Five Pieces, Op. 16, Chamber Symphonies

Album by Arnold Schönberg & Prague Piano Duo

Five Pieces, Op. 16 and the Chamber Symphony No. 1, Op. 9, are orchestral and chamber works by Austrian composer Arnold Schoenberg, composed in 1909 and 1906 respectively. They exemplify Schoenberg's move away from late-Romantic tonality into free atonality and expressionist textures, characterised by concise motivic cells, novel orchestral colour and fragmented, often dissonant harmonic language that helped redefine early 20th-century modernist music.
First released: 1st November 1998

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Five Pieces, Op. 16 (Arr. for Two Pianos by Anton Webern): I. Vorgefühle (Sehr Rasch)
    2:02
  2. 2.
    Five Pieces, Op. 16 (Arr. for Two Pianos by Anton Webern): II. Vergangenes (Mäßige Viertel - Viertel Etwas Langsamer)
    4:48
  3. 3.
    Five Pieces, Op. 16 (Arr. for Two Pianos by Anton Webern): III. Farben (Mäßige Viertel)
    2:51
  4. 4.
    Five Pieces, Op. 16 (Arr. for Two Pianos by Anton Webern): IV. Peripetie (Sehr Rasch)
    2:31
  5. 5.
    Five Pieces, Op. 16 (Arr. for Two Pianos by Anton Webern): V. Das obligate Rezitativ (Bewegte Achtel)
    3:49
  6. 6.
    Chamber Symphony No. 1, Op. 9 (Arr. for Piano Four Hands by Alban Berg): I. Sonata - Allegro / II. Scherzo / III. Durchführung / IV. Adagio / V. Recapitulation - Finale
    23:42
  7. 7.
    Chamber Symphony No. 2, Op. 38b: I. Adagio
    7:04
  8. 8.
    Chamber Symphony No. 2, Op. 38b: II. Con Fuoco - Molto Adagio - Largo
    11:46

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