Schoenberg – Five Pieces for Orchestra – Robert Craft

Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951):
Five Pieces for Orchestra, op.16 *
Cello Concerto after G.M. Monn +
Brahms, orch.Schoenberg: Piano Quartet in G minor, op.25 #

Fred Sherry - cello +
London Symphony Orchestra *
Philharmonia Orchestra + #
Robert Craft - conductor

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Schoenberg – Serenade, Variations – Robert Craft

Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951):
Serenade, op.24 *
Variations for Orchestra, op.31 +
Bach Orchestrations +

Stephen Varcoe - bass *
Charles Neidich - clarinet *
Alan R. Kay - bass clarinet *
Peter Press - mandolin *
David Starobin - guitar *
Rolf Schulte - violin *
Toby Appel - viola *
Fred Sherry - cello *
Twentieth Century Classics Ensemble *
Philharmonia Orchestra +
Robert Craft - conductor +

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Schoenberg, Berg, Webern – Piano Music – Peter Hill

Alban Berg (1885-1935):
Sonata, op.1
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951):
Three Piano Pieces, op.11 no.1
Six Little Piano Pieces, op.19 no.1
Five Piano Pieces, op.23 no.1
Suite For Piano, op.25
Piano Piece, op.33a
Piano Piece, op.33b
Anton Webern (1883-1945):
Variations, op.27

Peter Hill - piano

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Shostakovich, Schoenberg – Chamber Music – The Nash Ensemble

CD 1:
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975):
Piano Quintet in G minor, op.57
4 Waltzes for Flute, Clarinet and Piano
Piano Trio no.2 in E minor, op.67

CD 2:
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951):
Kammersymphonie, op.9 (arr. Webern)
Ode to Napoleon, op.41 *
Verklärte Nacht, op.4

Thomas Allen - reciter *
The Nash Ensemble

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Bach – Transcriptions – Leonard Slatkin

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750):
Passacaglia and Fuge in C minor BWV 582 (orch.: Ottorino Respighi)
Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme BWV 645 (orch.: Sir Granville Bantock)
Preludium and Fuge in C major BWV 545 (orch.: Arthur Honegger)
O Mensch, bewein' dein' Sünde groß, BWV 622 (orch.: Max Reger)
Fantasia and Fuge in C minor BWV 537 (orch.: Sir Edward Elgar)
Die 'große' Fuge (Wir glauben all' an einen Gott, BWV 680) (orch.: Ralph Vaughan Williams)
Chaconne from Partita Nr. 2 in D minor BWV 1004 (orch.: Joseph Joachim Raff)
'Fuge a la Gigue' in G major BWV 577 (orch.: Gustav Holst)
Preludium und Fuge in E flat major 'St Anne', BWV 552 (orch.: Arnold Schoenberg)

BBC Philharmonic
Leonard Slatkin - conductor

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Dohnanyi, Kodaly, Fuchs, Schoenberg – String Trios – Berlin Philharmonic String Trio

Ernő von Dohnányi (1877-1960):
Serenade, op.10
Zoltán Kodály (1882-1967):
Intermezzo
Robert Fuchs (1847-1927):
String Trio, op.94
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951):
String Trio, op.45

Berlin Philharmonic Trio

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Schoenberg, Berg, Webern, Zemlinsky – String Quartets – LaSalle Quartet

remembering Alban Berg on his birthday

(February 9, 1885 – December 24, 1935)

CD 1:
Arnold Schoenberg (1874–1951):
String Quartet No.1 in D minor, op.8
String Quartet No.2 in F sharp minor, op.10

CD 2:
Arnold Schoenberg (1874–1951):
String Quartet No.3, op.30
String Quartet No.4, op.37

CD 3:
Arnold Schoenberg (1874–1951):
String Quartet in D major
Anton Webern (1883-1945):
Five Movements for String Quartet, op.5
String Quartet
Six Bagatelles for String Quartet, op.9
String Quartet, op.28

CD 4:
Alban Berg (1885-1935):
Lyric Suite for String Quartet
String Quartet, op.3

CD 5:
Alexander Zemlinsky (1871-1942):
String Quartet No.1 in A major, op.4
String Quartet No.2, op.15

