Your 3 Favorites from a Past Great Composer ...
Oct 27, 2017 13:58:09 GMT
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Post by FilmFlaneur on Oct 27, 2017 13:58:09 GMT
Arnold Schoenberg
1. Chamber Symphony No.1
Tonality and expression seem to be bursting at the bounds here and the restlessness is reaching out to what happened next. The result is like a boiling kettle waiting to whistle and very dramatic.
2. Orchestral Variations
12-tone action in a set of variations which rank among the greatest of their times, imho. Karajan's notable version is a good starter, as he is able to make plain Schoenberg's indebtedness to the romantic tradition he was, in effect, still part of.
3. Arrangements of Mahler songs (recently appeared on Naxos)
Mahler's great song cycles derive a good deal of impact from the composer's characteristic lush yet sombre orchestration. Here AS's very effective and enjoyable reductions (in what I think are his best arrangements) show another master at work.
1. Chamber Symphony No.1
Tonality and expression seem to be bursting at the bounds here and the restlessness is reaching out to what happened next. The result is like a boiling kettle waiting to whistle and very dramatic.
2. Orchestral Variations
12-tone action in a set of variations which rank among the greatest of their times, imho. Karajan's notable version is a good starter, as he is able to make plain Schoenberg's indebtedness to the romantic tradition he was, in effect, still part of.
3. Arrangements of Mahler songs (recently appeared on Naxos)
Mahler's great song cycles derive a good deal of impact from the composer's characteristic lush yet sombre orchestration. Here AS's very effective and enjoyable reductions (in what I think are his best arrangements) show another master at work.