Karol Szymanowski ‒ Metopes,

Karol Szymanowski (1882 - 1937), Metopes, (1915) Performed by Martin Roscoe 00:00 - No. 1 L’île des Sirènes 05:27 - No. 2 Calypso 11:02 - No. 3 Nausicaa Karol Szymanowski’s life and career may be seen, from our vantage point, as a twofold quest in which the personal and the national ran in parallel, or, perhaps, were intertwined. On the one hand, he was engaged in a typically post-Romantic search for self-realization as an artist, working towards a full development of his individual musical aims