 | Schoenberg: Pierre Boulez Edition 1 by Pierre Boulez
Buy new: $25.98 2VS >>
5 discs -- Boulez conducts Schoenberg (Sony)
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 | Schoenberg: Pierre Boulez Edition 2 by Pierre Boulez
Buy new: $30.98 2VS >>
6 discs -- Boulez conducts Schoenberg's choral and vocal works (Sony)
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 | The Works of Arnold Schoenberg, Vol. 1
Buy new: $32.98 / Used from: $47.88 2009
2VS >> ARNOLD SCHOENBERG (5 discs)
The Kraft Edition, Volume 1 (Robert Kraft conducting)
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 | Schoenberg Violin Concerto Op.36/Sibelius Violin Concerto Op.47
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $8.95 2VS >>
Schoenberg's little-heard "Violin Concerto" is suddenly popular -- will wonders never cease. Thanks, Hillary!
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 | Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht; Erwartung; Five Orchestral Pieces
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $46.48 2VS >>
new bargain 2-disc set from EMI
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 | Arnold Schoenberg: Chamber Music for Strings
Buy new: $79.98 / Used from: $120.72 5 STARS) 2VS>> Fantastic 5-CD box of the complete chamber music for strings, including the 4 string quartets and two works rearranged for string quartet
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 | Schoenberg - Pierrot lunaire ~ Herzgewächse ~ Ode to Napoleon / Schäfer, Pittman-Jennings, Ensemble InterContempolain, Boulez by Arnold Schoenberg
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $11.39 2VS >> Christine Schafer sings "Pierrot Lunaire," Boulez conducting the Ensemble Intercontemporain
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 | Christine Schäfer/Pierre Boulez (Schumann - Dichterliebe / Schönberg - Pierrot lunaire)
Buy new: $22.49 / Used from: $17.99 DVD of the Schafer/Boulez "Pierrot"
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 | Maurizio Pollini Edition - Schoenberg: The Solo Piano Music, Piano Concerto; Webern: VAriations Op. 27 by Maurizio Pollini
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $9.74 5 STARS -- SEE MY REVIEW) More 2VS>> Schoenberg's solo piano works -- brief and oblique, pointing toward inward discovery -- plus the Concerto
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 | Webern & Varese: Pierre Boulez Edition by Pierre Boulez
Buy new: $29.98 2VS >>
6 discs -- Boulez conducts Webern (Sony)
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 | Anton Webern: Complete Works, Opp. 1-31 by Anton Webern
Buy used from: $49.50 4 STARS -- SEE MY REVIEW (included in the new Sony set)
2VS>> This 3-disc Sony box includes Op. 1-31, directed by Boulez, leading Webern advocate & interpreter. The DG box COMPLETE WEBERN also includes un-numbered pieces.
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 | Webern: In Sommerwind; Passacaglia Op.1; Orchestral Pieces Op. 6 & 10; Symphony by Sinopoli
Buy used from: $67.36 5 STARS -- SEE MY REVIEW
2VS (Second Vienna School) >> Webern's incredible orchestral miniatures. 2006 Apex budget import reissue of the Sinopoli/Dresden recording, originally from 1999.
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 | Webern: Passacaglia, Symphony, etc by Anton Webern
Buy used from: $59.79 5 STARS -- SEE MY REVIEW) 2VS>> Webern, again, with perfect modern interpretations of these quintessential Modern works!
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 | Webern: Chamber Music for Strings by Anton Webern
Buy new: $18.98 / Used from: $50.19 5 STARS -- SEE MY REVIEW) 2VS>> This is the best interpretation and performance, by the Dutch Schoenberg Quartet! (see my review)
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 | Berg: Pierre Boulez Edition by Pierre Boulez
Buy new: $25.98 2VS >>
5 discs -- Boulez conducts Berg, including 2 discs of "Wozzeck" (Sony)
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 | Alban Berg: Wozzeck (Opera in 3 Acts) - Franz Grundheber / Hildegard Behrens / Wiener Philharmoniker / Claudio Abbado by Aage Haugland
Buy new: $33.98 / Used from: $14.73 5 STARS) 2VS>> The "standard" recording of Berg's great Modern opera, the story of Wozzeck, the everyman and anti-hero...
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 | Berg - Lulu / Stratas · Minton · Schwarz · Mazura · Riegel · Blankenheim · Tear · Pampuch · Boulez
Buy used from: $27.24 2VS>> Wozzeck was the first atonal opera, and Lulu was the first 12-tone opera. Boulez presents the first complete version.
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 | Alban Berg: Violin Concerto "To the Memory of an Angel" (1935) / Wolfgang Rihm: "Time Chant" Music for Violin & Orchestra (1991-92) - Anne-Sophie Mutter by Alban Berg
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $2.99 5 STARS) 2VS>> Anne-Sophie Mutter with James Levine and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra with a classic performance and recording!
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 | Alban Berg Collection / Various (Coll)
Buy new: $63.98 / Used from: $33.98 2VS>> Amazing 8-disc DG box of Berg, with Abbado's "Wozzeck" (#5) and "Lulu Suite," the complete "Lulu" by Boulez, & much more!
