Compiled by our Classical Music desk.
This month’s Composer of the Month is the Austrian-American composer Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951).
1. Gurrelieder (1900/11), lyrics by Jens Peter Jacobsen (part 2 & 3).
Siegfried Jerusalem, tenor (Waldemar). Susan Dunn, soprano (Tove).
Brigitte Fassbaender, mezzo-soprano (Waldtaube). Hermann Becht, baritone (Bauer).
Peter Haage, Klaus-Narr. Hans Hotter, narrator.
Chor der St. Hedwigs-Kathedrale Berlin. Städtischer Musikverein zu Düsseldorf.
Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin conducted by Riccardo Chailly.
2. Five Piano Pieces, Opus 23 (1920/23).
Claude Helffer, piano.
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