Schoenberg: Pierrot lunaire; Stravinsky: Octet
On this CD:
1. Pierrot lunaire, melodrama for voice & chamber ensemble, Op. 21
Composed by Arnold Schoenberg
Performed by Chris Finckel, Jean Kopperud, Jean Kopperud, New York New Music Ensemble, Linda Quan, Linda Quan, Jayn Rosenfeld, Jayn Rosenfeld
Conducted by Robert Black
2. Octet, for wind instruments
Composed by Igor Stravinsky
Performed by Ronald Borror, Christopher Gekker, Susan Heineman, Raymond Mase, Frank Morelli, New York New Music Ensemble, Michael Parloff, David Schifrin
Conducted by Gunther Schuller, Robert Black
Editorial Reviews
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This is an admirable performance of Schoenberg's Pierrot Lunaire, by the New York New Music Ensemble. Phyllis Bryn-Julson's soprano is perfectly poised on that tightrope between song and speech that has befuddled many interpreters of the work. Another satisfying aspect to the recording is the care taken by conductor Robert Black in responding to the order and proportion in Schoenberg's score as well as to its eerie emotionalism. Stravinsky's Octet rounds out the disc in an adequate reading. --Joshua Cody
Schoenberg: Pierrot lunaire; Stravinsky: Octet, Music, Frank Morelli, Susan Heineman, Chris Finckel, David Schifrin, Jean Kopperud, Arnold Schoenberg, Igor Stravinsky, Gunther Schuller, Robert Black, New York New Music Ensemble, Jayn Rosenfeld, Michael Parloff, James Winn, David Taylor [2], Ronald Borror, Christopher Gekker, Raymond Mase, Linda Quan, Chamber, Chamber Music & Recitals, Classical, Octet for Mixed Instruments without Keyboard, Solo Voice(s) and Small Ensemble, Vocal
Schoenberg: Pierrot lunaire; Stravinsky: Octet
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