Schoenberg: A Survivor from Warsaw

by Pierre Boulez

Schoenberg: A Survivor from Warsaw cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1 January 1978
  • Label: CBS Masterworks
  • Country: France
  • Length: 50:20
  • Community rating: 4.15/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Boulez's reading of Schoenberg's 'A Survivor from Warsaw' anchors the album 'Pierre Boulez Conducts Arnold Schoenberg', recorded with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and narrator G眉nter Reich. The program pairs the cantata with the Variations for Orchestra, Op. 31, the Five Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 16 and the Op. 34 film-scene accompaniment.

Genres

Descriptors: dissonant, orchestral, tragic, spoken-word, historical

Tracklist

  1. A Survivor from Warsaw, Op. 46 (7:16)
  2. Variations for Orchestra, Op. 31: I. Introduction. M盲脽ig, ruhig (1:31)
  3. Variations for Orchestra, Op. 31: II. Thema. Molto moderato (1:01)
  4. Variations for Orchestra, Op. 31: Variation I, Moderato (1:15)
  5. Variations for Orchestra, Op. 31: Variation II, Langsam (1:31)
  6. Variations for Orchestra, Op. 31: Variation III, M盲脽ig (0:41)
  7. Variations for Orchestra, Op. 31: Variation IV, Walzertempo (1:19)
  8. Variations for Orchestra, Op. 31: Variation V, Bewegt (1:47)
  9. Variations for Orchestra, Op. 31: Variation VI, Andante (1:23)
  10. Variations for Orchestra, Op. 31: Variation VII, Langsam (2:01)
  11. Variations for Orchestra, Op. 31: Variation VIII, Sehr rasch (0:37)
  12. Variations for Orchestra, Op. 31: Variation IX, L'istesso tempo; aber etwas langsamer (0:58)
  13. Variations for Orchestra, Op. 31: III. Finale. M盲脽ig schnell - Grazioso - Viel rascher - Adagio - Presto (5:18)
  14. 5 Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 16: I. Vorgef眉hle. Sehr rasch (2:04)
  15. 5 Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 16: II. Vergangenes. M盲脽ige Viertel (4:42)
  16. 5 Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 16: III. Farben. M盲脽ige Viertel (2:50)
  17. 5 Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 16: IV. Peripetie. Sehr rasch (2:03)
  18. 5 Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 16: V. Das obligate Rezitativ. Bewegte Achtel (3:30)
  19. Begleitmusik zu einer Lichtspielszene, Op. 34 (8:24)

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