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Schoenberg: Lieder (Glenn Gould Edition)
Donald Gramm, Cornelis Opthof, Arnold Schoenberg
Schoenberg: Lieder (Glenn Gould Edition)
Genres: Pop, Classical
 
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Schoenberg was one of Glenn Gould's favorite composers, and this selection of songs provides a fascinating rendering of the notorious Viennese modernist. The Book of the Hanging Garden is eerie and expressionist, but other...  more »

     
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All Artists: Donald Gramm, Cornelis Opthof, Arnold Schoenberg, Helen Vanni, Glenn Gould, Ellen Faull
Title: Schoenberg: Lieder (Glenn Gould Edition)
Members Wishing: 0
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Label: Sony
Release Date: 6/27/1995
Genres: Pop, Classical
Styles: Vocal Pop, Historical Periods, Baroque (c.1600-1750), Modern, 20th, & 21st Century
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2
UPC: 074645266725

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Schoenberg was one of Glenn Gould's favorite composers, and this selection of songs provides a fascinating rendering of the notorious Viennese modernist. The Book of the Hanging Garden is eerie and expressionist, but other earlier works are Straussian: it's always illuminating to be reminded of Schoenberg's debt to 19th-century Romanticism. And anything marked by Gould's Midas touch, of course, belongs near the CD player. --Joshua Cody

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If You Admire Schoenberg or Gould, You Should Get This Disc.
06/25/2002
(5 out of 5 stars)

"Yes, if you admire Schoenberg or Gould you really should add this disc to your collection.



Of course it features Schoenberg's early Opp. 1 & 2, and his pantonal song-cycle "The Book of the Hanging Gardens, Op. 15," settings of Stefan George's exquisite lyrics.



The Op. 1 songs are wonderfully Brahmsian yet wholly original Schoenberg. The Op. 2 songs are lighter and shorter. Both sets are almost contemporaneous with "Transfigured Night, Op. 4," with which almost everyone is familiar.



The George songs are contemporaneous with Schoenberg's String Quartet No. 2 in f#, Op. 10.



Gould wanted partners who would cooperate with his vision for the realization of the piece. This is why he never got along with Elizabeth Schwartzkoph. The vocalists featured here were hand picked by Gould for their malleability, hence the piano takes the lead in these performances.



Gould had a special love of Schoenberg, and since Schoenberg's oeuvre for piano is rather small, it is worthwhile to get these recordings for the piano work alone. If you want good vocal realizations, I recommend the recordings Fischer-Dieskau made on EMI--if you can find them.



Schoenberg's songs have been unjustly underrated, but to a lover of lieder, chansons, and art-songs, they are imperative."
Very Nice Modern Lieder. Buy It.
B. Marold | Bethlehem, PA United States | 08/06/2006
(5 out of 5 stars)

"'Lieder' by Arnold Schoenberg is packaged in such a way that one would think the composer is Glenn Gould, and not the Viennese master of 12 tone theory.



This reminds me of how much of a Wunderkind Gould was back in the 1960s. It seems he was to classical music performing and recording what Emeril Lagasse is to culinary endeavors.



But, I do not say this to warn you off this recording. On the contrary, this is an excellent collection of pieces, which have few hints of 'impressionistic' or ultramodern stylings. In fact, when the first CD starts out, I find the songs remarkably similar in feel to some of George Gershwin's songs in 'Porgy and Bess'. This impression doesn't last, but the sense that Schoenberg has brought something fresh to the Lieder persists throughout the work. After listening to a big helping of Wolf's lieder, I find Schoenberg a pleasant return to the lyricism of Shubert, with just a touch of modern flavoring.



Very worthwhile for Lieder fans."