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Webern Day - Thursday 15th September
Anton Webern
Complete Works
Three Poems [1899 - 1903]
Dorothy Dorow (soprano)
Rudolf Jansen (piano)
Etcetera KTC2008 trs. 1 - 3

Two Pieces for Cello & Piano [1899]
Clemens Hagen (cello)
Oleg Maisenberg (piano)
DG 457 637 2 CD 6, trs. 1 & 2

Eight Early Songs [1901-4]
Christiane Oelze (soprano)
Eric Schneider (piano)
DG 457 637 2 CD 4, trs. 4 - 11

Three Avenarius Songs [1903-4]
Christiane Oelze (soprano)
Eric Schneider (piano)
DG 457 637 2 CD 4, trs. 12 - 14

Im Sommerwind [1904]
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchetsra/Mariss Jansons
Sony SK 93538 tr. 6


Langsamer Satz [1905]
Artis Quartet
Nimbus NI5668 tr. 1

String Quartet [1905]
Emerson String Quartet
DG 457 637-2 CD 5, tr. 7

Rondo for String Quartet [1906]
Schoenberg Quartet
Chandos 10083 tr. 3

Movement for Piano [1906]
Gianluca Cascioli (piano)
DG 457 637 2 CD 6, tr. 3

Sonata Movement (Rondo) for Piano in C minor [c.1906]
Gianluca Cascioli (piano)
DG 457 637 2 CD 6, tr. 4

Five Songs (Dehmel) [1906-8]
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone)
Aribert Reimann (piano)
Orfeo C 390 951 B trs. 10 - 14

Piano Quintet [1907]
Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano)
Ensemble Intercontemporain
DG 457 637-2 CD 3, tr. 1

Op. 1 Passacaglia Op. 1
Staatstakepelle Dreseden/Giuseppe Sinopoli
ELATUS 0927 49832 2

Op. 2 Entflieht auf leichten Kähnen
BBC Singers/ Pierre Boulez
DG 457 637-2/2, tr 2

Op. 3/15 Songs
Fischer-Dieskau, Reimann
DG 431 744-2, 2/19

Op. 3/2
Heather Harper , Charles Rosen
SONY S3K 45845, ¼

Op..3/3
Fischer-Dieskau, Reimann
DG431 744-2, 2/20

Op..3/4
Heather Harper , Charles Rosen
SONY S3K 45845, 1/6

Op..3/5
Heather Harper , Charles Rosen
SONY S3K 45845, 1/7

Op. 4, Nos. 1-5 5 Songs
Christiane Oelze , Eric Schneider
DG 457 637-2/4, tracks 25-29

Four lieder on poems by S.George
Fischer-Dieskau, Reimann
EMI 5 67349 2, 3/16-19

Op. 5 - Five movements
Juilliard String Quartet
TESTAMENT SBT 1375

Op.6 -1 Six Pieces for Orchestra
SWR Orch Baden-Baden/ Michael Gielen
HANSSLER CD93.017/tr 5

Op.6-2
SWR Orch Baden-Baden/ Michael Gielen
HANSSLER CD93.017/tr 7

Op.6-3
SWR Orch Baden-Baden/ Michael Gielen
HANSSLER CD93.017/tr 8

Op.6-4
SWR Orch Baden-Baden/ Michael Gielen
HANSSLER CD93.017/tr 10

Op.6-5
SWR Orch Baden-Baden/ Michael Gielen
HANSSLER CD93.017/tr 7

Op.6-6
SWR Orch Baden-Baden/ Michael Gielen
HANSSLER CD93.017/tr 7

Op 7 Four pieces for violin & piano 1910
Gidon Kremer, violin
Oleg Maisenberg, piano
DG 4576372
CD6 TRACKS 5-8

Op 8 2 songs 1910
Heather Harper (sop)
Pierre Boulez, conductor
Sony Set, SM3K45845,
Disc 1, Tracks 28 and 29

Op 9 Six Bagatelles for String 4tet 1911
Emmerson Quartet
DG 4576372
CD5 TRACKS 8-13

