Since you are interested in Schoenberg: Chamber Symphony No. 2 / Die gluckliche Hand / Wind Quintet, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
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ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
Schoenberg: Pierrot Lunaire / Chamber Symphony No. 1 / 4 Orchestral Songs / Herzgewachse Anja Silja, Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Eileen Hulse / Philharmonia Orchestra / Twentieth Century Classics Ensemble, Robert Craft [ Naxos / CD - released 11/Apr/2007 ] "Authoritative accounts of some of Schoenberg's greatest works, with Silja brilliant in Pierrot Lunaire, and the whole programme conducted with the deepest understanding by Craft, also author of the magnificent notes." Five Stars ***** BBC Music Mag... |
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ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
Schoenberg: Concerto for String Quartet / The Book of the Hanging Gardens, Op. 15 Fred Sherry Quartet / Twentieth Century Classics Ensemble / Robert Craft [ Naxos Schoenberg Edition Vol 2 / CD - released 10/Aug/2007 ] "When you consider that this disc gives almost eighty minutes of music, including a rarely performed work in what Robert Craft describes as an unmatched performance, plus three other pieces and an interview, all for a super-budget price then it is... |
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ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
Schoenberg: Serenade / Variations for Orchestra / Bach Orchestrations Twentieth Century Classics Ensemble, Philharmonia Orchestra / Robert Craft (Conductor) [ Naxos Schoenberg Edition Vol 4 / CD - released 9/May/2006 ] In an interview in Berlin, 6 October 1928, Schoenberg introduces his greatest orchestra piece, Variations, Op. 31, with a denigration of American sensibilities |
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ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
Schoenberg: 5 Orchestral Pieces / Cello Concerto / Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 1 (orch. Schoenberg) Fred Sherry (Cello) / London Symphony Orchestra / Philharmonia Orchestra / Robert Craft (Conductor) [ Naxos Schoenberg Edition Vol 5 / CD - released 4/Dec/2006 ] In 1933, Schoenberg transcribed for cello a harpsichord concerto by the baroque composer Matthias Monn (1717-50). He dedicated his arrangement to Pablo Casals, whom he had met in Vienna, but Casals considered it too demanding. |
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6 A Cappella Mixed Choruses / String Quartet No. 2 / Suite in G major Jennifer Welch-Babidge (soprano) / Simon Joly Singers / Twentieth Century Classics Ensemble / Fred Sherry Quartet / Robert Craft (conductor) [ Naxos Schoenberg Edition Vol 3 / CD - released 29/Jan/2006 ] "A thoroughly enjoyable release which should convert many to Schoenberg's music." (MusicWeb Feb 2006) |
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Gurre-Lieder Melanie Diener (soprano) Ernst Haefliger (narrator) Martyn Hill (tenor) Jennifer Lane (mezzo) Stephen O'Mara (tenor) / Simon Joly Chorale Philharmonia [ Naxos Schoenberg Edition Vol 1 / 2 CD - released 28/Dec/2004 ] "This is not only recommended but a bit of a bargain as well." -- Bruce Hodges, MusicWeb |
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ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
Schoenberg: Moses und Aron [complete opera] Wolfgang Schöne & cast / Polish Radio Choir, Stuttgart State Opera Children's Chorus / Stuttgart State Opera Chorus / Stuttgart State Orchestra, Rolan [ Naxos Opera / 2 CD - released 14/Sep/2006 ] "I found myself wondering how the chorus, who are superb, managed to remember it all, and how wonderfully the conductor Roland Kluttig, well known in his work on many contemporary scores, keeps it all so securely together" MusicWeb |
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A Survivor from Warsaw / Concerto for Violin and Orchestra / etc Rolf Schulte (violin) David Wilson-Johnson (narrator) Jeremy Denk (piano) / Philharmonia Orchestra / Robert Craft [ Naxos Schoenberg Edition Vol 10 / CD - released 1/Dec/2008 ] This volume of Robert Craft's acclaimed Schoenberg series presents the composer's favourite of his own orchestral works, the Violin Concerto. |
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COPLAND / TICHELI / TORKE
Landscapes University of Kansas Wind Ensemble, Paul Popiel, Steve Leisring (trumpet), Ji Hye Jung (marimba), Margaret Marco (cor anglais) [ Naxos / CD - released 16/Apr/2013 ] Landscapes is a journey through the rich tapestry of American wind band music, performed by one of the country's leading ensembles. One of Michael Torke's most admired works, Javelin has been described as a 'sonic olympiad', while his arrangement of... |