King Roger

Album by Karol Szymanowski & Andrzej Hiolski & Wiesław Ochman & Barbara Zagórzanka & Henryk Grychnik & Leonard Andrzej Mróz & Anna Malewicz-Madey & Polish State Philharmonic Chorus & Orkiestra Symfoniczna Filharmonii Śląskiej & Karol Stryja

King Roger is an opera by Polish composer Karol Szymanowski, completed in 1924 and first performed in 1926. Musically it blends late-Romantic lyricism with modernist harmonies and modal, Mediterranean- and Middle Eastern-influenced colour, using rich orchestration and symbolic drama to represent a turning point in Szymanowski's career as he moved from nationalist idioms toward a more cosmopolitan, symbolist idiom.
First released: April 1998

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    King Roger, op. 46: Act I
    24:22
  2. 2.
    King Roger, op. 46: Act III
    22:59
  3. 3.
    King Roger, op. 46: Act II
    35:59
  4. 4.
    Prince Potemkin, op. 51
    10:18

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