Karol Szymanowski - Symphony No. 4, Op. 60, Symphonie Concertante

Karol Szymanowski (1882 - 1937) - Symphony No. 4, Op. 60, “Symphonie Concertante“ (1932) I. Moderato. Tempo comodo [0:00] II. Andante molto sostenuto [9:51] III. Allegro non troppo, ma agitato ad ansioso [18:06] Leif Ove Andsnes, piano City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle (1996) Symphony No. 4, Op. 60, “Symphonie Concertante“ is a work by Karol Szymanowski for piano and orchestra. The work was dedicated to Arthur Rubinstein, and it was premiered by the Poznań City Orchestra, conducted by Grzegorz Fitelberg, with Szymanowski himself at the piano. The piece is in three movements and typically lasts around 25 minutes. “There was a gap of 16 years between Szymanowski’s Third Symphony ‘Song of the Night’ (1914–16) and his next orchestral work, the Fourth Symphony (1932). In the intervening years, he had composed his opera Król Roger (King Roger), in which he consummated his passion for Mediterranean culture and tussled with the