The Believer
Donald Macleod focuses on Schoenberg's changes of personal faith and his predilection for superstition. Including Early Songs, Fried auf Erden, Kol Nidre, A Survivor from Warsaw.
Donald Macleod explores Schoenberg's life from five different viewpoints. Part of Radio 3's season: Breaking Free - the minds that changed music. Today, the composer's changes of personal faith, and his predilection for superstition.
Schoenberg was sincere about faith and belief throughout his life, though not always with consistency. Superstition governed his daily life, in particular a horror of the number thirteen, whilst in religion he first converted from Judaism to Protestantism and later back again, not least because of the impact of the persecution of Jews. Towards the end of his life, he wrote several Jewish works celebrating the establishment of the state of Israel.
Early Songs (Ekloge; Juble, sch枚ne junge Rose; Einst hat vot deines Vaters Haus; Einsam bin ich und alleine; Lied der Schnitterin; Vergissmeinnicht; M盲dchenlied)
Claudia Barainsky, Soprano
Urs Liska, Piano
Friede auf Erden Op 13
大象传媒 Singers
Pierre Boulez, Conductor
Kol Nidre Op 39
Simon Joly Chorale
Philharmonia Orchestra
Robert Craft, Conductor
A Survivor From Warsaw Op 46
Simon Callow, Narrator
London Symphony Orchestra
Robert Craft, Conductor
Thrice a Thousand Years Op 50a
S眉dfunk-Chor Stuttgart
Rupert Huber, Conductor
Part of Radio 3's "Breaking Free - the minds that changed music", exploring the music of the Second Viennese School.
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Arnold Schoenberg
7 Early songs
Performer: Urs Liska. Singer: Claudia Barainsky.- Capriccio: 7120.
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Friede auf Erden Op 13
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Kol Nidre Op 39
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A Survivor from Warsaw Op 46
Narrator: Simon Callow. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Choir: London Voices. Conductor: Robert Craft.- KOCH : 37263-2.
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Thrice a Thousand Years Op 50a
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