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The composers of the Second Viennese School were keenly aware of the difficulties they faced in presenting their new orchestral and chamber music to the public, so they resorted to keyboard transcriptions to make performances more practical. This double-CD from Capriccio is a collection of piano versions of Arnold Schoenberg's music, arranged by Anton Webern, Alban Berg, Ferruccio Busoni, Erwin Stein, and Schoenberg himself. While some of the impact of the orchestral originals is lost (for example, the preludes and interludes from the massive Gurre-Lieder are weaker here, even with 6 to 8 hands on 2 pianos), enough of the intended effects come through in the transcriptions to make the effort worthwhile. Perhaps the most successful arrangements are the ones for voice and piano, such as the opening track, Gethsemane, and the Six Orchestral Songs, because the main interest lies in the vocal lines, as sung, respectively, by Konrad Jarnot and Claudia Barainsky, and the piano part is essentially accompanimental. Denser orchestral works, like the Five Pieces for orchestra and the Chamber Symphony No. 2, as played by the GrauSchumacher Piano Duo, are harder to sort out without knowing the scores well, though one supposes the transcriptions would have been adequate for study purposes. Schoenberg's music has been recorded many times, so these transcriptions have lost their urgency as teaching tools, but they remain fascinating mementos of the Viennese avant-garde, and students of Schoenberg's work will derive considerable value from them.
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Gethsemane (fragment) (version for voice and piano) (Arnold Schönberg)
Arnold Schoenberg, Composer - Konrad Jarnot, Artist, MainArtist - Urs Liska, Artist
(C) 2016 CapriccioNR (P) 2016 CapriccioNR
Gurre-Lieder, Pt. 1 (Arr. A. Webern) (Anton Webern)
Anton Webern, Composer - Arnold Schoenberg, Composer - Urs Liska, Artist, MainArtist - Götz Schumacher, Artist - Andreas Grau, Artist - Irmela Roelcke, Artist
(C) 2016 CapriccioNR (P) 2016 CapriccioNR
Anton Webern, Composer - Arnold Schoenberg, Composer - Urs Liska, Artist, MainArtist - Götz Schumacher, Artist - Andreas Grau, Artist
(C) 2016 CapriccioNR (P) 2016 CapriccioNR
Anton Webern, Composer - Arnold Schoenberg, Composer - Urs Liska, Artist, MainArtist - Götz Schumacher, Artist - Andreas Grau, Artist - Irmela Roelcke, Artist
(C) 2016 CapriccioNR (P) 2016 CapriccioNR
Anton Webern, Composer - Arnold Schoenberg, Composer - Urs Liska, Artist, MainArtist - Götz Schumacher, Artist - Andreas Grau, Artist - Irmela Roelcke, Artist
(C) 2016 CapriccioNR (P) 2016 CapriccioNR
Anton Webern, Composer - Arnold Schoenberg, Composer - Urs Liska, Artist, MainArtist - Götz Schumacher, Artist - Andreas Grau, Artist - Irmela Roelcke, Artist
(C) 2016 CapriccioNR (P) 2016 CapriccioNR
6 Orchester-Lieder, Op. 8 (Arr. A. Webern) (Anton Webern)
Anton Webern, Composer - Arnold Schoenberg, Composer - Claudia Barainsky, Artist, MainArtist - Urs Liska, Artist
(C) 2016 CapriccioNR (P) 2016 CapriccioNR
Anton Webern, Composer - Arnold Schoenberg, Composer - Claudia Barainsky, Artist, MainArtist - Urs Liska, Artist
(C) 2016 CapriccioNR (P) 2016 CapriccioNR
Anton Webern, Composer - Arnold Schoenberg, Composer - Claudia Barainsky, Artist, MainArtist - Urs Liska, Artist
(C) 2016 CapriccioNR (P) 2016 CapriccioNR
Anton Webern, Composer - Arnold Schoenberg, Composer - Claudia Barainsky, Artist, MainArtist - Urs Liska, Artist
(C) 2016 CapriccioNR (P) 2016 CapriccioNR
Anton Webern, Composer - Arnold Schoenberg, Composer - Claudia Barainsky, Artist, MainArtist - Urs Liska, Artist
(C) 2016 CapriccioNR (P) 2016 CapriccioNR
Anton Webern, Composer - Arnold Schoenberg, Composer - Claudia Barainsky, Artist, MainArtist - Urs Liska, Artist
(C) 2016 CapriccioNR (P) 2016 CapriccioNR
3 Klavierstucke, Op. 11 (Ferruccio Busoni)
Ferruccio Busoni, Composer - Arnold Schoenberg, Composer - Urs Liska, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2016 CapriccioNR (P) 2016 CapriccioNR
DISC 2
6 Kleine Klavierstücke, Op. 19 (Arnold Schönberg)
Arnold Schoenberg, Composer - Urs Liska, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2016 CapriccioNR (P) 2016 CapriccioNR
