The key figures of the Second Viennese School are represented on this disc, and different aspects of their thought and development are highlighted in these orchestral masterpieces. Arnold Schoenberg's Five Pieces for Orchestra is a seminal work, and its primary placement here is appropriate since its expressionist atonality and compression of ...
"Cranked-up," "Rock 'n' Roll," "thick shag of strings": these are just a few of the unlikely descriptions used by the writer of the liner notes for his release in a useless attempt to justify the ways of transcription to man. But no justification is possible or even necessary. To the purist, a transcription is an abomination in the ears of God ...
Originally released by Koch, these recordings of key works in Arnold Schoenberg's oeuvre are now part of Naxos' Robert Craft Collection, a series of reissues that reaffirms the conductor's unflagging devotion to modern music, even if the performances and recording quality periodically flag. The pieces predate Schoenberg's discovery of the twelve ...
The three works presented here reveal distinctly different phases of Arnold Schoenberg's development, each a critical point of departure. In the Pieces (5) for Orchestra (1909), Schoenberg's atonal language appears full-blown and marks a clear break with tonality. For the first time, Schoenberg places content over form and dispenses with any ...
This album, which predominantly features Mahler lieder, marks a regrettably inconsistent addition to baritone Christian Gerhaher's otherwise esteemed discography. Unfortunately, the poor qualities of the album have nothing to do with Gerhaher himself. In fact, his performance of Mahler's Kindertotenlieder (heard here in the composer's version for ...
Schoenberg was one of the pioneering composers of the twentieth century and the most important work on this disc is the original, forward-looking expressionistic Five Pieces for Orchestra, the general characteristics of which are brevity and intensity of expression and which falls into his compositional period between those of the late romantic ...
Jan de Gaetani's consummate skills and uncommon restraint hold her in good stead in this landmark performance of Schoenberg's Pierrot lunaire. In keeping with the composer's wishes, de Gaetani maintains an ambiguous tone throughout, rendering the "Sprechstimme" in a detached manner that is unsettling and occasionally chilling. Her voice is ...
It's arguable whether or not Robert Craft's recordings for Columbia are pleasurable to hear again after many years in the vault, but because they are part of the historical record and ripe for reissue by Sony, they are at least worth a few words in consideration. This 2006 reissue of Craft's recordings of Arnold Schoenberg's and Anton Webern's ...
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