Composer(s): Schoenberg, Arnold
Conductor(s): Craft, Robert
Label: Naxos
Genre: Vocal; Wind Ensemble/Band Music
Period: 20th Century
Catalogue No: 8.557523
Barcode: 747313252329
Release Date: 03/2007

SCHOENBERG: Pierrot Lunaire / Chamber Symphony No. 1 / 4 Orchestral Songs (Schoenberg, Vol. 6)

Arnold Schoenberg sought to write music that avoided traditional tonal implications, which eventually led him away from tonality altogether. Herzgewächse is a short piece for high soprano and what has been called ‘an awkward ensemble’. It is an example of the ‘sound of colour’, the result of Schoenberg’s collaboration with his friend, the avant-garde painter Kandinsky. One of Schoenberg’s best-known works, Pierrot Lunaire marks a return to counterpoint. His Four Orchestral Songs balance the traditional settings of texts with innovatory instrumentation, while the propulsive power of the earlier Chamber Symphony brings to mind the music of Beethoven.

Tracklist

Schoenberg, Arnold
Maeterlinck, Maurice - Lyricist
Hulse, Eileen (soprano)
Williams, Sioned (harp)
Carey, Tim (celesta)
Craft, Robert (Conductor)
Alley, John (harmonium)
1Herzgewachse, Op. 2003:31
Hulse, Eileen (soprano)
Williams, Sioned (harp)
Carey, Tim (celesta)
Craft, Robert (Conductor)
Alley, John (harmonium)
Schoenberg, Arnold
Hartleben, Otto Erich - Lyricist
Giraud, Albert - Lyricist
Silja, Anja (soprano)
Craft, Robert (Conductor)
Twentieth Century Classics Ensemble (Ensemble)
2Part I: No. 1. Moondrunk01:54
Silja, Anja (soprano)
Craft, Robert (Conductor)
Twentieth Century Classics Ensemble (Ensemble)
3Part I: No. 2. Columbine01:43
Craft, Robert (Conductor)
Silja, Anja (soprano)
Twentieth Century Classics Ensemble (Ensemble)
4Part I: No. 3. The Dandy01:27
Silja, Anja (soprano)
Craft, Robert (Conductor)
Twentieth Century Classics Ensemble (Ensemble)
5Part I: No. 4. An Ethereal Washerwoman01:29
Craft, Robert (Conductor)
Twentieth Century Classics Ensemble (Ensemble)
Silja, Anja (soprano)
6Part I: No. 5. Chopin Waltz01:23
Twentieth Century Classics Ensemble (Ensemble)
Silja, Anja (soprano)
Craft, Robert (Conductor)
7Part I: No. 6. Madonna02:05
Twentieth Century Classics Ensemble (Ensemble)
Silja, Anja (soprano)
Craft, Robert (Conductor)
8Part I: No. 7. The Sick Moon03:06
Silja, Anja (soprano)
Craft, Robert (Conductor)
Twentieth Century Classics Ensemble (Ensemble)
9Part II: No. 8. Night02:27
Craft, Robert (Conductor)
Twentieth Century Classics Ensemble (Ensemble)
Silja, Anja (soprano)
10Part II: No. 9. Prayer to Pierrot01:06
Craft, Robert (Conductor)
Twentieth Century Classics Ensemble (Ensemble)
Silja, Anja (soprano)
11Part II: No. 10. Theft01:13
Twentieth Century Classics Ensemble (Ensemble)
Silja, Anja (soprano)
Craft, Robert (Conductor)
12Part II: No. 11. Red Mass01:52
Silja, Anja (soprano)
Craft, Robert (Conductor)
Twentieth Century Classics Ensemble (Ensemble)
13Part II: No. 12. Gallows Song00:18
Silja, Anja (soprano)
Craft, Robert (Conductor)
Twentieth Century Classics Ensemble (Ensemble)
14Part II: No. 13. Beheading02:19
Silja, Anja (soprano)
Craft, Robert (Conductor)
Twentieth Century Classics Ensemble (Ensemble)
15Part II: No. 14. The Crosses02:20
Silja, Anja (soprano)
Craft, Robert (Conductor)
Twentieth Century Classics Ensemble (Ensemble)
16Part III: No. 15. Homesickness02:17
Silja, Anja (soprano)
Craft, Robert (Conductor)
Twentieth Century Classics Ensemble (Ensemble)
17Part III: No. 16. Vulgarity01:13
Silja, Anja (soprano)
Craft, Robert (Conductor)
Twentieth Century Classics Ensemble (Ensemble)
18Part III: No. 17. Parody01:25
Silja, Anja (soprano)
Craft, Robert (Conductor)
Twentieth Century Classics Ensemble (Ensemble)
19Part III: No. 18. The Moonspot00:54
Silja, Anja (soprano)
Craft, Robert (Conductor)
Twentieth Century Classics Ensemble (Ensemble)
20Part III: No. 19. Serenade02:30
Craft, Robert (Conductor)
Silja, Anja (soprano)
Twentieth Century Classics Ensemble (Ensemble)
21Part III: No. 20. Homeward Bound01:53
Silja, Anja (soprano)
Craft, Robert (Conductor)
Twentieth Century Classics Ensemble (Ensemble)
22Part III: No. 21. O Ancient Fragrance01:36
Craft, Robert (Conductor)
Twentieth Century Classics Ensemble (Ensemble)
Silja, Anja (soprano)
Schoenberg, Arnold
Rilke, Rainer Maria - Lyricist
Dowson, Ernest - Lyricist
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Wyn-Rogers, Catherine (mezzo-soprano)
Craft, Robert (Conductor)
23No. 1. Seraphita05:25
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Wyn-Rogers, Catherine (mezzo-soprano)
Craft, Robert (Conductor)
24No. 2. Alle, welche dich Suchen01:59
Wyn-Rogers, Catherine (mezzo-soprano)
Craft, Robert (Conductor)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
25No. 3. Mach mich zum Wachter deiner Weiten03:49
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Wyn-Rogers, Catherine (mezzo-soprano)
Craft, Robert (Conductor)
26No. 4. Vorgefuhler02:19
Craft, Robert (Conductor)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Wyn-Rogers, Catherine (mezzo-soprano)
Schoenberg, Arnold
Craft, Robert (Conductor)
Twentieth Century Classics Ensemble (Ensemble)
27Chamber Symphony No. 1, Op. 9 (original version)20:20
Craft, Robert (Conductor)
Twentieth Century Classics Ensemble (Ensemble)

Total Playing Time: 01:13:53