SZYMANOWSKI: King Roger

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King Roger (Krol Roger), Op. 46 (more info)
Performed by: Polish State Philharmonic Orchestra (Katowice)
Composed by: Karol Szymanowski
Conducted by: Karol Stryja
Leonard Andrzej Mroz, bass
Barbara Zagorzanka, soprano
Anna Malewicz Madej, alto
Henryk Grychnik, tenor
Wieslaw Ochman, tenor
Andrzej Hiolski, baritone


1.   Act I - In the Church: Hagios! Hagios! (Holy! Holy!) - 2:34
2.   Act I: Entry of the King and Court: Boze, poblogoslaw! (Lord, Be Gracious to Him!) - 2:36
3.   Act I: Czys styszal? (What Do You Say?) - 4:00
4.   Act I: The Shepherd Appears: Oto bluznierca! (Wretched Blasphemer!) - 1:59
5.   Act I: Moj Bog jest piekny (My God is Young and Handsome) - 3:58
6.   Act I: W jego usmiechu! (His Smiling Face!) - 2:08
7.   Act I: Twoj Bog! (Your God!) - 1:40
8.   Act I: Niech odejdzie Pasterz (He Must Go, the Shepherd) - 5:26
9.   Act II - The Inner Courtyard of the Palace - Introduction: Niepokoj bladych gwiazd (How Pale the Stars Shine) - 4:12
10.   Act II: Czy widziales jej oczu blask (Did You Not See the Brightness of His Eyes?) - 2:50
11.   Act II: Cyt! Tamburyny brzecza (Listen! Tambourine and Zither) - 4:51
12.   Act II: Ktos mglisty przeszedl (A Shadow Passed There) - 1:11
13.   Act II: The Sheperd Appears - 0:43
14.   Act II: O przychodze sam (See, I Have Come to You) - 4:20
15.   Act II: A, uspij swoj lek i gniew (Ah, Set Aside Anger and Wrath) - 2:36
16.   Act II: We mnie wierza! (By Faith!) - 0:51
17.   Act II: Tajemnych glebin (With this Hand I Wake the Deep Secret) - 2:42
18.   Act II: Dance of the Sheperd's Followers - 1:57
19.   Act II: Entrance of Roxane: A-, A- (Chorus) - 1:59
20.   Act II: Soldiers Seize the Shepherd: Kto smie moj czar (Who Would Bind Me) - 2:36
21.   Act II: Sluchajcie ... W ciszy nocy (Hear ... in the Silence of the Night) - 5:12

King Roger (Krol Roger), Op. 46 (more info)
Performed by: Polish State Philharmonic Orchestra (Katowice)
Composed by: Karol Szymanowski
Conducted by: Karol Stryja
Leonard Andrzej Mroz, bass
Barbara Zagorzanka, soprano
Anna Malewicz Madej, alto
Henryk Grychnik, tenor
Wieslaw Ochman, tenor
Andrzej Hiolski, baritone


1.   Act III - The Ruins of a Greek Theatre - Introduction: Wokol martwota glazow (Only Dead Stone Around) - 6:36
2.   Act III: Rogerze! Rogerze! (Roger! Roger!) - 1:35
3.   Act III: Na sad, na sad (Yield to Justice, King), Chorus - 3:13
4.   Act III: Slyszysz! Jeno cichy fletni spiew (Listen! Only the Sound of the Gentle Flute) - 2:24
5.   Act III: Rogerze! Rogerze! (Roger! Roger!) - 4:57
6.   Act III: Edrisi, juz swit! (Edrisi, day dawns!) - 1:48
7.   Act III: Slonce! Slonce! (The Sun! The Sun!) - 2:25


Prince Potemkin (Kniaz Patiomkin): Incidental Music to Act V (more info)
Performed by: Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Karol Szymanowski
Conducted by: Antoni Wit


8.   Prince Potemkin: Incidental Music to Act V - 10:19

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