Szymanowski Symphony No. 1 in F minor, Op. 15 (1907)

Symphony No. 1 in F minor, Op. 15 (1907) I. Allegro moderato 0:00 II. Finale 11:01 The first symphony by Polish composer and pianist Karol Szymanowski (18821937). Szymanowski described this early work as a Monstrum kontrapunktycznoharmonicznoorkiestrowe. In this stage of his career, Szymanowski was still under the influence of Wagner, Strauss and Scriabin, but it is clear that he was seeking to transcend the late Romantic idiom by using even more extensive chromaticism and heavy textures to