Choral, Cantatas, Schoenberg (composer)
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Schoenberg - Violin Concerto
Rolf Schulte (violin), David Wilson-Johnson (Narrator, Reciter) & Jeremy Denk (Piano)
The Fred Sherry Quartet, Simon Joly Chorale & Philharmonia Orchestra, Robert Craft
Hilary Hahn's recording of Schoenberg's Violin Concerto (see above) paraded cool beauty where others could find only sweat and tears. Yes, an overstatement perhaps – Louis Krasner and Israel... —
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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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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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New. In the Heat of Classics
Thomas Adès (piano), Dame Felicity Lott (soprano), Terry Wey (countertenor), Paul O'Dette (lute), Victoria de los Angeles (soprano), Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano), Malcolm Martineau (piano), Viktoria Postnikova (piano), Christian Tetzlaff (violin), Marcel Reyans (tenor), Nicolas Courjal (bass), Samuel...
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Claudio Abbado
Salzburg Festival, recorded 13/8/1979 & 29/7/1994
Maximilian Schell (speaker)
Jeunesse-Chor Wien, European Community Youth Orchestra & Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra, Claudio Abbado
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Sinfini Music: Best Choral
John Langdon (organ), Harry Christophers (chorus conductor), William Lyons (bayan), His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts (chamber ensemble), Andrew Wright (organ), Annick Massis (soprano), Patrick Henckens (tenor), Magdalena Kožená (mezzo-soprano), Eric Huchet (tenor), Susan Hemington Jones (soprano),...
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Webern: Vocal & Chamber Works
Tony Arnold (soprano), Jacob Greenberg (piano), Claire Booth (soprano)
Fred Sherry String Quartet, Simon Joly Chorale, Philharmonia Orchestra, Sooyun Kim (flute), Charles Neidich (clarinet), Leila Josefowicz (violin), Fred Sherry (cello), Orion Weiss (piano), Robert Craft
What all the songs have in common...is brevity: each is a perfectly etched miniature, a nugget of impacted lyricism, and Arnold unwraps them with immense care. —
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Seid Nüchtern und wachet
Choral Music of the 20th Century
Berlin Radio Chorus, Leipzig Radio Chorus & Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra, Herbert Kegel & Dietrich Knothe
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Kaddish
Samuel Pisar (narrator), Jan Remmers (tenor) & Christian Immler (baritone)
Luzerner Sinfonieorchester, Rundfunkchor Berlin, John Axelrod
The performance by the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra under John Axelrod is solid rather than spectacular, and Bernstein's own second recording remains definitive. —
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Schoenberg: A Survivor from Warsaw, Op. 46 & Webern: Orchestral Works
Männerchor der Konzertvereinigung, Wiener Staatsopernchor & Wiener Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado
A suitably bleak performance of this harrowing piece for narrator, male-voice choir, and orchestra. Claudio Abbado conducts the Vienna Philharmonic, and Gottfried Hornik narrates. It took me... —
