Szymanowski - Symphony No. 4 "Symphonie concertante", Op. 60 (1932)

Thanks for uploading one of my favorite pieces by Szymanowski. If I could make one correction, this is his opus 60, not 27.

Thank you for this one - I had not heard it before ... newFranzFerencLiszt, why did you make that comment????????

pardon my ignorance, but the painting/piece of art on the left - who is it by?

The painting is called "Nova aurigae". It is by the Polish artist and writer Stanislaw Witkiewicz, who was a close friend of Szymanowski (as well as Bronislaw Malinowski, interestingly enough).

thanks very much!

just to point out it is Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz as opposed to his father who also was an artist

first time I am ever hearing this. wow...

It looks like a pastel rather than an oil painting. Didn't Witkiewicz do quite a lot of his work in pastel?

J'avais envie de découvrir ce compositeur ; c'est maintenant fait ! et avec quel plaisir ! Un immense merci à Musicanth.

My I small supplement - Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, so - called Witkacy (Stanisław Witkiewicz was his father)

Mein Gott! Das ist wunderbar. Herzlichen Dank.

Most underrated composer of the 20th century... Why do symphony orchestras perform yet another dreary version of Beethoven's 4th symphony when they could perform this???

Utter bliss.

DOBRA MUZYKA... ZERO AgReSjI

Where can, we poor people find such magnificence? ??? The end of art.....end of music. Help us God!

I've watched to this symphony for the first time yesterday, live with the Philharmonic Orchestra of Minas Gerais, Brazil. It's a genial work which cannot be absorbed just by a first listening. Szymanowski makes an amazing connection between percussion, piano, harp and the rest of the orchestra! It was indispensable to watch it live and to see how the musical construction flows and how the musicians work hard! Brawo! Dziękuję!

The style of this very beautiful symphony is less complex than the style of masterworks of the "middle period" of Szymanowski, such as Metopes, Myths, 3rd Symphony.

painting title: "The Colour out of Space"?

"Yog-Sothoth descending stars"?

Muzyka to wielka pociecha.

This composer has always interested me as an alternative to the typical Neo-Classic or ultra modern.

Piekna muzyka i piekna ilustracja S. Witkacego oddajaca nastroj utworu.

Could hardly hear the violins at the end?