Szymanowski: Orchestral Works

Featuring

Giancarlo Guerrero
Iwona Sobotka
NFM Wrocław Philharmonic
NFM Choir
Karol Szymanowski

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Recording & Production

The NFM Choir has an award-winning discography, including a Fryderyk 2017 award for their recording of 'De profundis' in the Choral Music category.

Composition History

Szymanowski himself orchestrated only three of the 'Songs of a Fairy Princess' in 1933; the remaining three were orchestrated by Bruno Dozza in 2011-2012 at the initiative of soprano Iwona Sobotka.

Performer Biography

Soprano Iwona Sobotka is a Grand Prix winner of the prestigious International Queen Elisabeth Vocal Competition in Brussels and is highly regarded for her interpretations of Polish vocal repertoire, especially Szymanowski's works.

Composition History

Karol Szymanowski's sister, Zofia Szymanowska, wrote the poems for his 'Songs of a Fairy Princess' after he asked her to create texts for his new vocal style.

Composition History

The Concert Overture in E major was one of the calling cards of the 'Young Poland in music' group, which included Szymanowski, Grzegorz Fitelberg, Ludomir Różycki, and Apolinary Szeluto.

Performer Biography

Conductor Giancarlo Guerrero is a six-time Grammy Award winner and is known for championing American composers, commissioning and recording many new works.

Composer Biography

Szymanowski's Third Symphony, 'The Song of the Night,' uses a text by the 13th-century Persian mystic and philosopher 'Mewlana' Jelal-ad-Din Rumi, known as an inspirer of the whirling dervish movement.