Building a Library, Schoenberg (composer)
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The Hollywood String Quartet play Schoenberg and Schubert
RecommendedAlvin Dinkin, Kurt Reher
The Hollywood String Quartet
This 1951 mono recording set the benchmark for many years, and so it probably did much to establish the current, questionable norms of tempo. But it's superb performance, played with skill... — More…
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Building a Library, February 2002, First Choice
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Building a Library, October 2007, Historic Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 1994, Winner - Historic non-vocal
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Schoenberg: Gurrelieder RecommendedSiegfried Jerusalem, Susan Dunn, Brigitte Fassbaender, Hermann Becht, Peter Haage, Hans Hotter
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Städtischer Musikverein Düsseldorf, Riccardo Chailly
This vast cantata, a direct descendant of Wagnerian music-drama, was for the turn-of-the- century musical scene the ultimate gorgeous sunset. Schoenberg's forces are, to put it mildly, extravagant.... — More…
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Building a Library, February 2005, First Choice
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Building a Library, March 2017, Also Recommended
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Symphonic Psalms and Prayers
RecommendedBernstein • Schoenberg • Stravinsky • Zemlinsky
David Allsopp (countertenor)
Tenebrae, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Nigel Short
It’s good to hear Bernstein’s original design of the solo for a countertenor being respected for once. Allsopp makes much more of the words than most trebles, and there is an arresting immediacy... — More…
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Building A Library, July 2021, Also Recommended
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The Second Viennese School
RecommendedSchoenberg, Berg & Webern
Karita Mattila (Tove), Anne Sofie von Otter (Waldtaube), Thomas Moser (Waldemar), Philip Langridge (Klaus-Narr), Thomas Quasthoff (Bauer/Sprecher), Phyllis Bryn-Julson (soprano), Gidon Kremer (violin), Franz Mazura (narrator)
Berliner Philharmoniker, Rundfunkchor Berlin, MDR Rundfunkchor Leipzig,...
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Gramophone Awards, 1995, Winner - Orchestral
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Building a Library, March 2017, First Choice
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Dimitri Mitropoulos conducts Schoenberg, Scriabin & Schmidt
RecommendedVienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra, Dimitri Mitropoulos
an essential two-disc set for admirers of Dimitri Mitropoulos, the Philharmonic orchestras of New York and Vienna, and, for that matter, 20th century music...muscular, fleet-footed, impassioned... — More…
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Building a Library, May 2009, First Choice
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Schoenberg - Orchestral and Piano Pieces
RecommendedDaniel Barenboim (piano)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
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Building a Library, January 2010, First Choice
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As an example of Naxos's daring these days, for only its second disc of Schoenberg, it has headed for the Second Chamber Symphony - a work begun in 1906 but not completed after 1939 - rather... — More…
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Building a Library, February 2002, Runner-Up
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Daniel Barenboim plays & conducts Schoenberg
RecommendedDaniel Barenboim (conductor & piano), Rubén González, Joseph Golan (violins), Charles Pikler, Li-Kuo Chang (violas) & John Sharp, Stephen Balderston (cellos)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
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Building a Library, January 2010, First Choice
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Schoenberg: Gurrelieder, etc.
RecommendedMartina Arroyo, Alexander Young, Janet Baker, Odd Wolstad, Niels Moller, Julius Patzak
Danish State Radio Symphony, Concert Orchestras and Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, János Ferencsik, Norman Del Mar
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Building a Library, September 2003, Budget Choice
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Schoenberg: A Survivor from Warsaw, Op. 46, etc.
RecommendedAlessandra Marc, John Tomlinson
Staatskapelle Dresden, Giuseppe Sinopoli
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Building a Library, February 2005, Also Recommended
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