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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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CologneMünchner Philharmoniker | Lahav Shani

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Debussy, Mozart, Schoenberg
Munich Philharmonic Orchestra; Lahav Shani
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Markus Stenz conducts three monumental 20th-century scores in Seoul

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Propulsive Prokofiev from pianist Dmitry Shishkin between Ravel’s hypnotic minimalism and Schoenberg’s late-Romantic complexity. 
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Music that eats into you: Schoenberg and Zemlinsky at the BBC Proms

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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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Fairies, prophecy and fratricide from Gardner, Terfel and the LPO

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Sir Bryn Terfel is at the Royal Opera House for the new Peter Grimes, so Captain Balstrode could cross the Thames to sing some Lieder. 
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HelsinkiDavid Afkham & Petri Aarnio

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Boulanger, Knussen, Schoenberg
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra; David Afkham; Petri Aarnio
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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.