Since you are interested in Szymanowski: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 / Nocturne and Tarantella, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
KAROL SZYMANOWSK
Szymanowski: King Roger (Krol Roger), Op. 46 (Complete Opera) plus Prince Potemkin (Kniaz Patiomkin): Incidental Music to Act V Henryk Grychnik (tenor), Andrzej Hiolski (baritone), Anna Malewicz Madej (contralto) / Polish National Radio Symphony / Wit [ Naxos Opera Classics / 2 CD - released 6/Jan/2004 ] "The recorded sound surpasses the others. Perspective is good; voices aren't drowned, but the delicacy of the orchestration is not lost" - American Record Guide |
WILLIAM ALWYN
Violin Concerto / Miss Julie Suite / etc Lorraine McAslan (violin) / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, David Lloyd-Jones [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Jun/2011 ] "Lloyd-Jones and McAslan give admirable shape to the long, rhapsodic first movement...[the] technically demanding finale is performed with agile warmth by McAslan whose attractive tone and expressive style seem entirely in tune with this distinctive... |
SCHUMANN
Violin Sonatas Nos. 1 and 2 Ilya Kaler (violin) / Boris Slutsky (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Aug/2007 ] "These performances, powerfully recorded in Indiana by young Russian artists, are most enjoyable" - Gramophone |
KAROL SZYMANOWSKI
Szymanowski: Violin Sonata / Mythes / Notturne and Tarantella Miriam Kramer (violin) / Nicholas Durcan (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 11/Apr/2007 ] Composed in 1904, the emotionally turbulent Violin Sonata is one of several large-scale instrumental works that emerged during Szymanowski's first phase, in which the influences of Chopin and Scriabin are combined with those of the German late-Romantics. |
SZYMANOWSKI
Harnasie / Mandragora / Etude for Orchestra Stanislaw Meus, tenor; Polish State Philharmonic Orchestra (Katowice) ; Karol Stryja, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Jan/2004 ] "Conductor and orchestra are in tune with its vivid colouring" - BBC Music Magazine |