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Schoenberg: Gurrelieder / Esa-Pekka Salonen, Philharmonia Orchestra

2 Super Audio CD / Signum UK / 2009-10-03

Works: Arnold Schoenberg: Gurrelieder
Performers: Andersen, Stig Fogh; Conrad, Andreas; Groop, Monica; Isokoski, Soile; Lukas, Ralf
Conductors: Salonen, Esa-Pekka
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

The Works of Arnold Schoenberg Vol 1 / Robert Craft

5 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-09-29

Works: Arnold Schoenberg: Concerto for String Quartet after Handel's Op. 6 no 7; Suite for piano, Op. 25; Gurrelieder; Book of the Hanging Gardens, Op. 15; Serenade for baritone & septet, Op. 24; Variations...
Performers: Appel, Toby; Beesley, Mark; Denk, Jeremy; Kay, Alan R.; Lane, Jennifer; Neidich, Charles; Oldfather, Christopher [Piano]; Press, Peter; Schulte, Rolf; Sherry, Fred [Cello]; Starobin, David [Guitar]; ...
Conductors: Craft, Robert
Ensemble: ; 20th Century-Fox Symphony Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; New York Woodwind Quintet; Philharmonia Orchestra; Twentieth Century Classics Ensemble

Robert Craft, the noted conductor and widely respected writer and critic on music, literature, and culture, holds a unique place in the world of classical...continue...

Schoenberg: Violin Concerto, A Survivor from Warsaw, etc / Craft, Schulte, Denk, Wilson-Johnson, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-10-28

Works: Arnold Schoenberg: A Survivor from Warsaw, Op. 46; Prelude to Genesis, for mixed chorus and orchestra, Op. 44; Dreimal tausend Jahre, Op. 50a; De profundis, Op. 50b; Ode to Napoleon, Op. 41; Concerto...
Performers: Denk, Jeremy; Schulte, Rolf
Conductors: Craft, Robert
Ensemble: Fred Sherry String Quartet; Philharmonia Orchestra; Simon Joly Chorus

This volume of Robert Craft's acclaimed Schoenberg series presents the composer's favourite of his own orchestral works, the 'Violin Concerto'. Conceived in grand style and...continue...

Schoenberg: Pelleas und Melisande, Erwartung / Craft, Silja, Philharmonia Orchestra

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-08-26

Works: Arnold Schoenberg: Pelleas und Melisande, symphonic poem, Op. 5; Erwartung, Op. 17
Performers: Silja, Anja
Conductors: Craft, Robert
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

Schoenberg's polyphonic tone poem 'Pelleas und Melisande' is often compared to Debussy's opera based on the same text by Maurice Maeterlinck. According to the composer,...continue...

Schoenberg: Chamber Symphony no 2, Die glückliche Hand, Wind Quintet Op 26 / Beesley, Craft, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-04-29

Works: Arnold Schoenberg: Chamber Symphony no 2, Op. 38; Die glückliche Hand, 1-act drama, Op. 18; Quintet for winds, Op. 26
Performers: Beesley, Mark
Conductors: Craft, Robert
Ensemble: New York Woodwind Quintet; Philharmonia Orchestra; Simon Joly Chorus

The little-known Second 'Chamber Symphony' ought to be the most popular of Schoenberg's later masterpieces. Neither "atonal" nor "twelve-tone", it contrasts a lush, melodious, dramatic...continue...

Schoenberg: Six Songs for Soprano and Orchestra, etc / Craft, Welch-Babidge, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2007-10-30

Works: Arnold Schoenberg: Orchestral Songs (6) Op. 8; Friede auf Erden, Op. 13; Pieces (6) for Mens Chorus, Op. 35; Ei du Lütte, partsong for male chorus; Kol Nidre; Moses und Aron, biblical drama in 3...
Performers: Welch-Babidge, Jennifer
Conductors: Craft, Robert
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra; Simon Joly Chorus

Volume VII of the Robert Craft Schoenberg Collection begins with the early 'Six Songs for Soprano and Orchestra,' in which the obvious harmonic and melodic...continue...
Recording information: Abbey Road Studio 1, London....continue...

Schoenberg: Pierrot Lunaire, etc / Craft, Wyn-Rogers, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2007-03-27

Works: Arnold Schoenberg: Herzgewächse, song for soprano, celesta, harp & harmonium, Op. 20; Pierrot Lunaire, Op. 21; Orchestral Songs (4) Op. 22; Chamber Symphony no 1 in E major, Op. 9
Performers: Alley, John [Piano]; Appel, Toby; Carey, Tim; Carey, Timothy; Feld, Melanie; Hulse, Eileen; Kay, Alan R.; Komer, Chris; Lowenstern, Michael; Morelli, Frank [Bassoon]; Neidich, Charles; O'Connor, Tara...
Conductors: Craft, Robert
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra members; Philharmonia Orchestra; Twentieth Century Classics Ensemble

Arnold Schoenberg sought to write music that avoided traditional tonal implications, which eventually led him away from tonality altogether. Herzgewächse is a short piece for...continue...

Schoenberg: Five Pieces, etc / Sherry, Craft, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-11-21

Works: Arnold Schoenberg: Pieces (5) for orchestra, Op. 16; Concerto for Cello in D major after Harpsichord Concerto in D by G.M. Monn; Transcription for orchestra of Brahms' Piano Quartet no 1 in G minor
Performers: Sherry, Fred [Cello]
Conductors: Craft, Robert
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra

"This is Schoenberg for people who hate Schoenberg. The Five Pieces for Orchestra, far from sounding radical or appallingly dissonant as they must have in...continue...

Schoenberg: Gurre-Lieder / O'Mara, Diener, et al

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-01-18

Works: Arnold Schoenberg: Gurrelieder
Performers: Diener, Melanie; Hill, Martyn; Lane, Jennifer; O'Mara, Stephen; Wilson-Johnson, David
Conductors: Craft, Robert
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

The most popular and the most important of all Schoenberg's choral works, 'Gurre-Lieder', part oratorio, part dramatic cantata, is a setting of poems by the...continue...
Recording information: The Colosseum, Watford, England (10/16/2001-10/20/2001)....continue...

Schoenberg, Liszt: Piano concertos / Ax, Salonen

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1993-12-14

Works: Arnold Schoenberg: Concerto for Piano, Op. 42; Franz Liszt: Concerto for Piano no 1 in E flat major, S 124; Concerto for Piano no 2 in A major, S 125
Performers: Ax, Emanuel
Conductors: Salonen, Esa-Pekka
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra