Another Winner from MD&G...
Sébastien Melmoth | Hôtel d'Alsace, PARIS | 07/13/2007
(5 out of 5 stars)
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5-stars just for being in existence, this 1921 transcription for Schoenberg's post-WW1 Private Musical Society is for flute, oboe, clarinet, violins, viola, cello, double-bass, piano, harmonium, and percussion--plus, of course, soprano: now that"s a line-up! Gorgeous German soprano Christaine Oelze is an expert with late-Romantic/early-Modern music.
Disc checks in at :55mins: a little on the short side, but what the hey... The Linos on Capriccio Mahler Symphony No. 4; Lieder eines fahrenden gives us an additional bonus of Schoenberg's 1920 transcription of the Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen for similar small forces, with fine bass/baritone Olaf Bär making the disc nearly :70mins.
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