Berg: Violin Concerto / Schoenberg: Piano Concerto; Violin Concerto ~ Kubelik
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Composer: Alban BergComposer: Arnold Schoenberg
Conductor: Rafael Kubelik
Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Performer: Alfred Brendel
Performer: Henryk Szeryng
Performer: Zui Zeitlin
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2004-01-13
Music Label: Umvd Labels / Universal Classics
Soundtracks:
- Andante - Allegretto - Henryk Szeryng
- Allegro, Ma Sempre Rubato, Frei Wie Eine Kadenz - Adagio - Henryk Szeryng
- Andante - Alfred Brendel
- Molto Allegro - Alfred Brendel
- Adagio - Alfred Brendel
- Giocoso - Alfred Brendel
- Poco Allegro - Zvi Zeitlin
- Andante Grazioso - Zvi Zeitlin
- Finale. Allegro - Zvi Zeitlin
Music reviews of Berg: Violin Concerto / Schoenberg: Piano Concerto; Violin Concerto ~ Kubelik
Music Review: A historic CD
Rating: 5 Stars
This CD is containing the three most important concertos of the "Second Vienna School" founded by Schoenberg in the first half of the 20th Century.
The Violin Concerto by Alban Berg (1936) is certainly the best-known and the most often heard of the three. It is a remarkable synthesis of the classical harmonic style and the new twelve-tone style. It effortlessly merges quotations from Bach and Austrian tunes with the basically atonal structure into a beautiful and moving piece (a noble swan song indeed).
The Schoenberg concertos are more difficult. Let us start with the Violin Concerto (1936) which is very seldom played and has a reputation of being abstract and inaccessible. If you do not yet know it, just listen to it a few times. The first time it may appear to be not much more than interesting noise. The second time you may catch one or two striking phrases or even melodies. The third and forth time the interesting phrases become more and more numerous and you start thinking that the piece may not be so bad at all. The fifth time you catch the structure, the melodies and harmonies, and the noise is gone. Wonderful music has remained.
The same procedure applies to the Piano Concerto (1942), only that it is easier. Don't worry about twelve-tone music and atonality, just try listen to it as a normal piece of classical music.
You will find that all three concertos are very fine pieces, basically in the romantic tradition, not much more difficult than, say, Mahler. The problem with "modern" music (the concertos have been written more than 60 years ago!) is that they are rarely played and (as all music) can be appreciated only after repeated listening. This is why this CD is so important.
In fact, I already have the early vinyl recordings of the Piano Concerto by Glenn Gould, and of the Berg and Schoenberg Violin Concerto by Louis Krasner, who was the first to overcome the tremendous difficulties of the latter (Jascha Heifetz had returned the piece as unplayable!).
The violinists of the present record (Henryk Szeryng and Zvi Zeitlin) are very fine musicians. The pianist, Alfred Brendel, lives up to his reputation as a poetic performer of romantic music, from Schubert to Liszt. Listening to their play, you will forget about virtuosity and hear only music of exquisite beauty.
The orchestral colours are essential to this music. Rafael Kubelik is an inspiring conductor of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra.
This record is unique.
Helmut Moritz, Graz (Austria)
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