Arnold Schönberg’s Musical Revolution
Arnold Schoenberg ranks among the most radical musical innovators of the twentieth century. He was a composer who pushed the boundaries of tonality and eventually abandoned the tonal system altogether. Born in Vienna in 1874, he grew up in a musical environment still firmly rooted in the traditions of Beethoven, Brahms and Wagner. Yet Schoenberg sensed that this tradition had reached the end of its possibilities.
Playlist:
Arnold Schönberg
- Fünf Orchesterstücke, Op. 16 (1949 Revision)
I. Vorgefühle
II. Vergangenes
III. Sommermorgen an einem See
IV. Peripetie
V. Das obligate Rezitativ
London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Antal Dorati - Kammersymphonie No. 1, Op. 9 Für 15 Soloinstrumente (1906)
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra - Kammersymphonie No. 2, Op. 38 (1939)
I. Adagio
II. Con fuoco
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Arnold Schönberg Illustrated by Egon Schiele (1917)
