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| 1. Two Ballades, Op. 12 |
| 2. Brettl-Lieder |
| 3. Folksong Arrangements (4) |
| 4. Frühe Lieder (25) |
| 5. Gurrelieder - early version for voice and piano |
| 6. 2 Lieder, Op. 14 |
| 7. 3 Lieder, Op. 48 |
| 8. 4 Lieder Op. 2 |
| 9. 6 Lieder, Op. 3 |
| 10. 8 Lieder, Op. 6 |
| 11. Das Buch der Hängenden Gärten, Op. 15 |
| 12. Lieder (18), Op. post |
| 13. Dank, Op. 1 No. 1 |
| 14. Abschied, Op. 1 No. 2 |
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''The performances throughout the set, all of them accompanied by pianist Urs Liska, vary from the thoroughly effective to the very fine indeed, with the baritone Konrad Jarnot particularly impressive. Jarnot gets to sing The Book of the Hanging Gardens, and his performance is by no means outclassed by the superb recent version from Christian Gerhaher on Sony. But it's the sheer comprehensiveness of this set that makes it so fascinating; many of the songs in it would be hard to source elsewhere.'' **** --Andrew Clements, The Guardian, 18th July 2012
'Throughout this set, the sound (recorded at Siemens Villa in Berlin) has admirable focus and immediacy as well as an exemplary sense of perspective between voice and piano.' --International Record Review, February 2013
'Throughout this set, the sound (recorded at Siemens Villa in Berlin) has admirable focus and immediacy as well as an exemplary sense of perspective between voice and piano.' --International Record Review, February 2013
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Claudia Barainsky & Melanie Diener, soprano - Anke Vondung, mezzo-soprano - Christa Mayer, contralto - Markus Vondung, ténor - Konrad Jarnot, baryton - Urs Liska, piano
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You may be thinking that listening to nearly five hours of Schoenberg's lieder would be a difficult going, but on the contrary, there was more to the composer than one may think, there are some real gems here, especially in the early songs! The idea that all the music composed by Schoenberg is atonal is far from the mark, his musical output is usually divided into three stages, the first period, 1894-1907, is representative of late romantic German tradition of the late nineteenth century along with the impressionist movement, therefore showing the influence of his teacher and soon to be brother-in-law, Alexander Zemlinsky. The second period, 1908-1922, sees Schoenberg experimenting with what came to be described as `free atonality', although not by Schonberg himself. The third and final period from 1922 onwards is marked by Schoenberg's development of his `dodecaphonic' or `twelve-tone' method of composition. However, this in itself is misleading as there are more traditional tonal compositions from this later period.
The first disc opens with a collection of nine posthumous songs, six of them receiving the first recording, dating from between 1893 and 1900, and one is struck by their impressionistic style, you could almost believe you are listening to Debussy in German! These are followed by the Vier Lieder Op. 2 and the Sechs Lieder Op. 3, both these sets showing a reliance on the German romantic tradition. These are however followed by Das Buch der hängenden Gärten Op. 15, these songs were composed in 1908and 1909 and show Schoenberg's early attempts at atonalism, despite this there is some interesting and accessible music here.... Read more ›
The first disc opens with a collection of nine posthumous songs, six of them receiving the first recording, dating from between 1893 and 1900, and one is struck by their impressionistic style, you could almost believe you are listening to Debussy in German! These are followed by the Vier Lieder Op. 2 and the Sechs Lieder Op. 3, both these sets showing a reliance on the German romantic tradition. These are however followed by Das Buch der hängenden Gärten Op. 15, these songs were composed in 1908and 1909 and show Schoenberg's early attempts at atonalism, despite this there is some interesting and accessible music here.... Read more ›
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Schoenberg Surprises us !
18 Jan 2013
By Herman Rosen HERMAN ROSEN
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These Lieder are surprisingly romantic and some quite Wagnerian..Very few porend the later
Schoenberg of dissonance and profundity.Think "Transfigured Night " in song
The Cabaret songs could make one think he is in the Berlin of the 1920s or earlier
The performances are outstanding ...mostly by women...and you cannot beat the amount
of outstanding music and performance for this price
Schoenberg of dissonance and profundity.Think "Transfigured Night " in song
The Cabaret songs could make one think he is in the Berlin of the 1920s or earlier
The performances are outstanding ...mostly by women...and you cannot beat the amount
of outstanding music and performance for this price
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