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Work: Gurre-Lieder

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ComposerSchoenberg, Arnold (1874-1951)
PeriodEarly 20th century
Year1911
Work typeChoral
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BudapestGurre-Lieder

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Schoenberg: Gurre-Lieder
Hungarian State Opera Orchestra; Tünde Szabóki; István Kovácsházi; Atala Schöck; Gergely Ujvári

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Schoenberg: Gurre-Lieder
Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin; Sir Donald Runnicles; David Butt Philip; Felicia Moore; Annika Schlicht; Thomas Blondelle
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Zubin Mehta finds fountain of youth in LA Phil’s Gurre-Lieder

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A memorable, impassioned performance of Arnold Schoenberg’s Gurre-Lieder in Disney Hall. 
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Freitag, der Dreizehnte celebrates Schoenberg at the Reaktor

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What do you get for the composer who made – and also kind of broke – everything? Arnold Schoenberg’s well-documented phobia of the number 13 aside, he could not have asked for a superior tribute in his 150th anniversary year.
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Simone Young conducts Sydney Symphony in its first Gurre-Lieder

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Can a perfect performance of the stupendous Gurrelieder be anything other than five stars?
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Bachtrack top ten: Arnold Schoenberg

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Who's afraid of Arnold Schoenberg? His music was met with great hostility from critics and audiences, but his revolutionary “serial” method became the foundation for musical modernism in the 20th century.

Romantic expressions: Arnold Schoenberg before serialism

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Schoenberg is known as the inventor of serialism, but he also worked in lush Romanticism and anguished Expressionism. Enjoy this exploration his early work. 

A tour through the history of choral music

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Welcome to the first instalment of our regular At Home Guide, in which we discuss what’s new on Bachtrack At Home and guide you through the wonderful performances in our ever-growing archive.