Chamber Music of Charles Knox

On this CD:

1. Semordnilap, for voice, flute, marimba & piano
Composed by Charles Knox

2. Tau of "n", for flute, clarinet, vibraphone, cello & piano
Composed by Charles Knox

3. Attempted Claviercide
Composed by Charles Knox

4. Familiar Objects Seen in a New Light
Composed by Charles Knox

5. Sonatina
Composed by Charles Knox

6. The Framing of This Circle
Composed by Charles Knox

7. River Runs Through It
Composed by Charles Knox

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Arnold Schoenberg: Suite, Op. 29, for 2 Clarinets, Bass Clarinet, Violin, Viola, Cello & Piano / Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4 (Sextet for 2 Violins, 2 Violas & 2 Celli) - Ensemble Intercontemporain, Pierre Boulez
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A distinctly eclectic Schoenberg collection

Arnold Schoenberg: Suite, Op. 29, for 2 Clarinets, Bass Clarinet, Violin, Viola, Cello & Piano / Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4 (Sextet for 2 Violins, 2 Violas & 2 Celli) - Ensemble Intercontemporain, Pierre Boulez
Garth Knox , Philippe Muller , Pierre-Laurent Aimard , Gerard Causse , Andre Cazalet , Sylvie Gazeau , Jacques Ghestem , and Ensemble Intercontemporain
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ASIN: B00000281A
Release Date: 1993-07-13

Tracks:

Suite, Op. 29: Ouvert
Suite, Op. 29: Tanzschritte
Suite, Op. 29: Thema Mit Variationen
Suite, Op. 29: Gigue
Verkle Nacht, Op. 4
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5 STARS JUST FOR BEING IN PRINT..........2006-01-08

With the dearth of Schoenberg recordings, gotta give this CD 5 stars simply for being in print.

Boulez and the Ensemble Intercontemporain are great. The disc has the Verklrte Nacht curse--that is, nearly every Schoenberg CD has Verklrte Nacht on it! However, this features the original sextet version which is interesting for the timber alone. Cf. Brahms' two string sextets, and Reger's if you can find it!

Other reviewer wrong, however, about the significance of the Suite for septet: it is quintessential Schoenberg and must not be missed.

Razor-sharp 12-tone hardcore work, features curious sonic effects with the three clarinets and specialized techinques with the three stringed instruments: col legno (using the wood of the bow for tapping or bowing on the strings or body of the instrument); glissandi (sliding down the strings); extensive pizzicato (plucking the strings), etc. Noted old binary dance steps give the work the appearance of something like Decadent/Expressionistic Austrian jazz: very scary. And very Schoenbergian.

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A distinctly eclectic Schoenberg collection.......2004-01-13

This disc, one of a number rereleasing Pierre Boulez's 1970s and 1980s recordings of much of Schoenberg's work, forms a rather curious collection. Centred around what is probably Schoenberg's most-played work, the popular Verklärte Nacht (though heard here in the less common version for string sextet), the disc also takes in two of his less-well-known works, the Suite, op 29 (also known as the Septet) and the minute Three Pieces for Chamber Orchestra, never published in the composer's lifetime.

The Suite is one of the more extreme examples of Schoenberg attempting to combine a rigorous treatment of his new serial style with traditional musical forms. Scored for two clarinets, bass clarinet, violin, viola, cello and piano, it was written between 1924 and 1926 and is largely based on dance forms. The Overture is in three sections and is often hard-driven, though quieter interludes provide lyric relief. The second movement is vigorous and vibrantly rhythmic, and is entitled Tanzschritte (Dance Steps). The third movement is a wide-ranging set of variations that even takes time to quote a (tonal) song by Silcher, while the finale departs from orthodox serial practice by using the tone row (and its inversion) as the major melodic material. This isn't major Schoenberg, but it's also a much better work than one might think from the bad press it's had in the past. This performance is technically excellent, though I think sometimes Boulez pushes the music a little too hard, leaving it lacking a sense of repose in the slower sections.

The 1899 work Verklärte Nacht is, of course, one of the few pieces of Schoenberg to have become a popular concert hall favourite. Its musical language is luminously post-Brahmsian, and the complex structure of its single movement is easy to relate to models from the past (for example the Wanderer Fantasy, or the Liszt sonata). I prefer the string sextet version recorded here to the later version for string orchestra, but this performance lacks the last edge of lyrical intensity that is so necessary to bring across the work's rather heated emotional atmosphere.

The Three Pieces for Chamber Orchestra were written around 1910 but only found after a search of Schoenberg's papers after his death. Each of them lasts under a minute, and the most interesting is the unfinished third, which bears considerable technical and expressive similarities to the third of the Five Orchestral Pieces.

With so many recordings available of Verklärte Nacht, this disc cannot be recommended for that work. However, collectors seeking the Suite and/or the Three Orchestral Pieces have far fewer options, and at the comparatively low price this collection is worth considering.

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Great stuff.......2006-02-06

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Knox: Clouds are not Spheres

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ASIN: B0000049R9
Release Date: 1997-08-19

Tracks:

Clouds Are Not Spheres
Song And Double
Semordnilap: Madam I'm Adam
Semordnilap: A Man, A Plan, A Canal, Panama
Semordnilap: Able Was Ere I Saw Elba
Semordnilap: Poor Dan Is In A Droop
Semordnilap: 1991
Scherzos
Rounds About: I. Round One, II. Interlude, III. Round Two, IV. Interlude, V. Round Three
Music For Bass Quintet: I. Allegro
Music For Bass Quintet: II. Andante
Music For Bass Quintet: III. Allegro
Suite For Piano, Four-Hands: I. Overture
Suite For Piano, Four-Hands: II. Chorale
Suite For Piano, Four-Hands: III. March
Suite For Piano, Four-Hands: IV. Waltz
Suite For Piano, Four-Hands: V. Etude
Suite For Piano, Four-Hands: VI. Fugue
Wings For Our Soul
Music For Bass Quintet & Piano