Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht; Pelleas und Melisande; Chamber Symphony No. 1; Brahms/Schoenberg: Piano Quartet
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COMPOSERS: Schoenberg
LABELS: EMI
ALBUM TITLE: Schoenberg
WORKS: Verklärte Nacht; Pelleas und Melisande; Chamber Symphony No. 1; Brahms/Schoenberg: Piano Quartet
PERFORMER: ECO/Barenboim; NPO/Barbirolli; BCMG, CBSO/Rattle (1967-1994)
CATALOGUE NO: 371 4922
Barenboim’s youthful passion in Verklärte Nacht is trumpet by Barbirolli’s ripe reading of Pelleas. Rattle is more clear-eyed, especially in the Brahms orchestration. Collectible non-scary Schoenberg. Martin Cotton