is coupled with arguably the worlds favourite violin sonata by cesar franck. The brilliant release makes claims to the complete music for violin and piano of szymanowskis and includes all the above plus the romance in d major op. As a pianist, szymanowski was a bit unsure of his ability to write idiomatic violin music, so he enlisted the help of an expert friend, violinist pawel kochanski. The two belonged to the young poland group, which also included the composer mieczyslaw karlowicz, the conductor grzegorz fitelberg and the pianists harry neuhaus and artur rubinstein. It was szymanowski at his old, trusty piano, working on the second quartet the work was not flowing. Zimmermann moves to sweden for the britten concerto, an interesting and apt coupling thats just as successful as the two szymanowski works. In the autumn of 1927 michal kondracki was climbing to szymanowskis flat in nowy swiat on the sixth floor. Karol szymanowski bio, albums, pictures naxos classical. Written when szymanowski was just 21, it remained unplayed for five years until it was at last taken up.
This is connected both with the general tendencies pervading his later works and with the genesis of the composition. The likely inspiration for the concerto was noc majowa, a poem by the polish poet tadeusz micinski. Karol szymanowski 18821937 string quartet no 2 op 56 1927 moderato vivace scherzando lento karol szymanowski was born in 1882 to an affluent family who had settled after the partitioning of poland in tymoszowka, between kiev and odessa. Karol szymanowski composer 18821937 play streams in full or download mp3 from classical archives, the largest and best organized classical music site on the web. Below is a sortable list of compositions by karol szymanowski. Karol szymanowski variations on a polish folk theme in b m 8,00 eur suggested retail price. Masterworks for violin and piano and piano solo, an album by karol szymanowski, blanka bednarz, matthew bengtson on spotify we and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and. Karol szymanowski free sheet music to download in pdf. Karol szymanowski 1882 1937 russia karol maciej szymanowski polish pronunciation. His early musical training was at home and in nearby yelisavetgrad, but at 19 he moved to warsaw to study. The violin sonata in d minor op 9 1904 was first performed in warsaw during 1909 by rubinstein and the violinist pawel kochanski 18871934, another longstanding friend of the composer. Customers and visitors can download classical music in high quality flac or mp3 and find out more about classical music. He is considered a member of the late 19thearly 20thcentury modernist movement young poland and widely viewed as one of the greatest polish composers.