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Features: 3 CD Masterpieces of • Comprehensive 3-CD anthology of more than 30 years (1900 - 1934) Music for violin/piano and solo piano of the output for violin/piano duo and Karol Szymanowski was a giant in the solo piano by Karol Szymanowski, the history of Polish music and among the most important Polish composer after greatest composers of his turbulent era. Frederic Chopin. His music spans a kaleidoscopic range of • Includes major opuses for violin and styles from late-Romantic chromaticism, piano as well as a third CD containing to shimmering Impressionism, to a proud the two important collections of K AAROLROL and energetic nationalist idiom. All his 22 Mazurkas for solo piano SZYMANOWSKI: Masterworks for music is marked by an attractive lyricism (1924/5 & 1933/4). violin & piano; piano solo BlankaBlanka Bednarz, violin and an exceptional sensitivity to tone Matthew Bengtson, piano • Performances by two internationally color. Pianist Matthew Bengtson and The Romantics 25 recognized specialists in Szymanowski violinist Blanka Bednarz, life-long tireless performance, Blanka Bednarz (violin) advocates of his music, present a varied and Matthew Bengtson (piano). program of his greatest masterpieces for • Extensive notes and commentary on solo piano and violin/piano duo. the music by the performers. CD 1 Target Markets: Sonata for Violin and Piano in D minor, Worldwide major metro markets, op. 9 (1904) culturally-oriented cities & college towns. Etudes, op. 4 (1900-1902) Romance in D major for Violin and Piano, op. 23 (1910) Reviews: Early Music (U.K.), Métopes. Three poems for piano, Luister (Holland), Dutch Early Music op. 29 (1915) Review, American Record Guide, Nocturne and Tarantella for Violin Gramophone, BBC Music Magazine, Blanka Bednarz and Piano, op. 28 (1915) violin Fanfare, Classical Net, Musicweb, CD 2 Early Music America Myths. Three poems for Violin and Piano, Configuration: Matthew Bengtson op. 30 (1915) piano . Three pieces for piano, Three CD Set in Digipak op. 34 (1915-16) “Roxana’s Song” from the The Romantics (1918-1924) Available: September, 2017 A revolution in art and literature swept Karol Szymanowski-Paweł Kochański “L’aube” (Dawn, wit) through Europe and by the early 1800’s Romanticism dominated the musical “Danse Sauvage” (Wild Dance, Dziki Taniec) Recorded: landscape. Such figures as Beethoven, Oberek, from Four Polish Dances (1926) CD 1 & 2: March, 2013 Mendelssohn, and Brahms exemplified the “Bauerntanz” (“’s Dance”) ideals yet maintained highly individual from the ballet Harnasie (1923-1931) CD 3: March, 2002 approaches. Now, our finest historically- informed musicians and scholars present this incomparable repertoire in a series CD 3 Booklet: destined to become an essential part of 32 page Twenty Mazurkas, op. 50 (1924-25) every serious music lover’s collection. Two Mazurkas, op. 62 (1933-34)

Label Cat.# Barcode and UPC# Title Suggested Retail Price Inv Ord. MO Masterpieces of $23.99 Musica Omnia 0703 Karol Szymanowski (includes 3 CDs)

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