Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)
Composer
Austrian composer, theorist and a principal figure on the Second Viennese School.
Initially he wrote in a late Romantic style (as in his Verklärte Nacht) but he then developed the famous twelve-note, serial and atonal method of composition. His Five Piano Pieces, Op 23 and The Serenade, Op 24 are both written in this form. He fled the Nazis and settled in California, where he died.
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Recording of the Week, Music by Haydn and Schoenberg from cellist Alisa Weilerstein
10th August 2018
James listens to energetic, vital accounts of Haydn's two cello concertos from Alisa Weilerstein, coupled with an expressively radiant performance of Schoenberg's Verklärte Nacht.
Recording of the Week, Markus Stenz conducts Schoenberg's Gurrelieder
29th June 2015
James listens to Markus Stenz and the Gürzenich-Orchester Köln's new recording of Schoenberg's colossal epic.
Popular Works: Schoenberg
- 4 Lieder Op. 2 (15)
- 5 orchestral pieces, Op. 16 (37)
- 6 Lieder for soprano and orchestra, Op. 8 (9)
- A Survivor from Warsaw, Op. 46 (15)
- Accompaniment to a Cinematographic Scene, Op. 34 (14)
- Brettl-Lieder (10)
- Chamber Symphony No. 1 in E major, Op. 9 (64)
- Chamber Symphony No. 2, Op. 38b (16)
- Das Buch der Hängenden Gärten, Op. 15 (16)
- De Profundis (Psalm 130), Op. 50b for mixed choir a cappella (9)
- Erwartung, Op. 17 (24)
- Friede auf Erden, Op. 13 (26)
- Gurrelieder (30)
- Klavierstück, Op. 33a (29)
- Klavierstück, Op. 33b (24)
- Klavierstücke (3), Op. 11 (44)
- Klavierstücke (5), Op. 23 (39)
- Klavierstücke, Op. 33a/b (10)
- Kleine Klavierstücke (6), Op. 19 (57)
- Lied der Waldtaube (from Gurrelieder) (11)
- Moses und Aron (14)
- Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte, Op. 41 (18)
- Pelleas und Melisande, Op. 5 (34)
- Phantasy for Violin with Piano Accompaniment, Op. 47 (30)
- Piano Concerto, Op. 42 (37)
- Pierrot lunaire, Op. 21 (35)
- Septet (Suite) in E flat major, Op. 29 (14)
- Serenade, Op. 24 (9)
- String Quartet in D major (1897) (12)
- String Quartet No. 1 in D minor, Op. 7 (12)
- String Quartet No. 2 in F sharp minor, Op. 10 (26)
- String Quartet No. 3, Op. 30 (12)
- String Quartet No. 4, Op. 37 (14)
- String Trio, Op. 45 (19)
- Suite for Piano, Op. 25 (40)
- Theme and Variations, Op. 43a (15)
- Variationen über ein Rezitativ, Op. 40 (10)
- Variations for Orchestra, Op. 31 (34)
- Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4 (128)
- Violin Concerto, Op. 36 (13)
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