CD 6:
Alexander Zemlinsky (1871-1942):
String Quartet No.3, op.19
String Quartet No.4, op.25
Hans Erich Apostel (1901-1972):
String Quartet No.1, op.7

Lasalle Quartet

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Schoenberg, Veress, Bártok – Works for String Orchestra – Camerata Bern

remembering Sándor Veress on his birthday

(1 February 1907 - 4 March 1992)

Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951):
Verklärte Nacht, op.4 - version for String Orchestra
Sándor Veress (1907-1992):
Four Transylvanian Dances, for String Orchestra
Béla Bartók (1885-1945):
Divertimento, for String Orchestra

Camerata Bern
Thomas Zehetmair - violin & direction

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Mahler, Schoenberg – Chamber Music – Pražák Quartet

Gustav Mahler (1860-1911):
Piano Quartet
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951):
String Quartet in D major
String Trio, op.45
Phantasy for Violin, op.47

Sachiko Kayahara - piano
Pražák Quartet

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Brahms – Piano Quartet (Schoenberg), Variations on a theme by Handel (Rubbra) – N.Järvi

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897):
Piano Quartet in G minor, op.25 orch. Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)
Variations and Fugue on a theme by Handel, op.24 orch. Edmund Rubbra (1901-1986):

London Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Järvi - conductor

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Schoenberg, Schumann – Piano Concertos – Amalie Malling

Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951):
Piano Concerto, op.42
Robert Schumann (1810-1856):
Piano Concerto in A minor, op.54

Amalie Malling - piano
Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Michael Schønwandt - conductor

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Lanner, Strauss I, Strauss II – Waltzes – Alban Berg Quartett

Joseph Lanner (1801-1843):
Marien-Walzer
Steyrische-Tänze
Johann Strauss I (1804-1849):
Wiener Gemüths-Walzer
Annen-Polka
Joseph Lanner (1801-1843):
Die Werber - waltz
Johann Strauss I (1804-1849):
Eisele- und Beisele-Sprünge - polka
Johann Strauss II (1825-1899):
Schatz-Walzer (arr. Anton Webern (1883-1945))
Wein, Weib und Gesang - waltz (arr. Alban Berg (1885-1935))
Kaiser-Walzer (arr. Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951))

Alban Berg Quartett

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Schoenberg, Liszt – Piano Concertos – Emanuel Ax

Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951):
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, op.42
Franz Liszt (1811-1886):
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No.2 in A major
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No.1 in E flat major

Emanuel Ax - piano
The Philharmonia
Esa-Pekka Salonen - conductor

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The Art of Riccardo Chailly

Celebrating the International Music Day

with Riccardo Chailly

CD 1:
Anton Bruckner (1824-1896):
Symphony No. 7 in E major

CD 2:
Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893):
Romeo & Juiliet - ouverture fantasia
Francesca da Rimini - fantasia sinfonica

CD 3:
Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893):
Symphony No.5 in E minor, op.64

CD 4:
Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904):
Carnival Overture, Op.92
Symphony No.9 in E minor, Op.95 "From the New World"

CD 5:
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847):
Symphony No.3 in A minor "Scottish", op.56
Opening Sketch of "Scottish Symphony"
Piano Concerto No.3 in E minor, op.posth.
Overture "The Hebrides", op.26

CD 6:
Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868):
Overture of Guillaume Tell
Overture of Il signor Bruschino
Overture of Bianca e Falliero
Overture of Il barbiere di Siviglia
Overture of Armida
Overture of Semiramide
Overture of L'inganno felice
Overture of Matilde di Shabran
Overture of Demitrio e Polibio
Overture of La gazza ladra

CD 7:
Béla Bartók (1881-1945):
Concerto for Orchestra
The Miraculous Mandarin, op.19

CD 8:
George Gershwin (1898-1937):
Rhapsody in Blue *
Lullaby
An American in Paris
Cuban Overture

Katia and Marielle Labèque - piano duo *


CD 9:
Gustav Mahler (1860-1911):
Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor

CD 10:
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937):
Bolero
Claude Debussy (1862-1918):
Sarabande
Danse
Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881) / Maurice Ravel:
Pictures at an Exhibition