Op 10 Five pieces for orchestra 1911-13
Vienna Philharmonic
Claudio Abbado
DG 4317742 Tracks 10-14

3 pieces (4tet and sop) 1913
Mary Ann McCormick, soprano
Emmerson Quartet
DG 4576372
CD5 TRACKS 16-18

Five pieces for orchestra 1913
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Boulez
DG 4576372
CD2 TRACKS 1-5

3 Orchestral Songs 1913-14
Dorothy Dorrow, soprano
Schoenberg Ensemble
Reinbert de Leeuw
MUSICA MUNDI CD 314005,
TRACKS 7-9

Cello Sonata 1914 

Op 11 3 Little Pieces 1914 

Claudio Bohorquez (cello)
Martin Helmchen (piano)

Op 12 Four songs 1915-17
Mitsuko Shirai, soprano
Hartmut Holl, piano
CAPRICCIO 10862,
TRACKS 27-30

Op 13 Four songs 1917-18
Dorothy Dorrow, soprano
Schoenberg Ensemble
Reinbert de Leeuw
MUSICA MUNDI CD 314005,
TRACKS 10-13

Op 14 Six songs 1917-21
Francoise Pollet, soprano
Ensemble Intercontemporain
Pierre Boulez
DG 4576372
Tracks14-19

Op 15 Five sacred songs 1921-22
Heather Harper, sop
Ensemble
Pierre Boulez, conductor
SONY CLASSSICAL SM3K 45845
CD 2 Tracks 11-15

Op 16: Five canons on latin texts (1924)
Jennifer Welch-Babidge , sop
Twentieth century classics ensemble
NAXOS 8557530
TRACKS 3-7 3.41

Op 17: Three traditional rhymes (1924)
Jennifer Welch-Babidge, sop
Twentieth century classics ensemble
NAXOS 8557530
TRACKS 8-10 2.33

Kinderstuck (1924)
Krystian Zimmermann , piano
DG 4576372
CD6 TRACK 13

Piano Piece (1925) 
Krystian Zimerman, piano
DG 4576372
CD6 TRACK 14

Op 18: Three songs on folk texts (1925)
Christiane Oelze, soprano
Ensemble Intercontemporain
DG 4576372
CD3 TRACKS 33-35

String Trio movement of 1925
Emmerson Quartet
DG 4576372
CD5 TRACKS 15

Op 19: Two songs ( Goethe ) for mixed choir (1926)
Schoenberg Ensemble
De Leeuw
MUSICA MUNDI CD314005, Tracks 36-7

Op 20: String Trio (1927)
Julliard Quartet,
Sony CD 45845, CD 2 tracks 29-30

Op 21: Symphony (1928)
Berlin Philharmonic
Karajan
DG 4232542, Tracks 13-14

Op 22: Quartet for violin, clarinet, sax and piano (1930)
Ensemble Intercontemporain
DG 4576372
Disc 3 Tracks 38-39

Op 23: Three songs from Viae inviae (1934 )
Claudia Barainsky , soprano
Orfeo C411951
Tracks 6-8

Op 24: Concerto (1934)
Dresden State Orchestra
Sinopoli
TELDEC 3984229022
Tracks 16-18

Op 25: Three songs (Jone) (1934)
Claudia Barainsky , soprano
Orfeo C 411951 3.50
Tracks 38-40

Op 26: Das Augenlicht (1935)
BBC Singers
Ens Intercontemporain
Boulez
DG 4576372
CD2 TRACK 11

Op 27: Variations for piano (1936)
Williams
BBC Studio recording

Op 28: String quartet (1938)
Emmerson Quartet
DG 4576372
CD5 TRACKS 16-18

Op 29: First Cantata (1939)
Anita Westhoff (soprano)
Gurzenich Chorus & Symphony Orchestra
Gunter Wand 

Op 30: Variations for orchestra (1940)
Vienna Philharmonic
Abbado
Vienna Philharmonic
Claudio Abbado
DG 4317742 Track 15

Op 31: Second Cantata (1943) 
BBC Singers
Berlin Phil
Boulez
DG 4576372
CD2 TRACKS 16-21


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