Schoenberg: Towards Verklärte Nacht

Sborgi, Gabriella;
Sextet of the Orchestra da Camera

95288

The idea for this album came to conductor and author Alessandro Maria Carnelli as he was researching his new book about Schoenberg’s entrancing work Verklärte Nacht. Delving into the background of this piece for string sextet – one of Schoenberg’s most important early works – he discovered that the composer’s influences came from diverse and interesting sources. Always fascinated by counterpoint (as shown later by his experiments in twelve-tone technique), this stemmed from an appreciation of J.S. Bach, who is represented here in a six-part ricercar; not specified for string sextet but a highly satisfactory choice for the ensemble nonetheless.

Works:

• Bach, J S: Musical Offering, BWV1079
• Bach, J S: Musical Offering, BWV1079: Ricercar a 6
• Berg: Die Nachtigall
• Brahms: Liebestreu, Op. 3 No. 1
• Schoenberg: Three Fragments for Sextet
• Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4
• Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4 (First version of bars 22-100)
• Zemlinsky: Maiblumen blühten überall
• Zemlinsky: Schicksal

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Muzyka klasyczna

Brilliant Classics

13-11-2019

5028421952888