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Work: Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night), Op.4

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ComposerSchoenberg, Arnold (1874-1951)
PeriodEarly 20th century
Year1899
Work typeChamber
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ViennaEnsemble der Wiener Philharmoniker

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Schubert, Schoenberg
Vienna Philharmonic; Alina Pinchas; David Kessler; Benjamin Beck; Christoph Hammer

RotterdamTrifonov plays Brahms

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Schoenberg, Brahms
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra; Lahav Shani; Daniil Trifonov

CheltenhamEnglish Symphony Orchestra’s Cheltenham Residency - Julian Bliss plays Copland, plus Elgar, Mahler, Schoenberg, and Matthew Taylor

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Elgar, Taylor, Copland, Mahler, Schoenberg
English Symphony Orchestra; Kenneth Woods; Julian Bliss
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A concert of masterworks from Ensemble 360 and guests

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Another day, another impeccable concert by Ensemble 360 and friends at this year’s Sheffield Chamber Music Festival.

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Mäkelä and the Concertgebouw wow in Schoenberg and Mahler

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Continuing their Carnegie Hall mini-residency, Klaus Mäkelä and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra dive into late Romantic works by Schoenberg and Mahler.
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Alice Coote owns Mahler’s Kindertotenlieder at the BBC Proms

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Alice Coote imbues every word of Mahler’s deeply affecting song-cycle with expressive intensity. Ryan Wigglesworth and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra struggle to match that achievement in Brahms and Schoenberg.
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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 of his early work.