ΕΤΑΙΡΙΑ: Naxos
ΚΑΤΗΓΟΡΙΑ: CD

Κωδικός: 747313251629

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Composers

Schoenberg, Arnold (1874–1951)
Webern, Anton (1883-1945)

Works

Schoenberg: Chamber Symphony No. 1 in E major, Op. 9
Webern: Cantata No.1 for Soprano Chorus and Orchestra op.29
Webern: Drei Gesänge, Op. 23
Webern: Drei Lieder, Op. 25
Webern: Fünf Lieder, Op. 3 from “Der siebente Ring”
Webern: Fünf Lieder, Op. 4
Webern: Six Bagatelles for String Quartet, Op. 9 (1911-1913)
Webern: String Quartet, Op. 28 (1937-38)
Webern: Vier Lieder, Op. 12

Conductors

Craft, Robert

Groups & Artists

Booth, Claire
Fred Sherry String Quartet
Josefowicz, Leila
Philharmonia Orchestra

Purity of sound and perfect craftsmanship marked Webern’s journey from his intensely expressive early songs through to the new perspectives cultivated in his Opp. 23 and 25 settings. Webern ‘rehabilitated the power of sound’ and in so doing broke new ground in the Bagatelles for string quartet and in the String Quartet, Op. 28. This recording is rounded off with the powerful Cantata, Op. 29 and Webern’s 1923 arrangement of Schoenberg’s Chamber Symphony, Op. 9. This release completes Robert Craft’s second Webern cycle.

6th May 2015

What all the songs have in common...is brevity: each is a perfectly etched miniature, a nugget of impacted lyricism, and Arnold unwraps them with immense care.