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Transfigured Night

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Catalogue numberPTC5186717
Release date2018-08-24
Discs1
Orig. sample rate96000 Hz

Transfigured Night brings together two outstanding composers associated with Vienna: Joseph Haydn and Arnold Schoenberg. The former is often seen as the oldest representative of the “First Viennese School”, whereas the latter founded the “Second Viennese School”, using the classicism of his predecessors to explore new, atonal musical paths into the twentieth century. By combining Haydn’s two cello concertos (in C-major and D-major) and Schoenberg’s symphonic poem Verklärte Nacht – in the 1943 edition for string orchestra – this album sheds a new, fascinating light on both Viennese masters. The connection between the stylistically contrasting pieces on this album is further enhanced by the inspired playing of American cellist Alisa Weilerstein and the Trondheim Soloists. For Weilerstein, this album is not only a fascinating exploration of the rich Viennese musical heritage, but just as much a confrontation with the dark history of a city her grandparents had to flee in 1938.

“Schoenenberg fled Vienna in 1934, four years before my grandparents escaped. So, as a young artist, nowehere in my imagination was the possibility of duality and contradiction made more manifest than in the history of that city” – Alisa Weilerstein
 
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  Composer: Haydn, Franz Joseph
  Cello Concerto No. 2 in D Major, Hob. VIIb:2 22:49
01 Cello Concerto No. 2 in D Major, Hob. VIIb:2: I. Allegro
moderato
13:38 $ 1.84 USD
02 Cello Concerto No. 2 in D Major, Hob. VIIb:2: II. Adagio 04:50 $ 0.65 USD
03 Cello Concerto No. 2 in D Major, Hob. VIIb:2: III. Rondo.
Allegro
04:21 $ 0.59 USD
 
 
  Composer: Haydn, Franz Joseph
  Cello Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Hob. VIIb:1 21:30
04 Cello Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Hob. VIIb:1: I. Moderato 08:40 $ 1.17 USD
05 Cello Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Hob. VIIb:1: II. Adagio 07:03 $ 0.95 USD
06 Cello Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Hob. VIIb:1: III. Finale.
Allegro molto
05:47 $ 0.78 USD
 
 
  Composer: Schoenberg, Arnold
  Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4 (Version for String Orchestra) 28:27
07 Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4 (Version for String Orchestra): I.
Grave
06:27 $ 0.87 USD
08 Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4 (Version for String Orchestra): II.
Molto rallentando
05:56 $ 0.80 USD
09 Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4 (Version for String Orchestra): III.
A tempo
02:21 $ 0.32 USD
10 Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4 (Version for String Orchestra): IV.
Adagio
09:21 $ 1.26 USD
11 Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4 (Version for String Orchestra): V.
Adagio, molto tranquillo
04:22 $ 0.59 USD
 
  Album total 72:46
ComposerHaydn, Franz Joseph
Schoenberg, Arnold
CelloWeilerstein, Alisa
OrchestraTrondheim Soloists

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