Unlike the works Karol Szymanowski composed during the first two decades of the 20th century, his Stabat Mater could only have been written in a country with Slavic culture. Drawing on his musical roo...
Dirigier- und Studienpartitur - Gemeinsamer Verlag PWM-Edition, Krakow; Max Eschig, Paris; Universal Edition A.G., Wien
The composition of the Princess Songs marked the beginning of a particularly productive phase for Karol Szymanowski. Based on a series of poems by his sister Zofia, Szymanowski composed this colorful...