Arnold Schoenberg: Pierrot Lunaire, Op. 21 / Chamber Symphony No. 1, Op.9 [Import]

Arnold Schoenberg (Performer), Philippe Herreweghe (Orchestra), Marianne Pousseur (Performer), Ensemble Musique Oblique (Artist), Pierre-André Valade (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Arnold Schoenberg, Marianne Pousseur
• Orchestra: Philippe Herreweghe
• Audio CD (December 11, 1992)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Harmonia Mundi Fr.
• ASIN: B000000787
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,486,357 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Pierrot lunaire, melodrama for voice & chamber ensemble, Op. 21: Part 1: Mondestrunken

2. Pierrot lunaire, melodrama for voice & chamber ensemble, Op. 21: Part 1: Colombine

3. Pierrot lunaire, melodrama for voice & chamber ensemble, Op. 21: Part 1: Der Dandy

4. Pierrot lunaire, melodrama for voice & chamber ensemble, Op. 21: Part 1: Eine blasse Wäscherin

5. Pierrot lunaire, melodrama for voice & chamber ensemble, Op. 21: Part 1: Valse de Chopin

6. Pierrot lunaire, melodrama for voice & chamber ensemble, Op. 21: Part 1: Madonna

7. Pierrot lunaire, melodrama for voice & chamber ensemble, Op. 21: Part 1: Der kranke Mond

8. Pierrot lunaire, melodrama for voice & chamber ensemble, Op. 21: Part ll: Die Nacht

9. Pierrot lunaire, melodrama for voice & chamber ensemble, Op. 21: Part ll: Gebet an Pierrot

10. Pierrot lunaire, melodrama for voice & chamber ensemble, Op. 21: Part ll: Raub

11. Pierrot lunaire, melodrama for voice & chamber ensemble, Op. 21: Part ll: Rote Messe

12. Pierrot lunaire, melodrama for voice & chamber ensemble, Op. 21: Part ll: Galgenlied

13. Pierrot lunaire, melodrama for voice & chamber ensemble, Op. 21: Part ll: Enthauptung

14. Pierrot lunaire, melodrama for voice & chamber ensemble, Op. 21: Part ll: Die Kreuze

15. Pierrot lunaire, melodrama for voice & chamber ensemble, Op. 21: Part lll: Heimweh

16. Pierrot lunaire, melodrama for voice & chamber ensemble, Op. 21: Part lll: Gemeinheit

17. Pierrot lunaire, melodrama for voice & chamber ensemble, Op. 21: Part lll: Parodie

18. Pierrot lunaire, melodrama for voice & chamber ensemble, Op. 21: Part lll: Der Mondfleck

19. Pierrot lunaire, melodrama for voice & chamber ensemble, Op. 21: Part lll: Serenade

20. Pierrot lunaire, melodrama for voice & chamber ensemble, Op. 21: Part lll: Heimfahrt

See all 22 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Schoenberg's continues to be played 50 yrs after his death, December 10, 1999

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John Harrington (anywhere, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Arnold Schoenberg: Pierrot Lunaire, Op. 21 / Chamber Symphony No. 1, Op.9 (Audio CD)

For decades spoil sports like "denisdiderot" below have been attacking Schoenberg's 12 tone system, saying, for example, that his music has no relation to "natural acoustics" and to the way "human beings make sense of sound". Well, last I checked, I'm a human being, one who happens to love this music, and I join musicians and music enthusiasts around the globe in praise of Schoenberg's work. The music of a "mediocre musical talent" doesn't last 50 years after his death. A talentless hack is forgotten. Schoenberg hasn't been forgotten and never will be. I dare say, though the real Denis Diderot is certainly remembered, the person below using Diderot's name as an alias will be forgotten shortly after his own death. Schoenberg will live on in the hearts and minds of musicians and music lovers everywhere as he does today.

Herreweghe brings the same luscious sound to Schoenberg that he does to his famed recordings of the music of the baroque and pre-baroque. This is a recording to treasure, and I highly recommend it to interested parties.

Schoenberg's music is not for everyone, but then there's a lot in music that isn't for everyone. Try to accept that, though you may not connect with this composer, there are many who honestly do, and you may be missing something.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Delete Denis Diderot's ravings from reviews, July 6, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Arnold Schoenberg: Pierrot Lunaire, Op. 21 / Chamber Symphony No. 1, Op.9 (Audio CD)

How about deleting Denisdiderot@hotmail 's "reviews" of this piece (Pierrot Lunairre). The jerk has got the exact same "review" posted for 5 or 6 different recordings of this piece and all he has to say is that he hates Schoenberg. It has nothing to do with any of the particular records and contributes nothing but irritation. It doesn't need to be there. Thank you. (Please do not print/post this message)

1 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars warning: this music fit only for lunatics & university types, March 25, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Arnold Schoenberg: Pierrot Lunaire, Op. 21 / Chamber Symphony No. 1, Op.9 (Audio CD)

the music contained on this cd is proof enough in and of itself that Arnold Schoenberg was a mediocre musical talent, and turned to composing in an alienist atonal style only after he could plainly see that he could not compete on tonal musical grounds with the likes of strauss, pfitzner, schreker, ravel, debussy, and the like. the man craved attention and success, and most of all, "historical significance" for himself, and therefore devised a system of composing that purposefully could not be understood, thus setting himself up as a pretended misunderstood "genius" in the romantic sense, and claiming that anyone who cried foul regarding his music was simply not sophisticated enough to comprehend his noise. Then he created a rigid mathematical system of organizing tones with no relation whatsoever to natural acoustics or the way human beings make sense of sound. If his ludicrous communistic regimentation of musical tones is not enough to prove that Schoenberg was a musical mediocrity at best, or incompetent at worst, then just listen to the garbage contained on this cd for confirmation.