The Viennese Radical
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951): 1/5. The Viennese Radical: Donald Macleod assesses Schoenberg's position as a musical outsider in turn of the century Vienna.
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)
1/5. The Viennese Radical
Donald Macleod assesses Schoenberg's position as an outsider in turn-of-the-century Vienna, with the battle lines between the composer and the critics drawn almost from the beginning.
Erwartung (song)
Mitsuko Shirai (mezzo-soprano)
Hartmut Holl (piano)
String Quartet in D (2nd mvt)
Arditti String Quartet
Verklarte Nacht
Donald McInnes (viola)
Jonathan Pegis (cello)
LaSalle Quartet
Des Sommerwindes wilde Jagd (Melodram) (Gurrelieder)
Thomas Quasthoff (bass-baritone/sprecher)
Runkfunkchor Berlin
MDR Rundfunkchor, Leipzig
Ernst Senff Chor Berlin
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Simon Rattle (conductor).
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