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Mitsuko Uchida, Pierre Boulez - Schoenberg: Piano Concerto, Berg: Sonata, Webern: Variations (2001)

Mitsuko Uchida, Pierre Boulez - Schoenberg: Piano Concerto, Berg: Sonata, Webern: Variations (2001)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 63:45 | 270 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Philips | Catalog: 468 033-2

Mitsuko Uchida has been a committed exponent of Schoenberg's Piano Concerto for over a decade now. It is a work which remains controversial in its adaptation of the serial method to an almost Brahmsian harmonic palette, wedded to a formal approach that takes up the integrated design, and textural richness, of Schoenberg's pre-atonal works. Certainly in terms of the balance between soloist and orchestra, this recording clarifies the often capricious interplay to a degree previously unheard on disc (and most likely in the concert hall too).Interpretatively, it combines Pollini's dynamism, without the hectoring touch that creeps into the Adagio's climactic passages, and Brendel's lucidity, avoiding the deadpan feeling that pervades his final Giocoso.
Pierre Boulez - Boulez Conducts Webern, Carter, Varèse, Berio (2009) (6CDs Set)

Pierre Boulez - Boulez Conducts Webern, Carter, Varèse, Berio (2009) (6CDs Set)
EAC Rip | FLAC (Image+.cue, log) | 6 CDs, 06:52:36 min | 1,6 Gb | Scans->11 mb
Genre: Classical / Label: Sony Classical

Pierre Boulez, French composer, conductor, and music theorist, was regarded as a leading composer of the post-Webern serialist movement who also embraced aleatory elements and electronics.
Quatuor Élysée - Joseph Haydn: Les 6 Quatuors, Op. 76; Anton Webern: Les 6 Bagatelles, Op. 9 (2004)

Quatuor Élysée - Joseph Haydn: Les 6 Quatuors, Op. 76; Anton Webern: Les 6 Bagatelles, Op. 9 (2004)
EAC | FLAC | ITrack (Cue & Log) ~ 638 Mb | Total time: 71:46+66:03 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Zig-Zag Territoires | ZZT0308022 | Recorded: 2002

he players take an appropriately spacious view of the Sunrise Quartet's serene opening bars, and provide a deeply felt account of the wonderful F sharp major slow movement from Op. 76/5. They offer, too, an intensely dramatic performance of the first movement of the D minor Fifths Quartet, and manage to find a striking change of colour for the minor sections of Op. 76/5's opening movement.
Quatuor Diotima, Sandrine Piau, Marie-Nicole Lemieux - Schoenberg, Webern, Berg: The String Quartet and the Voice (2010)

Arnold Schoenberg, Anton Webern, Alban Berg - The String Quartet and the Voice (2010)
Quatuor Diotima, string quartet; Sandrine Piau, soprano; Marie-Nicole Lemieux, contralto

EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 265 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 159 Mb | Scans included
Genre: Classical | Label: Naive | # V 5240 | Time: 01:04:19

Recordings that include strings quartets by Schoenberg, Berg, and Webern are common, but an album that includes music for quartet and voice by each of them is a rarity. Schoenberg's Second String Quartet, with a part for soprano in its third and fourth movements, is standard repertoire, but the version of Berg's Lyric Suite with a vocal part in the final movement is highly unusual, and Webern's bagatelle with voice, an unpublished movement apparently once intended to be part of the Six Bagatelles, Op. 9, receives what is probably its first recording. Novelty aside, the high standards of these performances make this a formidable release. Founded just before the turn of the millennium, Quatuor Diotima plays with the assurance and mutual understanding of a seasoned ensemble. The quartet has a lean, clean sound and the ensemble is immaculate, playing with exquisite expressiveness, an ideal combination for this repertoire.
Berliner Philharmoniker Herbert von Karajan - Schoenberg, Berg, Webern: Orchestral Works (3CD) (1997)

Berliner Philharmoniker Herbert von Karajan - Schoenberg, Berg, Webern: Orchestral Works (3CD) (1997)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 03:01:12 | 861 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Deutsche Grammophon | Catalog: 427424

The surprising thing about these three discs is that the performances get better the further we depart from the shores of Romanticism and tonality. Not what you'd expect from von K and the Berliners. Pelleas benefits from wonderfully lush orchestral playing from the Berlin Philharmonic, but it feels more like very colourful scene painting rather than real drama. To get to the Romantic heart of this piece, try Barbirolli: for its expressionist, forward looking (via Verklarte Nacht to Erwartung) side, go to Boulez.
Anton Webern - Schoenberg Quartet - Chamber Music for Strings (2003, Chandos # CHAN 10083) [RE-UP]