CD 11:
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951):
Verklärte Nacht, Op.4
5 Pieces for Orchestra, Op.16
Anton Webern (1883-1945):
Passacaglia for Orchestra, Op.1
Alban Berg (1885-1935):
Piano Sonata, Op.1 (orchestral version by Theo Verbey)

CD 12:
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971):
Petrushka, ballet
Pulcinella, ballet *

Anna Caterina Antonacci - soprano *
Pietro Ballo - tenor *
William Shimell - bass *


CD 13:
Edgard Varèse (1883-1965):
Tuning Up
Amériques original version
Poème électronique
Arcana
Nocturnal
Un grand sommeil noir (orchestration by Antony Beaumont)

CD 14:
Luciano Berio (1925-2003) - transcriptions:
Henry Purcell (1659-1695):
The modification and instrumentation of a famous hornpipe
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750):
Contrapunctus XIX (Die Kunst der Fuge)
Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805):
Quattro versioni originali della 'Ritirata notturna di Madrid'
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
Variations on the Papageno's Aria 'Ein Maedchen oder Weibchen'
Franz Schubert (1797-1828):
Rendering for orchestra
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897):
Sonata for clarinet and orchestra, Op.120 No.1 *

Fausto Ghiazza - clarinet *


CD 15:
Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992):
Turangalila-Symphonie

Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
Takashi Harada, ondes martenot


CD 16:
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975):
Moscow, Cheryomushki, Operetta, Op. 105
The Bolt, Suite From The Ballet, Op. 27a:
The Gadfly, Suite From The Film Score, Op. 97a


Cleveland Orchestra
Gewandhausorchester
Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala
Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi
The Philadelphia Orchestra
Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Concertgebouw Orchestra
Wiener Philharmoniker

Riccardo Chailly - conductor

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Brahms-Schoenberg – Piano Quartet adapted for Orchestra – H.Wakasugi

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) / Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951):
Piano Quartet in G minor, op.25 adapted for Orchestra *
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) / Alban Berg (1885-1935):
Chamber Symphony, op.9 arranged for Piano Duet +

Kölner Rundfunk Sinfonie Orchester *
Hiroshi Wakasugi - conductor *
Anthony Paratore - piano +
Joseph Paratore - piano +

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Schoenberg – Verklärte Nacht, Pelleas und Melisande – Karajan

remembering Arnold Schoenberg on his birthday

(13 September 1874 – 13 July 1951)

Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951):
Verklärte Nacht,op.4 (version for string orchestra)
Pelleas und Melisande, op.5 - symphonic poem

Berliner Philharmoniker
Herbert von Karajan - conductor

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Entartete Musik (Vol.2) – Schoenberg In Hollywood - John Mauceri

Entartete Musik

["Entartete Musik" or "degenerate music" consists of works by composers surpressed or displaced during the political troubles of the 1930s-40s.]

Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951):
Suite for String Orchestra in G major
Chamber Symphony No.2, op.38
Theme and Variations, op.43b

Deutsches Symphonieorchester Berlin
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin
John Mauceri - conductor

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Schoenberg – Verklärte Nacht; Schubert – String Quintet – Janin Jansen & VA

Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951):
Verklärte Nacht for string sextet, op.4
Franz Scgubert (1797-1828):
String Quintet in C major, D.956

Janine Jansen - violin
Boris Brovtsyn - violin
Maxim Rysanov - viola
Amihai Grosz - viola
Torleif Thedéen - cello
Jens Peter Maintz - cello

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Bartók, Hindemith – Viola Concertos; Schoenberg – Verklärte Nacht – Nobuko Imai

Béla Bartók (1881-1945):
Concerto for Viola and Orchestra, op.posth.
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951):
"Verklärte Nacht", op.4 for String Orchestra
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963):
"Der Schwanendreher": Concerto for Viola and small Orchestra based on old folksongs

Nobuko Imai - viola
Orchestre de la Haute École de Musique de Genève
Gábor Takács-Nagy - conductor

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Webern, Berg, Schoenberg – Works for string Quartet – Quatuor Psophos

Anton Webern (1883-1945):
Langsamer Satz M78
Alban Berg (1885-1935):
Lyrische Suite
Arnold Schoenberg (1871-1951):
Quartet No.4, op.37

Quatuor Psophos

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