Schoenberg: Orchestral Works

Following the release of the complete Brahms symphonies ("Altogether a marvellous achievement." The Daily Telegraph), Sir Simon Rattle and the Berliner Philharmoniker have performed and recorded a programme of orchestral works by Arnold Schoenberg, who was a great admirer of Brahms. In these three contrasting works, the spirits of Modernism, Romanticism and Classicism are invoked by Arnold Schoenberg - a revolutionary whose aesthetic roots lay firmly in tradition. Sir Simon Rattle, who first established his international reputation with masterpieces of the 20th century, explores these musical cross-currents with the Berliner Philharmoniker, long supreme in Austro-German repertoire. The repertoire, recorded in concert at Berlin's Philharmonie in late October/early November 2009, consists of Schoenberg's orchestration of Brahms's Piano Quartet in G minor, Begleitungsmusik zu einer Lichtspielszene (Accompanying Music to a Film) and the full orchestra version of the Chamber Symphony No. 1.

Piano Quartet No.1 in G Minor
1. I. Allegro
2. II. Intermezzo (Allegro ma non troppo)
3. III. Andante con moto
4. IV. Rondo alla Zingarese
5. Begleitungsmusik zu einer Lichtspielscene (Drohende Gefahr, Angst, Katastrophe)
Op.34
Chamber Symphony No. 1, Op.9b
6. I. Lento - Allegro molto
7. II. Con fuoco - Tempo primo - Poco meno mosso - Presto
8. III. Lento - Molto lento - Piu moto - Tempo primo
9. IV. Tempo primo - Animato poco a poco - Tempo primo - Molto viva