Arnold Schoenberg, Composer - Urs Liska, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2016 CapriccioNR (P) 2016 CapriccioNR
Arnold Schoenberg, Composer - Urs Liska, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2016 CapriccioNR (P) 2016 CapriccioNR
Arnold Schoenberg, Composer - Urs Liska, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2016 CapriccioNR (P) 2016 CapriccioNR
Arnold Schoenberg, Composer - Urs Liska, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2016 CapriccioNR (P) 2016 CapriccioNR
Arnold Schoenberg, Composer - Urs Liska, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2016 CapriccioNR (P) 2016 CapriccioNR
String Quartet No. 2, Op. 10 (Arr. A. Berg) (Alban Berg)
Alban Berg, Composer - Arnold Schoenberg, Composer - Claudia Barainsky, Artist, MainArtist - Urs Liska, Artist
(C) 2016 CapriccioNR (P) 2016 CapriccioNR
Alban Berg, Composer - Arnold Schoenberg, Composer - Claudia Barainsky, Artist, MainArtist - Urs Liska, Artist
(C) 2016 CapriccioNR (P) 2016 CapriccioNR
5 Orchesterstücke, Op. 16 (Arr. E. Stein & A. Webern) (Anton Webern)
Anton Webern, Composer - Arnold Schoenberg, Composer - Urs Liska, Artist, MainArtist - Erwin Stein, Composer - Götz Schumacher, Artist - Andreas Grau, Artist - Irmela Roelcke, Artist
(C) 2016 CapriccioNR (P) 2016 CapriccioNR
Anton Webern, Composer - Arnold Schoenberg, Composer - Urs Liska, Artist, MainArtist - Erwin Stein, Composer - Götz Schumacher, Artist - Andreas Grau, Artist - Irmela Roelcke, Artist
(C) 2016 CapriccioNR (P) 2016 CapriccioNR
Anton Webern, Composer - Arnold Schoenberg, Composer - Erwin Stein, Composer - Götz Schumacher, Artist, MainArtist - Andreas Grau, Artist
(C) 2016 CapriccioNR (P) 2016 CapriccioNR
Anton Webern, Composer - Arnold Schoenberg, Composer - Urs Liska, Artist, MainArtist - Erwin Stein, Composer - Götz Schumacher, Artist - Andreas Grau, Artist - Irmela Roelcke, Artist
(C) 2016 CapriccioNR (P) 2016 CapriccioNR
Anton Webern, Composer - Arnold Schoenberg, Composer - Erwin Stein, Composer - Götz Schumacher, Artist, MainArtist - Andreas Grau, Artist
(C) 2016 CapriccioNR (P) 2016 CapriccioNR
Kammersymphonie No. 2, Op. 38b (Version for 2 Pianos) (Arnold Schönberg)
Arnold Schoenberg, Composer - Götz Schumacher, Artist, MainArtist - Andreas Grau, Artist
(C) 2016 CapriccioNR (P) 2016 CapriccioNR
Arnold Schoenberg, Composer - Götz Schumacher, Artist, MainArtist - Andreas Grau, Artist
(C) 2016 CapriccioNR (P) 2016 CapriccioNR
Album review
The composers of the Second Viennese School were keenly aware of the difficulties they faced in presenting their new orchestral and chamber music to the public, so they resorted to keyboard transcriptions to make performances more practical. This double-CD from Capriccio is a collection of piano versions of Arnold Schoenberg's music, arranged by Anton Webern, Alban Berg, Ferruccio Busoni, Erwin Stein, and Schoenberg himself. While some of the impact of the orchestral originals is lost (for example, the preludes and interludes from the massive Gurre-Lieder are weaker here, even with 6 to 8 hands on 2 pianos), enough of the intended effects come through in the transcriptions to make the effort worthwhile. Perhaps the most successful arrangements are the ones for voice and piano, such as the opening track, Gethsemane, and the Six Orchestral Songs, because the main interest lies in the vocal lines, as sung, respectively, by Konrad Jarnot and Claudia Barainsky, and the piano part is essentially accompanimental. Denser orchestral works, like the Five Pieces for orchestra and the Chamber Symphony No. 2, as played by the GrauSchumacher Piano Duo, are harder to sort out without knowing the scores well, though one supposes the transcriptions would have been adequate for study purposes. Schoenberg's music has been recorded many times, so these transcriptions have lost their urgency as teaching tools, but they remain fascinating mementos of the Viennese avant-garde, and students of Schoenberg's work will derive considerable value from them.
© TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 28 track(s)
- Total length: 01:52:46
- Main artists: Konrad Jarnot Claudia Barainsky Urs Liska Irmela Roelcke Götz Schumacher Andreas Grau
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Capriccio
- Genre: Classical
(C) 2016 CapriccioNR (P) 2016 CapriccioNR
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