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Im not exactly the worlds biggest schoenberg fan

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Im disappointed that sony didnt record schoenbergs pelleas und melisande with boulez though he did record the piece elsewhere

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In the gurrelieder the bbc so play out of their skins with lush tone to match the best and the soloists are superb particularly yvonne minton’s dove whose adapted song is later reprised as a solo number by jessye norman

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Boulez adopts a slow meandering tempo not dissimilar to that of sinopoli but without the latter’s subtle “pointing” but even the new remastering does not eliminate some harshness and congestion in the second part with the participation of the huge chorus

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Sadly there is no chamber symphony in either version or pelleas et melisande though he did record this for dg with the bpo

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Sadly following a serious eye condition which after an unsuccessful operation in 2013 left his sight impaired and a serious fall last year i fear that the dg vpo disc of das klagende lied and the berg lulu suite will prove to be his swansong and though i was not so impressed by the mahler it is fitting that the superb berg emerges as the maestro’s farewell recording if such it proves to be

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It is the complete sony boulez conducts schoenberg series in a brilliantstyle box without jewel cases

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Schoenberg was a good friend of the painter kandinsky and while kandinsky pioneered the break from representation to total abstraction in painting schoenberg pioneered the break with tonality in music