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Schoenberg - Variations for Orchestra, Op. 31
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Kirill Petrenko conducts Arnold Schoenberg
RecommendedPatricia Kopatchinskaja (violin), Berliner Philharmoniker, Kirill Petrenko
Petrenko brings to it the charisma, the intensity, and cardinal virtues of fluent but absolute control over both line and detail that distinguished his performances of Schoenberg's tonal contemporaries...Taken... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2026, Winner - Assorted Programs
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The Guardian Classical Albums of the Year, 2025
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Presto Recording of the Week, 26th December 2025
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Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht & Variations for Orchestra
RecommendedBerlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan
The strings of the Berlin Philharmonic treat us to their most ravishingly expressive sound in this 1974 recording of Verklärte Nacht, heard here in Schoenberg's own version for string orchestra,... —
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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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 - Verklärte Nacht
Phyllis Bryn-Julson
Artemis Quartet, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group & English Chamber Orchestra, Jeffrey Tate & Sir Simon Rattle
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Gramophone Awards, 1995, Winner - Orchestral
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Schoenberg: Pelleas und Melisande, Op. 5, etc.
RecommendedPierre Amoyal & Peter Serkin
Chicago Symphony Orchestra & London Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez
Boulez keeps the music moving, and brings welcome clarity to Pelleas's potentially murky orchestration. The more angular Variations and concertos aren't as comfortable, though both soloists... —
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Building a Library, May 2009, Modern Choice
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Special offer. Brahms: Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98, etc.
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Kent Nagano
Nagano gives an absolutely superb reading of the Schoenberg, the melodic lines shaped with affection, the complex textures perfectly and fastidiously balanced, but with a thrilling sense of... —
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Webern: Passacaglia, Schoenberg: Variations for Orchestra
Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
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The Berliner Philharmoniker and Herbert von Karajan: 1953–1969 live in Berlin
Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan, Géza Anda (piano), Glenn Gould (piano), Gundula Janowitz, Christa Ludwig, Jess Thomas, Walter Berry, Irmgard Seefried, Wolfgang Schneiderhan, Jörg Demus (piano), Wilhelm Kempff (piano), Christoph Eschenbach (piano)
The pleasure of this 24-disc hybrid CD/SACD set, from sampled listening, is the chance to hear risk, imperfection and the adventure of live recording. Repertoire includes the expected European... —
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Variations for Orchestra was the composer's first work using the 12-tone system, and though radical, feels deeply Romantic when performed by the orchestra's sumptuous strings and refined winds.... —
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Schoenberg: Variations for Orchestra, Op. 31 & 4 Stücke für gemischten Chor, Op. 27 & Serenade, Op. 24
Marni Nixon (soprano), Catherine Gayer (alto), Richard Robinson (tenor), Sam Van Ducen (bass), Hugo Raimondi (clarinet), William Ulyate (bass clarinet), Dorothy Wade (violin), Emmet Sargeant (cello), Max Gralnick (mandolin), Theodore Norman (guitar), Robert Craft Orchestra, Robert Craft
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