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From: ellis@spar.UUCP (Michael Ellis)
Newsgroups: net.music.classical
Subject: Karol Szymanowski
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Date: Tue, 19-Feb-85 22:04:02 EST
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Posted: Tue Feb 19 22:04:02 1985
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Keywords: Polskie Zagranie

Pertaining to Richard Carnes question about all-time great underappreciated
and unplayed masterpieces, once upon a time I acquired a marvelous boxed set
of obscure works by Poland's `2nd greatest composer' Karol Szymanowski,
(pronounced "Carl Sh(i/u)manofski"), on the Polskie Zagranie label.

Unfortunately, this collection has been on loan to an incomunicado college
buddy for 12 years, and I don't think I'll ever see either again. 

Though a few of its compositions have been occasionally recorded since then,
such as the `Song of the Night' released a few years back on London Digital,
there is an empty spot in my heart for the `Stabat Mater', which quickly
established itself as a favorite in my collection. 

For those who haven't heard Szymanowski's music, it is from the early
20th century, and has elements of modern and late romantic periods;
at times resembling Scriabin, Stravinsky's `Firebird', Rimsky Korsakov,
Florence Schmidt, and perhaps early Schoenberg.

Has anybody else heard Szymanowski's `Stabat Mater', or know the whereabouts
of any recording?

-michael