Cat No: DUX0538-39
Format: CD

Karol Szymanowski described the musical talents of Stanislaw Moniuszko as a “singular phenomenon” and considered him,after Chopin, as the most significant composer in 19th century Polish music. Halka, possibly Moniuszko’s best opera was premiered in 1848 and tells the story of a peasant girl, seduced, and subsequently abandoned by a young squire in favour of a women of equal social rank……….let the story continue!