Schoenberg - Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4

The secret of her success lies in her ability to bring an immense amount of poetry and fantasy to the immensely complex solo part…As a result, the listener gets drawn into the drama of the musical... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2020, 5 out of 5 starsMore…

In performances of such freshness, verve and chamber transparency, the concept works...You’d go far to find performances of the Haydn concertos that match Alisa Weilerstein’s mix of stylistic... — Gramophone Magazine, October 2018More…

Across the programme Edward Gardner is preternaturally attentive, nailing the volatile blend of schmaltz and suffering that underpins the Lehár; and cloaking the moonbathing opening of the Fried... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2021, 4 out of 5 starsMore…

This 1951 mono recording set the benchmark for many years, and so it probably did much to establish the current, questionable norms of tempo. But it's superb performance, played with skill... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2008More…

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... — Gramophone Magazine, December 2025More…

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,... — James Longstaffe, Presto Music, August 2014More…

This vast cantata, a direct descendant of Wagnerian music-drama, was for the turn-of-the- century musical scene the ultimate gorgeous sunset. Schoenberg's forces are, to put it mildly, extravagant.... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010More…

This is a very distinguished coupling, superbly played by the BPO – a truly 'legendary' reissue, quite unsurpassed on record. Karajan never approached contemporary music with the innate radicalism... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010More…