Arnold Schoenberg's famous tone poem Verklärte Nacht, in the revised version for string orchestra from 1943. Played by the Musica Ducis Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Alexandru Lascae. (Recorded in 1999.)
Beautiful, luxurious playing by the musicians of the Musica Ducis Chamber Orchestra under maestro Lascae! Bravo! Though, personally, I might prefer to hear the tempos move along somewhat faster.
Thanks, I’m glad you like the playing. We absolutely loved recording it, back in the day. Personally, I’m fine with the tempi, but then, I’m biased of course. :-)
L'œuvre d'un compositeur vit du regard qu'on lui donne. Elle n'est pas limitée à ce qu'elle est, ni à celui qui l'a produite, elle est aussi faite par celui qui l'entend. La musique, la peinture sont un espace de questionnement et de méditation où les sens que l'on lui attribue peuvent venir se faire et se défaire à tout moment, que ce soit Mozart, VDGG, Jul ou Beyonce Knowles
i get where you are coming from, but i also believe that it is better the way it is, looking for originality and discovering fascinating new things on our way there. Listen to messiaen, or steve reich, who isnt atonal, but very modern in his compositions.
@ivoryrick7734 OK, I largely agree with that. I definitely think that the experiment with atonal and serialist music was worth doing, and I can even get a (little) bit of enjoyment out of some pieces of Berg and Webern and their descendants. However, I think that it being seen as the "next stage" in serious music after classical, romantic, post-romantic etc is a wrong turn, mostly because this music really finds no audience beyond musicologists, academics and theory-minded performers. It has gone beyond what is accessible to the listening public at large. One can just about imagine the wider culture (even if we restrict this to "elite culture") taking interest in a piece like Verklarte Nacht, just as it did with composers like Mozart and Chopin. One did not have to be a musician and composer oneself to appreciate such composers, and one did not have to have the music explained at length in theoretical terms just to be able to comprehend it AS music. But because atonal has been blown up into being seen as somehow equivalent in musical stature to earlier periods, the status and importance of serious music has been harmed, irreparably in my view. I don't like Messiaen I'm afraid (excuse spelling) and the Minimalists I consider more akin to post-rock than to the classical tradition (though there is nothing wrong with that per se).
Hi Paul. “P” indicates the start of a passage of primary importance. An upside down “L” indicates the end of the passage. “S” indicates the start of a passage of secondary importance.