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 | R. Strauss - Salome
Buy new: $18.97 / Used from: $14.68 Strauss, like Mahler, bridged from late Romantic to Modern.
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 | DeBussy: Pierre Boulez Edition by Pierre Boulez
Buy new: $25.98 Debussy, conducted by Boulez. (Sony)
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 | Debussy: Orchestral Works
Buy new: $15.98 / Used from: $12.47 5 STARS -- SEE MY REVIEW (included in the new Sony set)
Great recordings. Debussy cleared a path away from Wagnerian weightiness.
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 | Panorama: Claude Debussy
Buy new: $17.98 / Used from: $12.23 5 STARS) superb 2-disc set that includes the best recording of the String Quartet
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 | Ravel: Pierre Boulez Edition by Pierre Boulez
Buy new: $23.98 Ravel, conducted by Boulez. (Sony)
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 | Ravel: Orchestral Works
Buy new: $18.98 / Used from: $41.52 extensive collection of Ravel across 3 discs
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 | Ives: Symphony No. 4 / Three Places in New England / Central Park in the Dark
Buy used from: $10.04 5 STARS -- SEE MY REVIEW) Ives marched to his own drummer, & his unique early use of dissonance/atonality was vindicated decades later. Great disc, with the 4th Symphony & 2 shorter pieces.
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 | Varese: Arcana; Ameriques; Ionization; Offrandes; Density 21.5; Octandre; Integrales
Buy new: $7.98 / Used from: $4.49 5 STARS -- SEE MY REVIEW) Varese studied under Debussy and Strauss, but went on to pioneer innovations in space and rhythm. Boulez nails Varese here -- impeccable chaos!
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 | Igor Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring / Alexander Scriabin: The Poem of Ecstasy - Valery Gergiev / Kirov Orchestra by Alexander Scriabin
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $7.33 5 STARS -- SEE MY REVIEW) Brand new, beautiful rendition of the infamous Le Sacre
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 | Pierre Boulez Edition - Stravinsky: Rite Of Spring, Petrouchka / New York PO, Cleveland Orchestra
Buy new: $7.98 / Used from: $3.89 5 STARS -- SEE MY REVIEW (included in the new Sony set)
Boulez strips Le Sacre down to an intense modern core
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 | Stravinsky: Pierre Boulez Edition by Pierre Boulez
Buy new: $23.98 Stravinsky and Messiaen, conducted by Boulez. (Sony)
(This set includes the superb "Rite of Spring" and "Petrouchka" disc above.)
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 | Stravinsky, Prokofiev, Webern, etc / Maurizio Pollini by Stravinsky
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $4.73 5 STARS -- SEE MY REVIEW) Pollini plays Stravinsky, Prokofiev, Webern and Boulez, spanning the first half of the 20th century -- anyone will love the Stravinsky & Prokofiev
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 | Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring; Petrushka; The Firebird; Apollo
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $7.95 new bargain 2-disc set from EMI with Rattle conducting four Stravinsky ballets
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Buy used from: $32.37 If you want the full Stravinsky experience, here's a 22-disc box from Sony (2007)!
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 | Pierre Boulez Conducts Bartók
Buy new: $115.98 8 discs of Bartok with Boulez conducting, from DG.
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 | Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra; Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta; Hungarian Sketches
Buy new: $8.98 / Used from: $5.85 5 STARS) Fritz Reiner and the CSO with what is universally (well, nearly) acclaimed as the standard version of Bartok's final masterpiece.
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 | Bartók: Piano Concertos Nos. 1-3
Buy new: $6.98 / Used from: $3.48 5 STARS -- SEE MY REVIEW) Superb piano concertos -- Bartok was a pianist, and Bronfman soars
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 | Béla Bartók: The 6 String Quartets - Takács Quartet by Edward Dusinberre
Buy new: $33.98 / Used from: $17.85 5 STARS -- SEE MY REVIEW) The Takacs Quartet presents a powerful gypsy version of these essential string quartets!
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 | Hindemith: Kammermusic 1-7 / Der Schwanendreher
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $7.00 5 STARS) fantastic recordings of Hindemith's brilliant, sardonic works from the 1920s by Claudio Abbado
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 | Ernst Toch: String Quartets 11 & 13
Buy new: $16.99 / Used from: $10.30 5 STARS) Great quartets from Toch, the 11th from the 1920s, and the 13th a later 12-tone work. Ernst Toch was renowned in Germany, but after fleeing Hitler was forgotten by most. This should be remedied!
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 | Berg: Violin Concerto; Janacek: Violin Concerto by Zehetmair
Buy new: $13.49 / Used from: $33.40 5 STARS) Thomas Zehetmair performs 3 early 20th century concertos by Berg, Janacek and Hartmann. The Berg is excellent, but not better than Mutter's with the CSO. The Janacek is a great version, but not a great work. The reason to hear this disc is the Hartmann, both a great work and an outstanding performance of a tragic anti-Fascist work.
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