Music of the Viennese School: Berg, Webern, Schönberg [Hybrid SACD] [Hybrid SACD - DSD]

Alban Berg (Composer), Anton Webern (Composer), Arnold Schoenberg (Composer), Jac van Steen (Conductor), Orchester Musikkollegium Winterthur (Orchestra), Claudia Barainsky (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Claudia Barainsky
• Orchestra: Orchester Musikkollegium Winterthur
• Conductor: Jac van Steen
• Composer: Alban Berg, Anton Webern, Arnold Schoenberg
• Audio CD (March 13, 2007)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Hybrid SACD - DSD
• Label: MD&G Records
• ASIN: B000K2VLOM
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #559,629 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Nacht

2. Schilflied

3. Die Nachtigall

4. Traumgekront

5. Im Zimmer

6. Liebesode

7. Sommertage

8. Andante Amoroso

9. Allegro Misterioso

10. Adagio Appassionato

11. Variations For Orchestra Op.30

12. Massig

13. Sehr Rasch

14. Litanei

15. Entruckung

Customer Reviews

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good Starter Disc on the New Viennese School..., October 16, 2007

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Sébastien Melmoth (Hôtel d'Alsace, PARIS) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Music of the Viennese School: Berg, Webern, Schönberg [Hybrid SACD] (Audio CD)

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Judging from the amount of orchestral music vs. chamber music broadcast on FM radio, it seems more people prefer the former to the latter.

If that's the case, and one is a novice to the New Viennese School, then this is probably a good starter disc, as it features orchestral versions of earlier New Viennese pieces.

Schönberg's second string Quartet (Op. 10, 1908) begins in the purple and silver key of f#-minor--until movements iii-iv, when it crosses the threshold of tonality unto the "air of other planets" as Stefan George's poetry tropes.
Movement iii in particular is quintessential Schönberg, especially in the breathtaking drawn-out coda. This version for string orchestra dates from c. 1919.

Berg's Seven Early Songs (1908; orchestral versions, 1928) present his post-Romantic lyricism at its best.

Webern's Variations for Orchestra, Op. 30 (1940) is, at :08mins, one of his largest mature works: the musical equivalent of an M. C. Escher litho displayed in a room of mirrors.

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