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Living Concert Series – Schoenberg & Fauré: Pelleas & Melisande

10/1/2013, 21 Tracks, 58:42

Featuring

  • Jonathan Darlington
  • Duisburger Philharmoniker
  • Arnold Schoenberg
  • Gabriel Fauré

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Compositional Technique

Arnold Schönberg's symphonic poem 'Pelleas und Melisande' is a single-movement work that subliminally presents the four movements of a symphony, using a strict architectural plan.

Source: Booklet

Recording & Production

This album is part of the 'LIVING CONCERT SERIES', which aims to provide an emotionally intense concert experience by combining live performance spontaneity with refined recording techniques.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Gabriel Fauré, despite his success with the 'Pelléas et Mélisande' incidental music, worked for nearly forty years as a church musician and primarily wrote songs and chamber music.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Richard Strauss, a German composer known for his operas and tone poems, suggested the 'Pelléas et Mélisande' story to Arnold Schönberg as a basis for an opera.

Source: Booklet

Historical Context

Maurice Maeterlinck's drama 'Pelléas et Mélisande' is a symbolist work that consciously turns away from positivism and naturalism, emphasizing the mysterious in the world and soul.

Source: Booklet

Compositional Technique

In his 'Pelleas und Melisande', Arnold Schönberg began exploring new harmonic territory, notably by using chords of fourths for the first time.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Both Arnold Schönberg and Gabriel Fauré composed works titled 'Pelléas et Mélisande', inspired by Maurice Maeterlinck's symbolist drama.

Source: Booklet

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