Klarinet Archive - Posting 000382.txt from 2000/06

From: "Mark Charette" <charette@-----.org>
Subj: Re: [kl] [C] Sounds2You.com playlist
Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2000 20:54:03 -0400

From: "Benjamin Maas" <benmaas@-----. 2,
op. 38
> > Arnold Schoenberg (an "easy listening" Schoenberg, at least compared
with
> > his later music)
> >
>
> Shoenberg's Chamber symphonies are wonderful pieces of music. They are
> definitely worth getting to know... It is also interesting that
Schoenberg
> in his extremely late years went back to tonality... Listen to Peleas &
> Melesande. It is from pretty late in his life. It is so "tonal," gushy
and
> romantic, you'd never think of it as Schoenberg. It almost makes
> Tchaikovsky seem boring...

I've found as my musical horizons have widened that I've actually start
enjoying Schoenberg on occasion, even if not really understanding the music.
Listening to Pierrot lunaire while reading the words (translations, since I
don't understand German - unfortunately) makes it much more interesting than
just listening. I've got the edition with Yvonne Minton, Daniel Barenboim,
Michel Debost, Antony Pay, Pinchas Zuckerman, and Lynn Harrell. I have no
idea how this stacks up to other recordings since the piece isn't played
very often, but it really grew on me.
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