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Orchestral Pieces Op 16

Reviewer: Jeremy Thurlow
Broadcast: 30th January 2010

First Choice:
  • c/w SCHOENBERG Verklarte Nacht; 3 Piano Pieces Op11; 6 Little Piano Pieces Op.19; SCHOENBERG / BUSONI: Piano Piece Op.11 No 2
  • Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim (conductor and pianist)
  • Teldec 4509982562 (CD)

Pelleas und Melisande

Reviewer: William Mival
Broadcast: 23rd May 2009

First Choice Recommendation:
  • (c/w SCHOENBERG: Verklärte Nacht; SCRIABIN: Prometheus, the Poem of Fire; SCHMIDT: Symphony No 2)
  • Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, Dimitri Mitropoulos (conductor) [1953]
  • Music and Arts CD-1156 (2 CDs, Mid Price)
Modern Recommendations:
  • (c/w VARESE: Ameriques)
  • Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra, Zoltan Kocsis (conductor) [2001] Budapest Music Center Records BMCCD102 (2 CDs)
  • (c/w SCHOENBERG: Variations for Orchestra Op.31; Concerto for Violin and Orchestra Op.36; Concerto for Piano and Orchestra Op.42.
  • Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez (conductor) [1991]
  • Apex (ERATO) 2564699845 (2 CDs, Budget)

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