Gruppo Montebello/Vandewege, Lies /Neven, Henk
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Description
In 1918 Arnold Schoenberg founded the Verein für musikalische Privataufführungen (Society for Private Musical Performances) in Vienna. At the age of forty-four, Schoenberg was widely considered one of the most important and influential composers of his time.
After his experiences in the ultra-conservative Viennese music life, culminating in the horrors of the infamous Scandal-concert of March 31, 1913, Schoenberg must have felt that the time had come to introduce a different way of presenting new music to an interested audience. With Schoenberg as president and a board of nineteen friends and students, an innovative format was developed: weekly concerts that would be open only to members of the Verein, with critics not allowed and audible approval or disapproval not permitted. The programs would remain secret until the evening of the concert.
Compositions would be presented at the highest level of performance standards. They would be repeated preferably two to four times during the season, sometimes even played twice during the same concert, to facilitate better understanding.
This disc contains some of the works of Gustav Mahler who was part of this set and whose works were performed in this intimate setting.
Tracklisting
Ensemble Les Alizes, Clemence Comte
Mihai Cocea, Oana Zamfir
Musica Gloria, Nele Vertommen, Beniamino Paganini
Luc Berge, Jan Michiels, Inge Spinette, Ilse Eerens
Ryelandt Trio, Linde Verjans, Seamus Hickey
Jonas Seeberg
Bruno Monteiro, Joao Paulo Santos
Hendrickje Van Kerckhove, Eddy Vanoosthuyse, Severine Sierens, Hannelore Vermeir, Hans Ryckelynck,
Walter Weller; Various Orchestras
Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos; Various Orchestras
Quatuor Molinari
Luc Beausejour
Ariane Brisson; Philip Chiu
Tomas Vrana, Janacek Philharmonic Ostrava, Gabor Kali
The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra|Riccardo Chailly
The Choir of Merton College, Oxford, Britten Sinfonia, Benjamin Nicholas
