Symfonieorkest Vlaanderen
Conductor. Jonas Alber
Soloist. Wibert Aerts
score
Arrangement for Piano Solo by Ignace Strasfogel
Emma Schmidt, piano
I found these in my bookmark list with other files about the activities of Schoenberg's Society for Private Performance, I don't recall if the piano solo version was one of the reductions of new orchestral music played there or not. But these are performances I listened to when I was writing about that a few weeks back. I'd not known any of Schrecker's music, though I do know that Schoenberg considered him a fine musician. He was one of the major composers in Vienna, especially known for his operas, though his career faded even before his death in the early 1930s. I don't get why, he was a very original and interesting composer.
This piece, in particular is quite magical, both in the orchestral version and in the authorized arrangement for piano solo. In some ways I almost prefer the piano version. The orchestration is quite something, though some of the textures and sounds were stolen by cheezy Hollywood composers later in the century. It's a hazard that lesser composers will steal your inventions.
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