Though the music of Polish composer Zygmunt Noskowski (1846–1909) is much less well-known than that of his instructor (Stanisław Moniuszko) and his college students (Karol Szymanowski and Mieczysław Karłowicz), Noskowski was nonetheless the first exponent of contemporary symphonic music in Poland for many of the nineteenth century; he additionally launched the concept of the symphonic poem to colleagues who would comply with in his footsteps. Raymond Bisha introduces a programme of his Third Symphony and the symphonic poem The Steppe, Op. 66, which blends sweeping Romanticism with Polish people spirit. The symphony is a journey by the seasons, whereas The Steppe evokes Poland’s huge landscapes with vibrant hints of Borodin’s Within the Steppes of Central Asia.
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Catalogue No.: C5547