Anton Webern - Chamber Music for Strings
Schoenberg Quartet / Sepp Grotenhuis
EAC+LOG+CUE | FLAC: 227 MB | Artwork | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: Chandos # CHAN 10083 | Country/Year: UK 2003
Genre: Classical | Style: Early 20th Century

"…The whole disc is a great success. Recording quality is first rate, with the necessary clarity tempered by warmth and just the right amount of resonance. Excellent notes are by Dr. Christopher Hailey. Recommended, even if you still find Webern hard work." ~musicweb-international
Schoenberg, Webern & Berg - Orchestral Works - Simon Rattle (2003) {EMI Classics rec 1987-1988}

Schoenberg, Webern & Berg - Orchestral Works - Simon Rattle (2003) {EMI Classics rec 1987-1988}
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (tracks)+CUE+LOG -> 224 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 151 Mb
Full Artwork @ 300 dpi (png) -> 51 Mb | 5% repair rar
© 1987-88, 2003 EMI Records | 5 75880 2
Classical / Orchestral / Modern Classical

Simon Rattle has recorded a lot of 19th century music and most of the results have been dismal. There is little to recommend by Rattle in pre-20th century repertoire. A few Haydn symphonies, some pretty good Brahms, bits of Mahler, Ein Heldenleben by Strauss which is just at the cusp of the 20th century. Alright, so Rattle is not the conductor to go to for the great classics. However, when he records modern music, he seems fully in tune with it's sound and style, plus he has less competition on the market to boot.
Pierre Boulez conducts Anton Webern - Piano Quintet; Songs & Choruses; 5 Pieces; Quartet; Concerto (1995)

Anton Webern: Piano Quintet; Songs & Choruses; 5 Pieces; Quartet; Concerto (1995)
Pierre Boulez, conductor; Ensemble Intercontemporain; BBC Singers
Françoise Pollet, soprano; Christiane Oelze, soprano

EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 227 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 159 Mb | Scans ~ 78 Mb
Genre: Classical | Label: Deutsche Grammophon | # 437 786-2 | Time: 01:09:25

It is almost exactly a quarter of a century since Pierre Boulez recorded his complete Webern survey. This new collection, apart from being useful for anyone who doesn't want to buy three whole CDs of Webern, offers an interesting insight into how Boulez's way with a composer probably more central to him than any other has changed. For a start he gives him a little more time: most of the pieces here are slightly but significantly slower than they were in 1970. This allows lines to be more subtly moulded, phrases to acquire a touch more poise. This is not to say that Boulez has softened and now phrases Webern as though he were Chopin, but grace and even wit (the second movement of the Quartet) are now noticeable alongside his customary precision. The Ensemble InterContemporain have been playing these pieces constantly since they were first founded, and it shows in the absolute assurance of their performances.
Maurizio Pollini - Stravinsky: Petrouchka; Prokofiev: Sonata No. 7; Webern: Variationen, Op. 27; Boulez: Sonata No. 2 (1995)

Maurizio Pollini - Stravinsky: Petrouchka; Prokofiev: Sonata No. 7; Webern: Variationen, Op. 27; Boulez: Sonata No. 2 (1995)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 265 Mb | Total time: 63:30 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Deutsche Grammophon | # 419 202-2 | Recorded: 1971, 1976

Pollini is so much a part of the contemporary music scene that it's amazing to realize that the earliest material on this disc (Stravinsky and Prokofiev) dates to the 1940s. These two performances retain their power to startle and amaze, both through Pollini's seemingly effortless virtuosity and through the immediacy of his musical conceptions. This Prokofiev is a close rival even to Richter's. Webern, from six years later, is so colorful and well organized that it makes the difficult music almost easy to listen to. Not many listeners will put up with Boulez's obscurities, but there is still plenty to make the disc worthwhile.
Elisabeth Leonskaja - Berg, Schoenberg & Webern: Piano Works (2024)

Elisabeth Leonskaja - Berg, Schoenberg & Webern: Piano Works (2024)
WEB FLAC (Tracks) 151 MB | Cover | 01:00:08 | MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 138 MB
Classical | Label: Warner Classics

One of the most celebrated pianists of our time, remaining true to herself and to her music, and in doing so, is following in the footsteps of the great Russian musicians of the Soviet era. This album pays tribute to the Second Viennese School, featuring works by Berg, Schoenberg and Webern.