Verklarte Nacht

by Arnold Schoenberg & Spencer Dyke Sextet

Verklarte Nacht cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: March 1925
  • Label: National Gramophonic Society
  • Country: Austria
  • Length: 1:19:06
  • Community rating: 3.08/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Tackling the hyper-romantic, agonizingly chromatic early work of the soon-to-be serialist pioneer, this recording captures the lush, dense polyphony of the string sextet. The ensemble navigates the profound emotional turbulence and Wagnerian harmonic language that pushed late romanticism to its absolute breaking point. It serves as an essential historical artifact of expressionist chamber interpretation.

Genres

Descriptors: Modern

Tracklist

  1. Die Viertel Ein Wenig Bewegt - Z枚gernd
  2. Heftig
  3. Lebhaft
  4. Sehr Rasch
  5. Ein Wenig Bewegt
  6. Langsam
  7. Ein Wenig Bewegter
  8. Sehr Langsam
  9. Etwas Bewegt
  10. In Gehender Bewegung
  11. Breit
  12. Grave
  13. Molto Rallentando
  14. Pesante
  15. Adagio
  16. Adagio

Credits

  • Arnold Schoenberg - primary artist, composed by
  • Giuseppe Sinopoli - primary artist, conductor

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