Schoenberg, A.: Violin Concerto / Ode To Napoleon / A Survivor From Warsaw
4/28/2009, 8 Tracks, 1:10:51
Featuring
Robert Craft
David Wilson-Johnson
Jeremy Denk
Jennifer Frautschi
Jesse Mills
Richard O'Neill
Fred Sherry
Rolf Schulte
Philharmonia Orchestra
Simon Joly Chorale
Fred Sherry String Quartet
Arnold Schoenberg
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Performer Biography
Robert Craft, the conductor, holds a unique place in world music and is in the process of recording the complete works of Stravinsky, Schoenberg, and Webern for Naxos.
Performer Biography
Rolf Schulte, the violinist on this recording, made his orchestral debut at age fourteen playing Mendelssohn's Concerto with the Philharmonia Hungarica.
Composition History
Schoenberg's "De Profundis" is a setting of Psalm 130 in Hebrew for mixed chorus a cappella and was his last completed composition.
Performer Biography
The Philharmonia Orchestra, featured on this recording, is acknowledged as Britain's foremost musical pioneer and has an extraordinary recording legacy.
Recording & Production
This album is part of The Robert Craft Collection, a series dedicated to the music of Arnold Schoenberg.
Compositional Technique
The Violin Concerto, Op. 36, extends the melodic development and variation techniques found in the music of Brahms.
Composer Biography
Arnold Schoenberg, the composer, considered his Violin Concerto to be his favorite among his orchestral works.
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