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Work: Pelleas und Melisande, Op.5

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ComposerSchoenberg, Arnold (1874-1951)
PeriodEarly 20th century
Year1903
Work typeOrchestral
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ViennaVienna Philharmonic

Musikverein Wien
Strauss R., Schoenberg
Vienna Philharmonic; Christian Thielemann; Sebastian Breit

ParisLe Roi des Aulnes / Jukka-Pekka Saraste

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Tarkiainen, Schubert, Schoenberg
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France; Jukka-Pekka Saraste; Benjamin Appl
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Lahav Shani directs the Munich Philharmonic from the keyboard © Claudia Hoehne
Lahav Shani offers fresh perspectives on Debussy, Mozart and Schoenberg, favouring structural clarity and youthful energy over traditional late-Romantic weight and atmospheric suggestion.
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Markus Stenz and the KBS Symphony Orchestra © KBS Symphony Orchestra
Propulsive Prokofiev from pianist Dmitry Shishkin between Ravel’s hypnotic minimalism and Schoenberg’s late-Romantic complexity. 
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Ryan Bancroft conducts the BBC National Orchestra of Wales © BBC | Sisi Burn
The Proms are often very clever at recreating musical events from the past. Here, two works originally premiered in 1905 are given a fresh outing by Ryan Bancroft and BBC NOW. 
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Arnold Schoenberg in his apartment, Liechtensteinstrasse 68/70, Vienna, 1907 © Arnold Schönberg Center, Wien
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.