Schönberg: Kammersymphonie Op. 9, Sechs Kleine Stücke, Op. 19 (Arr. Holliger) - Webern: Symphonie, Op. 21, Fünf Sätze, Op. 5
6/3/2022, 14 Tracks, 53:33
Featuring
Heinz Holliger
Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne
Arnold Schoenberg
Anton Webern
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Composition History
Arnold Schoenberg added the sixth piece to his Sechs Kleine Stücke, Op. 19, after Gustav Mahler's death on May 18, 1911, to reflect funeral bells for the composer.
Composer Biography
Anton Webern, another composer on this album, was Arnold Schoenberg's closest confidante and an esteemed proponent of his teacher's ideas.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Arnold Schoenberg, a composer featured on this album, sought to reconcile modernist gestures with ingrained tradition, opening new paths for future generations of musicians.
Recording & Production
This album was recorded at Opéra de Lausanne between February 26-28, 2021, with Renaud Millet-Lacombe as the sound engineer.
Compositional Technique
Anton Webern's Symphony Op. 21, composed in 1928, is a strict distillation of symphonic logic, with every note engineered according to a network of functional patterns and connections.
Compositional Technique
Arnold Schoenberg's Chamber Symphony Op. 9, despite its brevity and single-movement structure, assimilates a four-movement, sonata-form design.
Interpretation
The Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne performs Arnold Schoenberg's Sechs Kleine Stücke, Op. 19, in an orchestration created by Heinz Holliger, the conductor of this album.
