String Idylls (Wagner, Schönberg, Mahler, Berg) Colombia Symphony Orchestra, Bruno Walter, Robert Craft, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, George Sébastian

• Richard Wagner (1813 - 1883): Siegfried-Idyll, WWV 103:
• 1 Wagner: Siegfried-Idyll, WWV 103 18:22
• Arnold Schönberg (1874 - 1951): Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4 (Orchestra Version):
• 2 Schönberg: Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4 (Orchestra Version): Sehr langsam 06:50
• 3 Schönberg: Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4 (Orchestra Version): Breiter 06:02
• 4 Schönberg: Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4 (Orchestra Version): Schwer betont 02:10
• 5 Schönberg: Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4 (Orchestra Version): Sehr breit und langsam 10:33
• 6 Schönberg: Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4 (Orchestra Version): Sehr ruhig 04:52
• Gustav Mahler (1860 - 1911): Symphony No. 10 in F Sharp Major:
• 7 Mahler: Symphony No. 10 in F Sharp Major: Adagio 24:58
• Alban Berg (1885 - 1935): Lyric Suite (Arr. for String Orchestra):
• 8 Berg: Lyric Suite (Arr. for String Orchestra): III. Finale (Adagio appassionato) 05:48
• Total Runtime 01:19:35

Info for String Idylls (Wagner, Schönberg, Mahler, Berg)

The string ensemble was a favorite medium for German composers. Composers from Wagner to Berg used the form to narrate and set scenes without words. The genre can be almost operatic in feel, offering both entrancing and exalting moments. Bruno Walter leads the Columbia Symphony Orchestra and George Sebastian heads the Lepzig Gewandhaus in a program of four works for string ensemble. Pure delight.

Columbia Symphony Orchestra
Bruno Walter, conductor
Columbia Symphony Orchestra
Robert Craft, conductor
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
George Sebastian, conductor

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